2141smh@aluxe.UUCP (henning) (01/08/85)
**** **** From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA aluxe!2141smh > A cat understands "No" said in a scolding tone of voice, and it > understands being picked up and taken away from whatever you > don't want it messing around with.... I have only had 2 indoor/outdoor cats, but both of them would remember all of the things they has been scolded for and use them as ploys to be fed or as a method of civil disobediance for any reason. However if the punishment was not related to people, such as suddenly getting a little damp, there was no such thought of retribution. By the way, the same cats don't hesitate to go out into the rain so being hit with a spray can't be too tramatic. The spray has been a good deterent after only about 2 or 3 times.