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Cat Exercise
Keep your cat mentally stimulated and offer it plenty of
opportunity for exercise, and it will have less opportunity
to be destructive in your home. If your cat is frustrated
or bored, it may chew your plants, scratch your furniture
or tear your draperies. Changing your cat's behavior is
not impossible, but frequent exercise is one of the best
solutions to behavior problems.
A scratching post is crucial to your cat's good health. It
not only relieves it of its innate desire to scratch, it
is a form of exercise. Cats can literally exhaust themselves
playing with toys. Good toys will encourage activities like
scratching, chasing and batting. Toys that make sudden movements will pique your cat's curiosity.
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Cats need as much love an attention as dogs do. They just prefer it on their own terms.
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Did you know that you could train your cat to perform tricks? Cats respond best to training when they are working for food rewards. To teach your cat to shake hands, place your cat on the floor in front of you, touch its paw and say, "shake". As soon as your cat reacts and lifts its paw, shake it. Use verbal approval along with a treat as a reward. Remember to repeat the command exactly the same way, each time.
