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[tea_and_ink]

Cat training. I know a lot of youses have cats and I'd like to know what are the appropriate ways of telling them "No" and have them heed that no. And rewards, which are the ones that send the message.

Google told me that you have to be careful with the punishments because they can take it to mean that it's a game. And no, it isn't. He's litter trained already, which I think stole the experience from me, but saved my wood floor, so it evens out, I just wanna make sure I teach him not to hang himself from the curtains, or scratch the furniture while he's still young and impressionable and fresh.

Um. Need to get him some toys, he loves the crumpled pieces of paper I've improvised, but I'm guessing that will only go so far before he thinks that every crumpled piece of paper is a toy, bad assumption to make when you're living with me.

Ideas? I'm all ears. Or eyes.

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[silver-spotted.livejournal.com]

I can't give you advice on training the cat, because my parents did that when I was too young to observe, or away at uni, but as to the crumpled paper...

my parents' most recent cat *loves* crumpled paper. My mom has a lot of drafting paper, and if she leaves large pieces on the floor, the cat will come and play in it. (wrapping paper and tissue paper are also a hit)

the cats have also enjoyed: large pompoms (Not small ones because they will eat them), shoelaces, sticks with a ribbon on the end, ribbon with a pompom on the end (both of these require active participation of the human, who must entice the cat, but can get them to do flips in the air)

... now I miss the cats

[penandnotebook]

He is so cute when playing with it. It's like he's absolute bestest friend in the whole wide world. Bought him these little balls yesterday and he loves them too (they roll funny, and bounce a little, which the paper does not) but he can't really sink his teeth into them and so, he always goes back to the paper ball.

I will try and improvise something like that, I like being able to play with him.

Awww!