Cats don't really have a reputation for being loving and loyal like a dog but there's something about their personalities that some people just cannot resist. Scientists have now found that cats basically love copying stuff and they end up developing interesting personalities based on their owners. The researchers were able to find that pets which were neurotic, overweight, or cheerful were owned by people who had similar traits in their personalities.

Generally, it's dogs that are supposed to be like their owners and cats have always been considered to be the independent pets. Animal behavior experts at Lincoln University, however, have said that pet owners who were neurotic were less likely to let their cats go outside, Daily Mail reported.

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It was found that it is because of these restrictions that pets had a higher chance of being overweight and even "anxious or fearful". They would also show behavioral problems such as scratching the furniture.

The study, which was published in the journal PLOS ONE, involved personality tests that were taken from 3,300 cat owners. It also found that pedigree cats tended to be overweight compared to other varieties. The research is also built on studies that show how different parenting styles can start affecting a child's personality. Other cat experts have also stood behind the findings published in the study.

Danielle Gunn-Moore, a professor of feline medicine at Edinburgh University, said: "Cats are a mini-me. They are sentient creatures strongly affected by people around them." In contrast to grumpy cats, owners who turned out to be conscientious had calmer and less aggressive pets.

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Dr. Lauren Finka, a researcher in animal welfare at the University of Nottingham, told ITV: "Many owners consider their pets as a family member, forming close social bonds with them. It’s, therefore, no wonder our pets could be affected by the way we interact with and manage them, and that both these factors are in turn influenced by our personality differences."

The researchers also said that the work they did with the study was to show how influential a human's personality can be to the wellbeing of the pets we own and raise.