6 Tips for reprimanding your cat
If your cat scratches your furniture or has other annoying habits you want to break, you need to learn how to reprimand them properly. Below are 6 tips to reprimanding your cat effectively.
1. Do it immediately — not minutes or hours later. Otherwise, they won’t know why they are being reprimanded.
2. Offer a gruff NO or hiss, and try to demonstrate the correct behavior.
3. Remove him from the location of the bad act. With problem scratching, move him to his scratching post and praise him indulgently when he uses the post instead of the sofa. This associates positive reinforcement with positive behavior.
4. Briefly isolating your cat from the rest of the household will get better results than yelling. You may also want to place her in a safe, closed room or her cat carrier for 5-10 minutes, away from toys and family members, to get your point across.
5. A spray bottle of water works for my cats. Say NO and spray at the same time. They get the message.
6. Never reprimand with swatting or hitting. Not only will your cat not understand this type of reprimand, it can quickly break the bond of trust and lead to even more problem behaviors.
If you have other tips, let me know.
Purrs, Frankie
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