OneTwoThree wrote:
Cheyrul wrote:
I don't don't hurt our animals either but I do let them know I am boss, even when we are playing. If that means a relatively gentle smack on the head (which is no different than them swatting each other) when they are being too rough, so be it. I know I am by far gentler to them than they are to each other.
You.Are.Not.A.Cat/dog/rabbit. It is NOT the same. Please do not abuse your or other peoples animals.
LMAO! I do NOT abuse animals, mine or other peoples. If a cat, dog, or rabbit is biting me out of meanness, I will pop it on the head hard enough to startle, not hurt. This cat draws blood, her bites are hard and deep, she is not like other cats. I have had many cats and have 3 now, there is no reason to hit them or the dogs or the rabbits.
This struck me as so funny, I was driving a friend to the store with her 3 y/o who has no animal manners (he pulls ears and tails and sits on them). I was telling her about this thread and how I am considered to be abusive :lol She cracked up when I said most of you feel there is never reason to smack (not hurt but like a Cesar Milan poke) an animal, including a cat ...she squealed "What about Tommy?" Tommy is the cat I popped on the head when she was biting (hard)and would not let go. Tommy has bit her and her people in the same fashion! Ironically, I am one of the few people Tommy the hateful cat likes, which is why I am trusted to catsit her.
Oh, I do not smack the 3 y/o when he pulls my cats, dogs and rabbits ears and tails, I put him in time and remove the animal. I only let him pet and touch when he is with me until he is gentle and can be trusted. My kids, all 9 of them have always been around cats, dogs and birds, and were taught from birth to be gentle. I am not used to a kid being so mean to my pets, nor are the animals. We use zip ties to keep him out of the bunny cages.
