36 July 2014
BUILD IT YOURSELF
BUILD THE
CAT AWAY!
We recently added a new kitten to our household. Little Chubby is adorable,
but he is still learning what is off limits. We don't allow our cats (we now have
two) on the tables, and this random rule seems to be hard for cats to learn
since they love to jump up on anything that isn't their cat house. Our method
of behavior reinforcement is shooing them off whenever we catch one sitting
on a table. Of course, this method takes a long time since they might have
been sitting there for hours before you catch them. They are also quite smart,
often they hear you coming and jump off before you catch them in the act.
By Alan Parekh
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