Cat - an animal independent, freedom-loving, proud and independent. At the correct approach to education the house favourite will be able to become the tender friend as a hobby.
With emergence in the house of any animal the way of life of all members of household changes, with arrival of a cat the life changes cardinally. It is necessary to reconcile or remain intolerant of that circumstance that the cat will be everywhere: she will climb on a table, to sleep on the battery or in a crib and, most likely, to steal food.
Cat - the reasonable animal very sympathetic to education process. These cunning creations perfectly understand the human speech, words, intonations and are quite able to acquire the main standards of behavior accepted in specific family. Very first that should be considered in the course of cultivation of a lovely predator is traits of character inherent in one and all cats: independence, independence, pride, love of freedom.
Try to offend never a cat and if so it happened inadvertently, in all seriousness apologize, caress the offended friend, treat tasty. The proud animal in response to offense or rough punishment can long refuse food, having brought itself practically to exhaustion, or to do dirt in not put place. There are real cases when the cat, for example, did a small group under the bed in the owner's headboard if had feeling of offense or jealousy.
Also cats do not love violent caress. Unlike dogs which can be called at any time and those willingly will pick up the game started by the owner or will allow to scratch a paunch, the cat will approach itself and when itself wants to get warm on a lap the owner. This important point should be controlled especially if in family there are children. The child wants to snuggle a kitten, to play with it if it to allow, then we risk to receive as a result of an adult half-civilized cat or a cat which, to all other, also bite and scratched. Explain to the kid that you should not catch and uderzhvat violently an animal, and it is better to wait when the cat itself shows interest in a game.
The same rule works also for such unpleasant, but necessary procedures as bathing, cutting of claws, cleaning of ears. Violence and rigidity cannot be shown to a cat at all. The animal understands our speech, the intonation therefore talking a quiet and peaceful, steady voice can achieve bigger, than by force holding a cat in a bathtub and trying to redeem it somehow. In this case it is impossible to avoid deep hand scratches, and nervous system of an animal by all means suffers from the made manipulations.
It is possible to bring up a cat with ustochivy balanced mentality only by means of love and caress. Even punishment has to be softer. It is impossible to tyknut a cat a muzzle in a puddle or the eaten-around cutlet. It will cause at all not that reaction which we would like to see. Instead of obedience and good behavior we risk to receive a pool in slippers, a small group under the bed or a hunger strike.
It is difficult to teach a cat not to climb on a table or not to steal food because at cat's it in blood, at the level of an instinct. Fill a bowl with food in time, you watch that your pet was full, do not leave on a table for a long time and without supervision stop tidbits or favourite food of your cat, and attempt to steal food. The easiest and harmless way is to scatter in a vorovity animal water from a spray. It will not offend a cat, but will let know that you are dissatisfied with her behavior. Action can be supported with the word ""It Is Impossible!"" or ""Foo!"".
That the cat was not accustomed to sleep or walk on a table, it is necessary to stop attempts of a kitten to jump on a table or at once to remove a kitten from a table. Also you remember that the cat hardly sees a difference between a computer or written and dining table and if you allow a cat to sleep on the keyboard, then be not surprised that your attempts not to let a cat to a dining table will meet bewilderment.
Of course, a lot of things depend on breed of a cat, on character of a specific animal, but in general the kind friend can be brought up also from a fluffy not purebred lump.