Editing Manx cat (section)

==Behaviour==
Fancier's often describe the Manx as being doglike in behaviour.<ref>{{cite web |title=Manx |url=https://www.gccfcats.org/getting-a-cat/choosing/cat-breeds/Manx/ |website=Governing Council of the Cat Fancy |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>

These beliefs about the Manx's behaviour were not described in the past.
Lane's early and experienced account of the temperament of this "variety, which is quaint and interesting" is simply that they were "docile, good-tempered and sociable", and that a prize specimen should be "an alert, active animal of much power and energetic character."<ref name="Lane" />

Manx are prized as hunters, known to take down larger prey (e.g. adult rats) even when they are young, and were thus long in demand{{citation needed|date=June 2015}} for working roles like [[farm cat]] (Manx: ''{{lang|gv|lughder}}'' or ''{{lang|gv|lugher}}'' 'mouser', from ''{{lang|gv|lugh}}'' 'mouse')<ref name="Fargher" />{{rp|507}} and [[ship's cat]] (''{{lang|gv|screeberagh}}'' or ''{{lang|gv|screeberey}}''<ref name="Fargher" />{{rp|138}} loosely 'scratcher, scratchy-one', from ''{{lang|gv|screebagh}}'' or ''{{lang|gv|screebey}}'' 'scratching, scratchy, scraping').<ref name="Fargher" />{{rp|662&ndash;3}}