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whitney285 · May 13, 2007, 08:30 PM

CATS CATS CATS!! How How How?:confused?

Matt3046 · May 13, 2007, 08:33 PM

Doing, something wrong? Spray water on it. Like from a water gun.

whitney285 · May 13, 2007, 08:34 PM

Well it kind of depends on what you believe in people say when your trying to train a cat they learn better if you get a news papper,roll it up,show them what they did wrong then yell at them saying no no while hitting them with the news papper this ill no hert the animal it will just scare them!

froggy7 · May 13, 2007, 09:11 PM

Cats respond poorly to negative enforcement. Much better is to try redirecting their behavior, and let the environment do some of it for you. If you do not want your cat lying on the shelf with all your knick-knacks, for example, you arrange the furniture in such a way that it is hard for him to get up there, and put something uncomfortable on the shelf so that they won't stay there if they do get up. But, at the same time, you have to also provide them with an alternative spot that meets the same needs that the shelf did for them. This could be a different shelf, or a cat tree, etc. In other words, teach the cat that sleeping Here is bad, sleeping There is good.

Also, based only on your posting style, I would say that you are going to have a hard time proving to your parents that you are responsible enough for a cat. How you present yourself does matter.

LuvMyMaltipoo · May 13, 2007, 09:40 PM

We used to have a cat when I was younger and for some reason the cat wouldn't stay off the dinner table. We got a spray bottle and filled it with water, every time she jumped on the table we swirted her a little and she would jump down and run off. It didn't take long and when we'd bring the spray bottle out she'd run and we never had to squirt her... after a little more time she just learned that it wasn't allowed. Cats are very smart animals.

Clough · May 13, 2007, 09:56 PM

I like the good, old spray water bottle approach for training not to do things such as: doing "their thing" anywhere in our home other than in the litter box, clawing on furniture, getting on a table, trying to eat something they shouldn't, etc.

Other than that, if you show love and treat your cat kindly on an ongoing basis, then you should be rewarded by having a very loving and affectionate pet.