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How do I keep the cat off the bed?
I was able to train the cat to use a scratching post (and not my
furniture) in about 2 days with a good ole squirt bottle. But it's not working for this. She jumps on the bed when I'm sleeping. She wakes me up when she jumps on, and she wakes me up when she grooms. So when she jumps on the bed and wakes me up, I squirt her and she jumps off. But she comes back 10 minutes later! We do this a dozen times a night, and I'm not getting good rem. If I shut her out of the room, she scratches at the door like a maniac. Seriously...we don't want the cat sleeping with us. I know many people LOVE sleeping with their cats. But we've given her a good home...we just don't want or need her on our bed at night. Any tips? |
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On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 22:10:33 +0100, all of a sudden, jmc
exclaimed: On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 18:39:37 GMT, all of a sudden, exclaimed: But it's not working for this. She jumps on the bed when I'm sleeping. She wakes me up when she jumps on, and she wakes me up when she grooms. Any tips? This is what I did: If, for any reason, she woke me up before the alarm, she was put out of the room, the door closed, and we would ignore any and all cat noises from the other side. No response, positive or negative. Fortunately, Meep isn't a yowler. Consistency! We did this every time, it only took her a couple of nights to learn, and about two weeks before she completely quit trying to wake us. She learned the "don't wake her up before the alarm" so well that if I woke a few minutes before the alarm, I'd see her sitting attentatively at the side of the bed, and she'd jump up the *moment* the alarm went off. She's also learned that she's not allowed above the waist on the bed without permission. Mostly gently, but unfortunately I tend to wake and flail blindly if I'm woken by some sort of tickle on any exposed skin - remenents of a spider phobia, probably. A long time ago I read a post where someone did this, and kept the vaccum cleaner ready in the bedroom...if the cat made a ruckus on the other side of the door, they'd turn on the vaccum. Haven't tried this, but imagine it'd be effective, and might train your cat faster, at least if it's afraid of the vaccum. jmc usenet [at] jodi [dit] ws Any day you learn something isn't a total waste. I forgot to mention: She is allowed on the bed, she's just not allowed to try to wake us up. And she *does* understand the difference. jmc usenet [at] jodi [dit] ws Any day you learn something isn't a total waste. |
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Cats are "pride" animals. So as long as she is an only cat, you are her "pride". Perhaps a companion would help the situation. That's pretty interesting. I hadn't thought about that. So she's sort of nesting with us? |
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Cats are "pride" animals. So as long as she is an only cat, you are her "pride". Perhaps a companion would help the situation. That's pretty interesting. I hadn't thought about that. So she's sort of nesting with us? |
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in article , at
wrote on 7/18/04 7:40 PM: Cats are "pride" animals. So as long as she is an only cat, you are her "pride". Perhaps a companion would help the situation. That's pretty interesting. I hadn't thought about that. So she's sort of nesting with us? Kind of. She's sleeping with you. How about a very nice cat tree with a perch right by the bed. Sometimes it is enough if they can just be near you. |
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