Manifesto of feline ownership III

Today we explore, the issue of feline discipline and what to do if your feline jumps up on your lap while you are eating a piece of frosted cake. These thoughts are provided exclusively to the Gifted Typist by Mr. Thomas J. Baglin, philosopher and feline owner.

In the course of Discipline, the style, duration, and
force/pain the cat receives WILL initially cause the cat to know that its
behaviour is unacceptable. However, the cat has a sense of "fitting the
punishment TO the "Crime."

Cats do NOT have strong constitutions, and have a quicker equation to feeling threatened. Hence the ferociousness of its defense. The human, SUPPOSEDLY, the THINKING(?) animal(?), MUST establish the duration, and intensity of his application of force. He must ALSO be quick to note the slackening of the feline defense struggle. Cats are NOT known for long-duration fighting. Thus, when in the correcting of behaviour mode, the TIME and INTENSITY factor is critical to the future relationship.

Cats DO seem to "plot" revenge in many ways. Not the least of which is to jump onto your lap when you have a piece of frosted cake on plate in front of you. The Cat is getting its revenge, you can NOT discipline it if it goes into a loving mode. The cat has thoroughly confounded the issue for the human; and lies in a stately mood taking in all the human gyrations at getting the frosting off the clothing. CLASSIC case of MIS-DIRECTION of attention.