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- From: rkn3u@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Keith Norwood)
- Subject: Re: Cat on Counters, HELP
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.190937.2427@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Virginia
- References: <ardie.184.727123002@UIUC> <1993Jan18.215023.120@ast.saic.com> <C19Gov.C4I@cck.coventry.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:09:37 GMT
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- In article <C19Gov.C4I@cck.coventry.ac.uk> api053@cck.coventry.ac.uk (Garion) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan18.215023.120@ast.saic.com> hirschon@ast.saic.com writes:
- >>
- >>I disagree totally. No way would I allow a cat on my counter where food
- >>is prepared. - My cat knows she can't go up there, and she doesn't. Once
- >>in a while we catch her on the dining room table (that's bad, too) - all
- >>we have to do is say her name in a threatening voice, and she immediately
- >>gets down. My grandmother used to feed her cats on the kitchen sink, but
- >>no paw that touches a litter box is going to touch _my_ kitchen sink!
- >>Sorry!
- >
- >That's a very unfeeling attitude! After all, your cat is a living creature
- >with feelings etc. whereas your kitchen sink and food surfaces aren't! Think
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- Do roaches and mice get the same "living creature" treatment.
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- >how you would feel about being told that you can't do this and you can't do
- >that. Besides it ought to be common practice to wash down food surfaces
- >immediately before use.
-
- If we are surrogate parents to our pets, doesn't the responsibility exist
- to behave in a parental fashion i.e. teaching, correcting bad behavior
- and reward good behavior. We do it for dogs? We certainly do it for our
- children? Why not cats? Have cats hypnotized the populace into believing
- that they can't be trained? That they are dumb as a brick!
-
- What do guests say when kiity is on the counter helping to prepare dinner?
- Is anything off limits for your cat? Or does it do whatever it wants?
- To each his own, I guess.
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- Inquiring minds want to know!
-
- Keith
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