What kinds of cats are those?

hell no....

I have 5 Extreme Face Persians, 2 Dollfaced Persians and 2 Seal Point Himalayans, and 1 Blue Point Himalayan...... and 2 rescue/mutt cats. lol

While I'll admit to having spanked my monkey a few times, I've never hit my dog ? we're best friends, and I don't want to change that. Besides, he could fuck me up pretty good if he wanted to...

LOL, see you in Vegas :winkwink:
WG

your place must stink like urine

To me, I treat my animals like I treat my kids, I demand respect from them, but I also GIVE them respect. I wouldn't walk around the house kicking my kids across the room, and I won't do it to my cats, I don't punch my kids in the face, so I won't do it to my dogs..... I will tap/touch them to get their attention, but hitting them doesn't do anything for it to me... in an absolute EXTREME case where they are endangering themselves or someone else, I may catch them a little harder, but ONLY to get their attention, then we go from there with the attitude, your attitude lets them know all they need to know.

Nope, it actually doesn't. I have had service people in here that have seen all of them in their glory and freak because my house doesn't have that "typical" cat smell that one would expect.

BUT, I know what you mean, thing is, it is for ME more than anything, I am deathly allergic to the amonia in cat urine and I can't breathe with it in the air, so I am a major major bitch about those litter boxes.. it is extremely rare cases that you can even smell one cat in my house, much less 12... and NO, I am not a clean freak, my house is strewn like crazy.. just doesn't smell like a houseful of cats live here. lol

I dont spank my dog even though he's very hard headed. I usually correct him by grabbing him by the skin of the back of his neck and say NO. He respnds better to a male voice though.

A dog trainer told me once that the biggest mistake most people do is to expect the dog to understand them and not trying to understand the dog which is key in a good training.

i have a hard time spanking them in a hard, non-playful manner, but luckily i've never really been in a situation where that is necessary.. usually a light spank on the butt (nothing painful) and they get the point. :)

yes, but they like a good butt smackin.

don't worry I dont hit them hard :)

How many litter boxes do you have? How often do you clean them?

No you wont. But make sure you bring your monkey to Phoenix this time :1orglaugh

yeah, you are probably one of those that think it is abuse to spank your kids too

At least every other day... it never goes more than 48 hours without a complete change, scooped everyday... maybe that's why? lol I am borderline obsessive about that and not having my house smell like cats. lol

Seldomly spank my dog on the rear. Verbal is a much better punishment in my mind. They learn by the tone of your voice quickly.

I find that when I get pissed or frustrated with them to the point of wanting to smack em, I just remove them from the room. Put them in the bathroom with the litter box or on the patio for a bit. The worst punishment for many pets is not giving them attention. However, this is less inclined to be punishment and more inclined to give some cooling off time before I lose it.

just the monkey :)

That's what I have done to mine, they rarely ever piss me off to that point, they just don't act like fools... but when they do, it's in "time out" for their asses. Usually it is just the one Male, he takes spells where he wants to play "who's in charge" and he starts chasing the others..... that lands his ass in the bathroom for a couple of hours and he settles down REAL fast. He's my baby and he hates not being near me.

And to answer that litter box thing, bu((aneer, I spaced that one. I have 4 litter boxes in my house. An average of one per 3 cats... :1orglaugh

I spank my monkey :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

no, my pup was abused as a baby and is skittish. he knows when i'm mad at him by the tone of my voice.

you must only spank the dog the moment after he misbehaves.


I mean seconds only after.

If you leave the punishment longer than seconds he will forget what crime he has commited therefore you are hitting him for no reason. and therefore being cruel to animals.

Tam I have 3 purebreds and I couldn't not imagine having 13!!!
3 per box works too, we tried having more but they all use the same one no matter what.

What about pussy flinging? :1orglaugh Kitty tossing?

Ours are so light (8lbs max) sometimes when i'm working it becomes a game to them...hop on my desk, ass in my face - pick em up and toss on on the beanbag or floor, they hop up and do it again. Eventually I have to get up open the patio so they can harass the birdies that come up to the feeder. Distraction is everything :1orglaugh

No spanking my pets, i only spank my girlfriend

The only time they get spanked is if they try and escape out of my yard into the street. Better my open handed spank on the butt than a car running them over.

only my monkey

i dont spunk my little pup

jesus... theres hitting and theres hitting, hitting a dog lightly on the head when you try to raise him is perfectly normal. I bet you never had dogs whether when you grew up or for yourself, it sounds like you absolutely dont have a clue what youre talking about.

i have two cats.. i use a squirt bottle. works great.

I don't think you should beat your kids but since you can communicate words to children as well, I think smacking a child is ok ... as long as the message is being put in with words too ...

Children, at the age when they can not talk, can be smacked very lightly, and told because they're learning words and this will help them learn. But human children don't gradually become violent over time if you use this kind of discipline ....

I don't mind people giving their dog a small tap and saying no ... but spanking? Sorry but what kind of person 'spanks' an animal?

I think it's unneccessary. I don't think spanking does fuck all. Smacking ... you can do.... there's a big difference.

my dog thinks it's a game when he is smacked or hit in any way, so as a dicsiplinary action that doesn't really work. He's pretty well behaved but he does love to fuck with my guests, he thinks they are there to visit him :)

Then WTF are you getting in my face for? You must have the memory of a goldfish.

That is the problem with my dog.

I try to follow "the rules" so that the little prick knows who the alpha male in this house really is, but he just accepts it as a challenge.

I am tempted to start dressing him up as a girl until he finally gets it that he is a distant #2.

my first rott could tear the tracks off a tank, I had no desire to get into a who is physically stronger game with him. All voice control, the words didn't matter as much as the tone.

Yep, I do spank my dogs once in a while. I don't see no problem there.