I love kittens. But I know they get into everything. We do ourselves a favor by making our home, at least temporarily, into an area that lowers the chances of a crash-boom-anguish event. see more Lolcats and funny pictures The number of variables in this situation are considerable, and will have an impact on our [...]
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Teaching kittens what we’re like
An essential part of kitten raising is teaching kittens what to expect from people. We want to make it all good things. Because they’re new in town, and they don’t know anything. see more Lolcats and funny pictures After several thousand years of people choosing the cutest, cuddliest kittens, finding them is easy. For most [...]
The Early Years
As a kitten becomes an adolescent, they draw on all they have learned, so far, about the world. We want those experiences to be good ones. But we, and they, can also handle the bad ones. see more Lolcats and funny pictures Cats are more than the sum of their early experiences. This is not [...]
The Kitten and the Couch
Olwyn is ten months old. In her seven months with us, she has gone from this to this: She has learned manners, the best ways to get along with the two other cats, and what spot on the bed is her favorite. We have learned all the ways which most pleases the princess. The couch [...]
The Kitten Attention Span
Our kitten, Olwyn, is now ten months old. In just the past couple of weeks we have seen signs of training progress. When reminded, she decided not to wrestle with RJ on the bed while we were trying to get to sleep. She responded to a verbal command to stop scratching the new couch, and [...]
