I adopted a ginger cat that had some type of trauma, for 2 months he lived in the basement( plenty of places to hide) . I left the basement door open, so when he was ready to come upstairs at his own pace.I sang to him, I made up a song with his name in it and sang it everyday for almost 2 months. The cat would hide and wouldn't even eat till I left the basement, Then one day I was watching a movie and my dog would rub up against the side of the couch so I could pet and tickle him, and low and behold my red cat was intertwined with me dog and I was petting the dog and the cat at the same time! the cat let me tickle, scratch and I even got a belly rub in! my dog had a secret relationship with my cat the entire time..12 years later my red cat is always by my side, greets me when I come home and is truely a lovely cat..๐ป๐ป๐ป