THEY ARE LIKE THIS! THEY REALLY THINK THEY'RE SPECIAL & US HUMANS SHOULD CATER TO THEM CONSTANTLY. THEY GO OUT OF THERE WAY TO BE AS OBNOXIOUS AS POSSIBLE UNTIL YOU GIVE IN AND YET I'VE NEVER OWNED A MIXED BREED MUTT CAT OR ANOTHER PUREBRED I ENJOYED MORE. THEY'RE ONE OF THE OLDEST BREEDS AND WERE WORSHIPED IN ANCIENT TIMES AND THEY HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THAT. THEY LOVE GETTING IN WATER AND IF THEY REALLY ENJOY SOMETHING YOU DO FOR THEM JUST ONCE THEN THE TYRANNY BEGINS. I HAVE AN ORANGE ANGORA AND ONE DRINK FROM THE FAUCET HAS CAUSED YEARS OF TYRANNY. HE NOW DEMANDS BRUSHING WHILE HE DRINKS BECAUSE I MADE THE MISTAKE OF GIVING HIM A BRUSHING WHILE HE DRANK ONE DAY WHEN HE HAD TO GO TO THE VET AND REALLY FREAKED OUT. HIS OLDER FRIEND HAD JUST WENT INTO RENAL FAILURE AT AGE 16 AND LEFT AND DIDN'T COME BACK SO HE FREAKED IN THE CAR AND IT WAS UPSETTING TO SEE. HE WAS GRIEVING BIG TIME. I DID THIS BECAUSE I FELT SORRY FOR HIM. NOW HE DEMANDS IT DAILY MORE THAN ONCE AND WON'T SHUT UP, STOP STEALING, KNOCKING THINGS OFF THE TABLE, GETTING ONTO PLACES YOU DON'T WANT HIM TO OR STOP YAPPING UNTIL YOU OBEY. I LOVE THIS BREED!