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sup, /an/. I have a serious question about cat discipline. My cat is a 1 year old stay tabby that we rescued off the street when he was only about 4 weeks old.

He has two really annoying habits and I can't find any good info on how to train a cat that's stubborn. First, he likes to knock things off my desks onto the floor, and second, any time I chase him off from something he's not supposed to do (like claw the door-frame), he always hunts me and gets revenge.

He is immune to the usual tactics such as squirting with water -- it takes SEVERAL squirts directly to the face for him to get annoyed, and he usually tries to get revenge after that.

Has anyone else had a cat this stubborn?

pic not him but really similar.
>> Anonymous
stay tabby. god damnit, I wish. I meant "stray tabby."
>> Anonymous
mine does this aswell! mine is the blue russian a few threads down, and the desk hes laying on used to have many things on it that hes knocked down. its like he knows it gets at me. i would also like to know if theres something i can do to stop this
>> Anonymous
Beat him, electrocute him, or shoot him. Those are the best ways to manage a cat.
>> Anonymous
You could kill it. That would teach it. But seriously my cat knocks shit off too do either of these two: Feed him, pay attention to him.
>> Anonymous
what kind of revenge are we talking here? Taking a crap on your pillow?
>> Anonymous
>>204345

Fucking agreed.

My favourite cat-training tactic is to SMASH THE CUNT STRAIGHT IN THE FUCKING FACE. Repeatedly, if need be.
>> Anonymous
we got a couple a cats that are pretty mean.i got a thin stip of lether like a shoelase that i whip em with,ma asay i shouldt do it no more on acont of the cats being so old ans uch but its sure funny to see the little basterds jump when you catch em just right
>> Anonymous
Just stick your dick in his pooper to show him that you're the dominant male

Trust me, he will never bother you again after that
>> Anonymous
my mother had taken in a baby stray when i was younger, that fuckers would try to get revenge on me too, he was a crafty lil bastard, sizing me up and waiting for the right moment to claw the fuck out of my leg
>> Anonymous
>>204418

Does being a catfag always equal being a giant fucking pussy?
>> Anonymous
>>204419
No, this shit happens with all manner of pet owners. They're the people who let their filthy dogs lay on the couch while their guests have to huddle on the floor.

When my cat hunts me for revenge, I get more revenge on him. It's just a game to him anyway; I might as well play by sneaking up on him with a set mousetrap.
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
Flick his ear when he does something bad. It works best if you manage to get total contact between the back of your fingernail and his ear.

I'm serious. I've only met one cat that does not instantly run away when you do this, and it generally only takes one or two times to get them to completely stop the behavior. Why does this work? Because their ears are incredibly sensitive and it startles them. To test the theory, have someone flick the back of YOUR ear.

You have to make sure you catch them in the act, though. When he does it, not when you come across it later. If he shits on your bed, don't rub his nose in it, he'll just think you're rubbing his face in shit for no good reason. Punishing them after the crime has been commited is what creates cats that think its okay to retaliate. If you spank him without cause, he will think it is okay to bite you without reason.

An example of how well this works:
I foster animals. I have two intact females in the house right now, and three castrated males. When the girls are not in heat, they all play like happy friends. But when the girls are being frisky.. the boys stay the fuck away. Why? Because when they were not fixed, I flicked their ears every time they started to get "interested" in the girls. Now, to the boys, vagina = oh god my ear hurts dad is mad oh god. Therefore, they stay away from vagoos. I am still trying to teach the girls that it is not okay to rub their cooters on everything, but girl cats are masochists and kinda like the ear flicking, so it doesn't work as well.

Honestly though, I cant guarentee this will work with your cat, because he wasn't raised with strict discipline and a clear authority figure. If any other anons get a kitten though.. don't be afraid to flick their ears and grab the little bastards by the scruff of their necks and toss them out the room when they are being shitheads.
>> Anonymous
>>204438

Don't your males stay away from vagoo because they're castrated?
>> Anonymous
Force won't kill your cat, you know.

If he does it right in front of you, keep a spoon with you at all times and give him a sharp tap on the head with it when he does bad. If he doesn't run, another tap, harder. Always make sure you discipline them within 5 seconds of the action, and move them away from the problem area.

If he gets too crafty for spoons, a kick in the side works too. I'm sure your humanly instincts will tell you what will scare him and what will injure him, and how much force to use.

Btw, squirting water never did shit for any of my cats, ever. You could point-blank shoot them in the eye and they'd just crouch down where they were and glare at you. Or in Brandy's case, he'd jump at the water, but then run at you snarling. That cat terrorised me as a kid.
>> Anonymous
>>204524
Spoon? OW. Don't be that big of a dick. I tap my cat on the nose with a back of a pen when she's being a problem, and it works fine.
>> Anonymous
>>204528
I don't know where you live, but pens here are about the same weight as a spoon. Plus the handle makes it easy to be light on cats by holding it between two fingers and moving it up with your thumb about an inch, then letting gravity take it down. My cats used to leap onto your lap and eat from your plate if you were looking the other way, after a couple days of spoon taps they stopped it altogether. They didn't get any brain damage, and they're not afraid of laps, plates or spoons, just people pointing spoons at them while eating. Which I rarely do now.
>> Anonymous
Cats don't deserve anything less than a severe beating with a large stick.

Seriously, whoever thought it was a good idea to domesticate cats was a fucking idiot.
>> Anonymous
>>204619
Smarter than the guy who tried to domesticate rats.
>> Anonymous
>>204619
Well when you live in the middle of a freaking desert with only one good (short) growing season, you tend to want to keep something that'll keep those goddamn rats away from you're grain and such.
>> sage sage
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>> Anonymous
>>204352
no.. he play-bites me, hard enough to hurt but not break the skin. Usually on the elbow (damnit.)

>>204438
thank you, that's something I hadn't though of.

>>204524
I've been told force only makes cats that are MORE aggressive. Nevertheless, I do frequently and suddenly use mild amounts of force, for example, I inelegantly shove him off counter-tops when he gets up on them.. or if I'm in the middle of drumming and he's trying to bite my foot, he'll get rapped with a drumstick (that seems to startle him and he'l go away for a while, but he'll try to get revenge on my foot soon. this goes 3 or 4 times in a cycle until he finally gives up.)

>>204576
My cat is semi-afraid of pointing the squirt bottle at him (or a drumstick, lol) but he doesn't move, he just hunches down.
>> Anonymous
>>204649

not the poster, but get over it.