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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cats learn that certain activies result in positive rewards, so they continue to do them over and over again. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://catcarefacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/cat_behavior.JPG"><img src="http://catcarefacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/cat_behavior.JPG" alt="cat_behavior" title="cat_behavior" width="290" height="210" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-29" /></a>Do you have a cat that is:</p>
<p>    * Ignoring the litter box and instead messing on the floor, your bed or anywhere else they shouldn&#8217;t be.<br />
    * Biting you, your children or your guests unexpectedly.<br />
    * Scratching your couch, bed, and other furniture?<br />
    * Digging in houseplant pots.<br />
    * Fighting with other cats that you have.<br />
    * Keeping you awake at night.<br />
    * Just plain misbehaving?</p>
<p>Then if so you need a proven method to train your cat to cure these actions.<span id="more-27"></span></p>
<p>In order to effectively train your cat, you must understand the way cats think, and what drives their actions.</p>
<p>Cats and dogs do not think alike, and trying to use the same training methods on a cat that you would use on a dog will not help and may make the problem worse.</p>
<p>Cats have completely different instincts and react differently than what dogs do. Yelling or physically punishing a cat will only make them fear you, rather than solve behavior problems.</p>
<p>However, there is one learning method cats, dogs, and even people do have in common, and that is classical conditioning. In other words, they learn to associate certain behaviors with certain outcomes.</p>
<p>Cats learn that certain activities result in positive rewards, so they continue to do them over and over again. Other actions cause negative outcomes, so they avoid them.</p>
<p>So, what is the difference between this and simply punishing your cat? Won&#8217;t yelling at your cat when they do something wrong make them associate the behavior with a negative outcome?</p>
<p>It might, but wouldn&#8217;t it better if your cat associated their bad behavior with the negative consequence, rather than associating the negative consequence with you?</p>
<p>If you are interested in learning more about cat behavior problems and how to cure them once and for all then I recommend that you read this highly rated <a href="http://bit.ly/16MH0E">cat behavior</a> book that contains straight to the point, no-fluff real world solutions to cat behavior problems, that truly work. </p>
<p>Save time and money by curing your cat&#8217;s behavioral problems quickly and effectively by immediately downloading and reading this book.</p>

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