How Do You Fix Bad Cat Behavior?
“So, today we’re talking about how to fix bad cat behavior. Some of the things that people consider to be bad cat behavior would be scratching the furniture, peeing in places that they’re not supposed to be peeing outside their litter box, or trying to dart out the door and escape if you have an indoor cat. So, it’s really important to keep in mind with cats; that if they’re doing something that you don’t like you want to try to avoid using punishment, because unlike dogs, cats don’t tend to understand what it is that you’re punishing them for. So, it’s better, if possible, to prevent them from doing the bad behavior that you don’t like, and usually you can do that by changing the environment. And then, to create an opportunity for them to do an alternate behavior, so something that takes place of the behavior that they were doing. Scratching, for example, is not a bad cat behavior. It’s just a behavior that is happening in the wrong place. So, the cat is using scratching as a means of
