Animal Welfare Professionals

Hello @Alicia Naundorf,

That's a great question.  For our How to Speak Cat course on Maddie's University, we included two graphics that shows facial expression and body posture continua, from very aggressive to very confident.  This may not fit your needs, but they are printable and shareable.  I sent you the 2 jpgs via private reply.

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Alison Gibson
Media Projects Manager
Maddie's Fund
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Thank you for sharing, Alison! 

It's not exactly what I'm looking for, but I will absolutely save those images for other projects that I'm working on! 

I'm looking more for an infographic with instructions on how to greet a cat politely (a "finger-tip hello"/petting etiquette/asking for consent and checking in). I've been looking for a while and haven't found anything so far. I'm lucky that my shelter has a communications team, so I've asked them to help me create something. Hopefully it'll turn out okay! 

Hello @Alicia Naundorf,

That's a great question.  For our How to Speak Cat course on Maddie's University, we included two graphics that shows facial expression and body posture continua, from very aggressive to very confident.  This may not fit your needs, but they are printable and shareable.  I sent you the 2 jpgs via private reply.

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Alison Gibson
Media Projects Manager
Maddie's Fund

Let us know how it works out, @Alicia Naundorf.  If it's shareable we'd love to be able to do so here!  I can also ask our cat experts if they know of anything. 

BTW Maddie's Fund is having a special half-day webinar all about kittens on March 4. If you're interested, find out more and register here: https://forum.maddiesfund.org/campmaddiekitten
Join us and pass the word! 

Thank you for sharing, Alison! 

It's not exactly what I'm looking for, but I will absolutely save those images for other projects that I'm working on! 

I'm looking more for an infographic with instructions on how to greet a cat politely (a "finger-tip hello"/petting etiquette/asking for consent and checking in). I've been looking for a while and haven't found anything so far. I'm lucky that my shelter has a communications team, so I've asked them to help me create something. Hopefully it'll turn out okay! 

Hello @Alicia Naundorf,

That's a great question.  For our How to Speak Cat course on Maddie's University, we included two graphics that shows facial expression and body posture continua, from very aggressive to very confident.  This may not fit your needs, but they are printable and shareable.  I sent you the 2 jpgs via private reply.

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Alison Gibson
Media Projects Manager
Maddie's Fund

Thank you for sharing, Alison! 

It's not exactly what I'm looking for, but I will absolutely save those images for other projects that I'm working on! 

I'm looking more for an infographic with instructions on how to greet a cat politely (a "finger-tip hello"/petting etiquette/asking for consent and checking in). I've been looking for a while and haven't found anything so far. I'm lucky that my shelter has a communications team, so I've asked them to help me create something. Hopefully it'll turn out okay! 

Here's a 1-minute video demonstrating petting consent for felines in a shelter setting. I love the idea of a one-pager! If you find this (or any) video helpful, maybe it could be a simple one-pager with a QR code.