XPost: alt.cats, alt.pets.cats, rec.pets.cats.health+behav   
   XPost: rec.pets.dogs.behavior   
   From: plinnane3REMOVE@NOSPAMyahoo.com   
      
   read your "book", can't say as I disagree with the parts that are   
   relevant to general pet ownership.   
      
   One of the problems you'll face in adapting that to cat ownership is   
   that most cat owners don't want or need a formally trained cat, thus   
   there's no obedience-framework to explicitly place good-behaviour   
   reinforcement onto.   
      
   Common issues in "catworld" include:   
      
   declawing   
   hormone-based behaviour   
   neutering   
   improper toilet etiquette   
   spraying   
      
   None of which are exactly similar to "dogworld"; most quite different.   
      
      
   Umm...your entire "Part II" is actually a reprint of some guy/gal named   
   Moore ?   
      
   quote:   
   	Here's the third installment of the WEDTM:   
      
   	Here's MOORE:   
      
   	ALL behavior problems are CAUSED BY MISHANDLING.   
      
   	PART II   
      
   	1. Obedience   
      
      
   I note that you don't tackle "edge cases", ie: dogs that for one reason   
   or another are beyond your immediate control.  While those cases may   
   have retrospectively been improved/avoided by your methods, that doesn't   
   help the person getting mauled by the neighbour's pit bull.  Your   
   ridiculing of the subject does nobody any good.   
      
      
      
   pat   
      
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