There are different views on this and some websites actively recommend it as a cat trainig method. Apparently in a proportion of US homes there are spray bottles in every room! These are, in effect, water pistols used to squirt … Continue reading →
For me this is stupid, unhelpful and mindlessly commercial. It is actually cruel. It is actually bloody awful to look at to be perfectly honest. He is a mean looking man, isn’t he? He does not look very nice and … Continue reading →
It’s happening all the time. Elisa brings up these stories regularly and recently she referred to a notorious case. In this example, which has gone viral in a big way on news websites, the angelic face of a young women … Continue reading →
This will make your blood boil. I am incensed at this woman. She is quite mad. Why it’s on video is beyond me. Did someone video this because they are proud of what she is doing? It looks like that. … Continue reading →
I have always been passionately against punishment as a means of training a cat. I thought I’d look up what Jackson Galaxy thinks about cat punishment. He discusses it in his book Total Cat Mojo. Supporters of punishing a domestic … Continue reading →
The difference between punishing a cat and negative reinforcement, both of which should be avoided, is that the former requires the cat to be able to measure his/her behaviour against norms as decided by humans which is something that is … Continue reading →
Birmingham UK: Sick Haider Abed, 25, has been punished after being convicted of animal cruelty under section 4 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (the Act). He has been banned from keeping animals for life. He also has to complete … Continue reading →
The title to this article sounds improbable but I’d like to explain what I mean. We should all know by now that punishing your cat as an act of training is very wrong. It does not work. I think that’s … Continue reading →
Angela Guthrie, 53, is a “standard cat hoarder”. There are thousands of them on the planet. She kept 69 cats in a mid-terrace house in Scotland. There were two cat litter trays and predictably cat faeces throughout the house; frankly … Continue reading →
The domestic cat is not enjoying modern life. They are too stressed being forced to live close together. The stress makes them ill with cystitis and dermatitis which are on the increase. Unlike dogs, the cat is still halfway between … Continue reading →
