Tag Archives: redirection

Dear Pammy, My cat is a chewer!

A reader asked: The cat, my cat, Mr. Knightley, chewed through the power cord to my phone. Clear through. He’s driving me nuts! Does my friend the cat whisperer have any ideas of what to do with my boy the … Continue reading

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The downside of those lightning reflexes

As we humans mature, we tend to get into less trouble; because we have learned how to see it coming. Legions of frustrated parents confront clueless children with the cry, “What were you thinking?” The answer, always, is that they … Continue reading

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Anticipating trouble

Sometimes, we can see into the future, and anticipate our cat misbehaving. Sometimes, our cat can do that, too. Then the stress of knowing something will happen meets with the stress of it actually happening to worsen our cat’s behavior. … Continue reading

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