Dogtor, this is a question about cats. Mine will not sit on my lap unless I have a certain afghan on my lap. Why? She is about 11 months old, I got her from the humane society. She and all her litter mates were raised in a foster home.

She loves to sit on my husbands lap. I guess he is her 'chosen human'. But maybe she just knows that he needs that. When he comes home from work, she is on his lap almost instantly. He sits there and strokes her beautiful fur. Maybe she instinctively knows that he needs that after a hard day at a job that he hates.