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Old 12-02-2021, 12:40 PM   #328
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Well, the thing with training cats is that you can give them the message such that they understand what you want them to do, but sometimes they just decide not to. Mine knows he's not allowed on the kitchen island, so he gets up there when he wants attention. He understands what "OFF!" means, but sometimes he just sort of tries to make it look like he's going to jump off, and then tries to stay on the edge, as if to say "well I got close to leaving, that's good enough, right?" He knows I want him to use the scratching posts so whenever he does something wrong he runs to those and starts scratching so as to say "look, I'm being good".

Short version, cats can be trained, but depending on their personality and what mood they're in they might not do the thing they've been trained to do even though they understand what they're supposed to be doing.
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