i'm not talking about beating the crap out of it, i personally dont think that's ok, how about you?
2006-09-19 17:55:54 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
No, it's not OK. Hitting your cat is very ineffective; startling the cat (like clapping your hands loudly) will get you much farther. Before I realized that, I used to tap my kitten's nose with one finger - not hitting, just tapping - but I found that even hissing at him is more likely to get him to understand I dislike what he's doing.
Going out of the room and closing the door behind me for the worst cases of misbehaviour. Never hitting.
2006-09-19 19:10:12 · answer #1 · answered by AlphaOne_ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hitting is not alright. Hitting children or animals or other human beings is just not acceptable.
If you want to discipline your pet...it really depends on what they've done that they shouldn't have. If they've urinated where they are not meant to, you should grab them by the scruff (not violently) right near the soiled area & make them watch you clean it up. I know most places it says to clean it up out of their sight but it's actually best to make them sit & watch you clean their mess up after you have scruffed them.
It's what the mother dogs do when the puppies soil the den. However, if you catch them in the act of doing something wrong, spraying them with water or shaking a can filled with pebbles will divert their attention too.
I have MANY pets & all are perfectly trained, except the youngest, a 14 week old puppy. It takes patience & persistence to train your pets. Usually, if there's a potty accident or they do something wrong - it's not their fault but rather the owner for not having supervised them at the time.
2006-09-19 18:55:45 · answer #2 · answered by TaMaRsBaR 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's OK to hit a pet when it's naughty as everything requires disciplining .
You just have to be careful not to hit it more hard than it takes .
It should be just hard enough to drive the lesson home and if your pet is delicate a little gentle slap is even more than sufficient.
Pets not only read what you are trying to communicate by your actions but by your smell and face and eye expressions .
If their master is irritated that's the reason some pets gets restless and at times you just have to make a stern face to get a pet to start whining .
Such gentle companions should be handled with care and brute force or any gesture of that category is not suitable to be used with them.
There is just one fact that they care for you and that should be reciprocated.
2006-09-19 18:18:59 · answer #3 · answered by Serene 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I have tapped my cat on the nose with my ring finger when she was clawing and clawing the sofa in a frenzy and nothing would stop her. That is as far as I would go. I found that a squirt from a water pistol helps a lot (I learnt that after the clawing incident!) and also a loud verbal command "DOWN!!!!" or "BAD GIRL" works really well, and sometimes I just have to clap my hands together really loudly
2006-09-20 03:34:41 · answer #4 · answered by sparkleythings_4you 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No..
desginate a discipline corner or something.
when he acts up say "no" with authority and put him like in a
laundry room or tie him to the patio for about 10-15min.
but most of all give him love & praise especially when he does something good.then he will know that is the way he'll get attention and belly rubs..especially when
he poops outside. act excited.
also if you wait too long to take him outside or you dont take him often enough ..its not his fault.
I used to sit for a couple of dogs and I would take them
out about 7am, 12pm,5pm,10pm,,and sometimes 12midnight.
also pickup the food and water.
twice or 3 times fed a day is good depending on the dog.
you can spread out the schedule *gradually then they get used to it..
but no tooo far apart....lol
Good luck
2006-09-19 18:07:54 · answer #5 · answered by sHiNe 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cats -- no way. You will teach that cat to fear you, and you will Not put a stop to the cat's offending behavior.
Dogs -- at most, a light tap on the snout with a firm tone of voice. Eventually, just the firm tone of voice will be all you need.
Never hit a cat, not even lightly.
2006-09-19 18:01:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. You are only teaching your pet to fear you. Most animals do not reason like humans. They associate a certain behavior by a cause. You should try to use a can with pennies and a squirt gun (don't drown them with it either)
Ask yourself would you want to be gently hit if you did something wrong?
2006-09-20 09:42:37 · answer #7 · answered by errin24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll smack my cats if they do something VERY wrong. Not hard enough to hurt at all, just enough to get my point across. In their own social structures the same thing would take place. They smack each other and fight to assert dominance. A light (and always well deserved) smack just helps to reaffirm your own dominance. And it works for the most part. My cats are still friendly, loving and well adjusted, and they will usually stop doing whatever it was that got them in trouble (for a while anyway, and probably just when we're around to see it, lol).
2006-09-19 18:15:06 · answer #8 · answered by snake_girl85 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nope. I don't think it is ok. How would the person that is hitting the animal feel if it turned around and bit him (or her) or scratched? The person would probably be madder than heck and hit more. Hitting is never the solution to anything.
2006-09-19 18:00:28 · answer #9 · answered by grandmaL 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I dont hit the pet useually a swat with a piece of paper then when you russle the paper the next time the pet will sence this and know that it is wrong
2006-09-19 17:59:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋