Our 10+ yr cat passed several month ago. My 9-yr old son wanted a new cat. I did some research and decided on a Bengal for several reasons, less shedding/allergenic, smart, etc. My son is into Yo-kai Watch and apparently there is a kitty character Master Nyada. Seems appropriate seeing how the cat is half Asian.
I read a lot and there is a lot about how these cats are super special and they are not like other cats and harder to have as a pet. My experience is this cat IS super special, but not so different, or maybe the better word is "harder" to raise from other kittens. In fact, I think he is easier in some ways. I do realize that I have not seem him as a full grown cat, so my opinion may change... we'll see. When we got home I put his crate in a room and waited for him to come out. I read it might take a day before he is comfortable to venture out. He was in the room less than a minute. He darted out ready to play. He likes to be held, I think its because the breeder had a big family that handled him a lot when he was a kitten. When he's ready to play he's constantly trying to get away, but he's nice about it. He meows a lot, but not in the middle of the night like our last cat when he was a kitten. I am already learning his communication meows which is pretty neat. He certainly seems to learn quick. He knows what "no" means and pushes the limit to see how firm you are. Like my other pets, I make a rule, am stern about it, and don't waiver and they get in line. He has interesting tendencies, like he washes his paws after going into the litter box. We had to put out a second water dish, one for drinking and one for cleaning. He is definitely fearless. I tried to upload a video of him playing with the dog for the first time (no luck). The first time Nyada saw the dog he hissed and was a little excited. The next time he was better, after a couple of days he seemed interested. He was not timid in his introduction. We have a bigger dog (an older retriever) and the first time we let him approach the bigger dog he went into full attack mode. My dog just looked at him like, "what the heck are you doing?!?" and after a minute of not leaving him alone I could tell he was not into playing, so then I let our little dog (about 2-yrs old) and he seemed to enjoy watching Nyada's acrobatics. Anyways, I hope you can see the video.
https://youtu.be/P31K2DSddL4I have got a lot of great info of this forum and appreciate the time many of you have put into this forum for Bengal Newbies like myself.