Instead, it will create a more stressful environment for you and for your cat.

Physical or verbal punishment is generally ineffective, as short-term solutions to your cat’s issues and will not stop your cat from acting out.

Your cat will likely continue to act out when you are out of sight as they know they can perform the behavior without punishment if you cannot see them. In fact, hitting your cat or yelling at them can lead your cat to act more fearful around you, be less willing to play with other people, and display more aggressive scratching and biting. Physically or verbally reprimanding your cat is one of the least successful ways to correct your cat’s bad behavior. This article has been viewed 1,726,865 times.Īvoid physically or verbally punishing your cat. This article has 19 testimonials from our readers, earning it our reader-approved status. WikiHow marks an article as reader-approved once it receives enough positive feedback. Brian has over 19 years of veterinary experience and earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Cornell University. Boston Veterinary Clinic is an AAHA (American Animal Hospital Association) accredited hospital and Boston’s first Fear Free Certified Clinic. The clinic also provides specialty services in behavior, nutrition, and alternative pain management therapies using acupuncture, and therapeutic laser treatments. Boston Veterinary Clinic specializes in primary veterinary care, including wellness and preventative care, sick and emergency care, soft-tissue surgery, dentistry. B” to his clients, is a Veterinarian and the Owner of Boston Veterinary Clinic, a pet health care and veterinary clinic with three locations, South End/Bay Village, the Seaport, and Brookline, Massachusetts.

With help from experts - including animal-behavior specialists and pet-store owners - we’ve sifted through the vast world of cat products to find the very best gifts for cat lovers, including some favorites we’ve found in our own years as cat parents.This article was co-authored by Brian Bourquin, DVM.

While it might be second nature to tag your cat-loving friends in a cat meme every now and then, it can be baffling to buy an actual gift for a cat parent now that there are more cat-themed items available than ever before. But cats have won the internet, as some famous felines ( Suki, the Dark Lord) have more followers on Instagram and command higher appearance fees than the average B-list celebrity.

With a reputation for being temperamental loners indifferent to human affection, cats have long played second fiddle in public opinion to man’s best friend, the simple-minded dog.

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