{"id":2066,"date":"2026-06-26T12:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T12:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=2066"},"modified":"2026-06-26T12:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T12:39:07","slug":"go-your-own-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=2066","title":{"rendered":"Go Your Own Way\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ever since I was young, I\u2019ve been fascinated by how utterly themselves cats are. How unrelentingly solidly they maintain their own personal boundaries. (And how obvious they make it when you try to push them too much\u2026)<br><br>Looking through recent cat news, I found a piece that illustrates perfectly how accurate that is. <br>\u201cJuliets\u201d improvised response to the situation is outstanding, and shows adaptability to what you\u2019re expecting is key when dealing with an aspiring feline thespian. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/15\/arts\/dance\/cat-romeo-and-juliet-ballet-turkey.html\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/15\/arts\/dance\/cat-romeo-and-juliet-ballet-turkey.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3A3A83B6-ACDA-4D24-B268-76BBDA26CC5E.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3A3A83B6-ACDA-4D24-B268-76BBDA26CC5E.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3A3A83B6-ACDA-4D24-B268-76BBDA26CC5E.jpeg 335w, https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3A3A83B6-ACDA-4D24-B268-76BBDA26CC5E-168x300.jpeg 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Quite the debut from this little fella\u2026.<\/em>(Photo Credit: Instagram.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since I was young, I\u2019ve been fascinated by how utterly themselves cats are. How unrelentingly solidly they maintain their own personal boundaries. (And how obvious they make it when you try to push them too much\u2026) Looking through recent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2066"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2071,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066\/revisions\/2071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}