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How, Why, and When to Train a Cat
Perhaps your cat has started to pee outside the box, and you are beside yourself. Or maybe your sofa is starting to look shredded and threadbare, and you're embarrassed when visitors come by. Yelling at the cat isn't doing anything, and squirting the cat with a spray bottle doesn't work, nor does rubbing his nose in the pee. You're at your wit's end and don't know what to do, and your spouse is starting to make noises about getting rid of the cat, and that's the last thing you want to do. You're not alone. Many cat lovers have faced similar problems, this writer included. Fortunately, help is at hand. For starters, take a look at Cat Training - How, Why, and When to Train a Cat. Then check out the huge compilation of cat behavior and training material available right on this Website.
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| What's Wrong With Owning Pet Cats?
My cats have always been members of my family, as is the case with the majority of my readers. We only consider them as "pets" in the generic sense, and as for "property," that is mostly a matter of law. Still, the concept of "owning" my cats has nothing to do with law, and everything to do with the responsibilities of my "ownership." I could no more refuse to take a sick cat to the veterinarian, than I could let a sick child suffer at home without treatment. Nor could I allow my cats to eat the feline equivalent of junk food on a daily basis. Yes, they get the equivalent of a box of popcorn on occasion, but it is in the form of bonita tuna flakes or kitty grass. And our floors are littered with catnip cigars and bananas. Believe me, my cats love being owned.
| Cat Picture of the Week: Quinn
Quinn was adopted by Jo Ann after she saw him in a Facebook App called "Pet Pardons." Jo Ann felt compelled by the sweet photo of this tiny kitten who was doomed to die in a high-kill shelter in NC. Jo Ann lived in NYC and called the shelter, begging help from a kind worker there. She was able to adopt him by phone just one day short of "D-Day," and arrange for him to go into the care of a NC veterinarian for 22 days until he was old enough for Neutering.You owe it to yourself to read the rest of Quinn's story, where it appears in the Adopted Shelter Kittens Show and Tell. Perhaps it will compel you to adopt an endangered cat or kitten, and save another life. See All Stories | Share Your Kittens' Story
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