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- From: XOPR81@maccvm.corp.mot.com (Keith Azuma)
- Subject: Re: Help! neurotic cat
- Organization: Motorola
- Date: 20 Nov 1992 09:06:10 CST
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.153319.20660@schbbs.mot.com>
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- Hello!
- In rec.pets.cats, you wrote,
- >
- >
- > My cat Spanky is the most hard-headed neurotic cat that I've
- > ever seen! He likes to play really rough and is constantly
- > clawing me and biting me.....i've tried a firm NO!...water
- > bottle spray...whimpering...keeping still...and nothing works!
- > And his nails are REAL sharp!! I've got scratches and bite
- > marks that are rather deep...ouch! :(
-
- I hope Spanky is a kitten...may be easier to "train". My opinion
- is that you have to continue your resolve to be firm and consistent
- with him and don't give up. He thinks that rough play is the
- way the game is played, and unless you train him otherwise, he will
- only get more out-of-hand.
-
- Hopefully, trimming the nails will make them less damaging to
- your skin. Nothing quite like trying to explain all those
- red slash marks to the non-cat owners, right?
-
-