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How To Discipline A Cat - Let me make it clear what our opinion is. It's not so much a question of how to discipline the cat, but more a case of how do you get a cat to complete what you want it to complete and stop doing everything you do not want it to do that is important.
I think that when you want to achieve those aims then you've got to understand that in many, if not all, circumstances discipline can be counterproductive.
In this post I will go into the wrong and proper way to achieve what you want and keep your whole household happy.
What not Discipline A Cat
Cats usually are not small humans, reasoning using them is not possible so unlike a person who can have privileges removed, or whatever other punishment is affordable, they do not understand consequences as we do, particularly if the punishment comes after the event.
Follow that course of action and the cat will quickly associate the punishment along with you. Far from the happy contented feline friend you want you will end up with someone who will start to avoid you as time goes on.
I particularly usually do not advocate any form of action that may cause a cat pain. Negative stimuli to improve an activity is one thing however in can be subtle rather than frightening.
How To Discipline a Cat
How To Train A Cat - The whole disciple thing regarding cats is not really discipline at all while i intimated above. It's more a guidance out of the negatives and towards the positive.
For example are you experiencing trouble training your cats to keep off counters? This can be one where the gentle approach works. I have always advocated never providing them with a reason not to climb on counters but since the clean surfaces with a material such as kitchen foil, which cats dislike walking on is a great deterrent. After a short while you will see that you can stop achieving this. This is just one tactic available to you.
Your cat can be quite easily conditioned, it is not hard to do and only requires perseverance. As an example although cats won't come running exactly the same way a dog will there is a good chance that if you are aware that your cat wants feeding you will want to call it by name when you put the dish down. By association you stand an improved chance of the cat coming when called (or not if the cat doesn't want to on this occasion, cats have a habit of proving you wrong just when you think you are winning).
In the event the cat has a behaviour that you do not like such as pulling all of the paper off the roll within the bathroom then turn the roll therefore it cannot do it. The habit of smoking will fade and you can turn it back later if you want.
How To Discipline A Kitten - Always subtle. Your cat will the toilet where you don't need it to go? Pick it up and put it in the litter tray, make where it went slightly unpleasant by cleaning with strong smelling solutions put down deterrents.
Remember it really is behaviour change that people are trying to encourage. Any severe punishment could just lead to your cat just packing its bags and leaving.
I've given just a few suggestions here, you will find of course far more things that you can do that are at night scope of this article. Like i said previously above there are several other techniques you may use for training if you wish to know how to discipline a cat
I cannot stress a lot of to you that it is not really much about learning punishment but persuasion in the kind and humane way.