Comments on: Cat Stages: Early Adolescence http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/early-adolescence/233 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:05:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: WereBear http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/early-adolescence/233/comment-page-1#comment-174 WereBear Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:33:33 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=233#comment-174 Too true! They think we "don't really mean it" unless we get up! Too true! They think we “don’t really mean it” unless we get up!

]]> By: Max Kaehn http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/early-adolescence/233/comment-page-1#comment-173 Max Kaehn Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:53:03 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=233#comment-173 Cleo and Yeti are purebred Maine Coons and both will test us on matters of discipline. I use what my wife calls my “daddy voice” (in a bass register) for the following sequence: “<i>Cat’s name</i>, down.” “<i>Cat’s name</i>, get <b>off</b> the <i>name of article of furniture</i>.” “Don’t make me come over there!” <i>*getting up and walking over*</i> “Fee, fie, fo, fum, I see the fluff of a ’coon kitten!” <i>*gently push cat off article of furniture*</i> Yeti usually listens to me by “Don’t make me come over there”. Cleo sometimes requires the full treatment, but seeing my butt leave the chair will usually do the trick. My wife finds it frustrating that she can do the exact same routine and the cats won’t take her seriously, but if I hear her doing the routine in another room, I’ll chime in with the “daddy voice” and then hear the <i>thuddup!</i> of a cat jumping to the floor. Cleo and Yeti are purebred Maine Coons and both will test us on matters of discipline. I use what my wife calls my “daddy voice” (in a bass register) for the following sequence:

“Cat’s name, down.”
“Cat’s name, get off the name of article of furniture.”
“Don’t make me come over there!”
*getting up and walking over* “Fee, fie, fo, fum, I see the fluff of a ’coon kitten!”
*gently push cat off article of furniture*

Yeti usually listens to me by “Don’t make me come over there”. Cleo sometimes requires the full treatment, but seeing my butt leave the chair will usually do the trick. My wife finds it frustrating that she can do the exact same routine and the cats won’t take her seriously, but if I hear her doing the routine in another room, I’ll chime in with the “daddy voice” and then hear the thuddup! of a cat jumping to the floor.

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