Mine aren't quite that spectacular. Though I did break a young tom of about 6-8 months from using his teeth and claws on people for an old neighbor lady who owned him. A thump with a finger on his nose got his attention effectively. I used a similar method to break a young Appaloosa stud from biting shortly after that when I was working in Montana.TexasGal wrote:Harold and my Dad seem to have similar tastes in cat training methods.
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- Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:27 pm
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- Sun Mar 13, 2011 2:45 am
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Re: Collateral Damage
Cats are not stupid. Though as I remind some other persons on a semi regular basis, they sure to make good violin strings.TexasGal wrote:Best to leave cats alone. They have special angels looking out for them. I learned that as a child. My mom loved cats and fed all the strays. My dad hated cats and liked to see if the dogs could catch them before they made it up the trees.
When I was about 6, my dad had a car he really liked. In the hot Texas summers, he liked to leave the windows down when it was parked at our house. That heat often ruined the dashboard and upholstery materials of the time. One day he found a cat inside comfortably sleeping and ran him out. The next day, the cat was back and sprawled out sleeping on the back seat. My dad decided he would change that cat's idea of a good place to sleep. He had rigged up the equivalent of an electric cattle prod and had me go get it. He slowly reached in to touch that sleeping cat. Well, that cat left an endless stream of liquid kitty poo as he frantically ran circles around the inside of my dad's car. Most of the cloth upholstery was covered. After that, my dad left the windows down just to let some of the stench out that became a permanent perfume in that car. Never saw the cat in there again though.
My dad used a cattle prod many years back to send a belligerent trucker to his knees, crying and begging for him to not use it again. Those suckers HURT.