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  If you are thinking about acquiring a cat or you have a new kitten that needs training, this is the best place for you to be right now! If you have always been a “dog person” rather than a “cat person” you are in for a few surprises. Unlike Fido, who will go to great lengths to win your approval and adapt to his new home, Kitty expects the home to adapt to him or her!
  
  
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  It is your youngest son's birthday and you want to give him a pet that will be sociable and one that will fit in with your household. You decide that a cat would be a good idea. But how does one go about choosing a pet cat? Jump ahead to the next chapter to learn how to select a breed of cat.
  
  
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  • Selecting Cat Toys
    Toys that are great to play with for cats are usually the round plastic ones (such as rings from shower curtains, plastic balls, golf balls, balls used in ping-pong) as these give cats the opportunity to chase and paw around. They could also carry these in their mouths, make sure though that these are big enough they cannot be swallowed but not so large that they cannot carry them in their mouths.
    
    
  • Selecting The Right Cat Litter
    Cat litters used in the olden days, meaning prior to the commercial cat litters now found in neighborhood grocery stores, are literally litters. Usually these were dirt gathered from gardens. Now, there are a variety of cat litters to choose from. These cat litters, for the most part, are great for the cat as well as good for the environment. The following are tips and advice to make better a cat owner’s selection of the best litter possible for their cats.
    
    
  • Should You Declaw Your Cat?
    Cats are born with claws, the same way that humans are born with fingernails and toe nails. Cats need claws in order to mark or scratch a specific place or territory that they have been in. Humans need finger nails to, scratch themselves or others, or for opening a letter envelope. Cats basically stretch their agile bodies in order to prepare their muscles when they dig their claws deeply into wood perhaps or a tree, and then they pull back from their hold. Scratching is a basic physiological need of cats.
    
    
  • Train Your Cat To Live At Peace With Your Dog
    The phrase “fighting like cats and dogs” didn’t come up as someone’s idea of a joke just for cartoons (Tom and Jerry comes into mind). Dogs are often territorial and will fight not just new cats but other new dogs as well. They tend to mark their territory and will fight anyone who invades their space. Cats have the same tendencies and even if they are smaller than most dogs, they will scratch and fight for their territory.
    
    
  • Training Your Cat To Use A Scratch Post
    Cats really, really, really love to scratch and that is no exaggeration either. If you’re a first-time owner of a cat, you’ll find that out as soon as you see your new furniture full of claw marks and your sofa and the pillows are shredded and torn to pieces. Cats scratch for a variety of reasons. The obvious reason is for marking their territory. Cat’s paws leave their scent and every time they scratch something their scent stays there. Scratching is also an exercise for them; you’ll usually see their love for scratching every time they wake up from a nap.