Aggressive cat behavior can develop in an animal that has an underlying medical problem or is under emotional distress, and the behavior can include excess nipping, clawing and biting. Take note of aggressive behavior withadvice from a cat behavioral therapist in this free video on pet care. Expert: Carole Wilbourn Contact: www.thecattherapist.com Bio: Carole Wilbourn’s work and advice on cat behavioral therapy is covered regularly in countless magazines and newspapers. Filmmaker: Paul Muller
www.GoodFitGuide.com Is your cat: • Ignoring the litter box and instead peeing and pooping on the floor, your bed, your bathtub, or anywhere else they shouldn’t be • Biting you, your children or your guests unexpectedly • Scratching your couch, bed, and other furniture? • Digging in houseplants • Fighting with other cats in your household • Keeping you awake at night • Just plain misbehaving? Why Cats Misbehave ? Do you want to know the reasons ? How can you finally end this frustrating behavior ? First, you should know that Cats and dogs do not think alike!, and trying to use the same training methods on a cat that you would use on a dog will only backfire and cause more behavior problems. And that’s why most cat training advice doesn’t work. In order to effectively train your cat, you must understand the way cats think — and what drives their actions. Cats have completely different instincts and react differently to situations than dogs do. Yelling or physically punishing a cat will only make them fear you, rather than solve behavior problems. Cats learn that certain activies result in positive rewards, so they continue to do them over and over again. Other actions cause negative outcomes, so they avoid them. If you yell at your cat when they do something wrong, it won’t make them associate the behavior with a negative outcome but they will associate the negative consequence with you!. They will fear you and only misbehaving when you are not around ! So, how to teach …
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