Article: Here kitty, kitty, kitty... Stay. Good cat. Success in cat training is a matter of timing. if you command your cat to come when he is heading in the opposite direction, you're doomed to fail. Wait until the cat is walking toward you; then call him.(THE HOME FORUM)

Byline: Jan C. Snow

Some people believe it's impossible to train a cat. This is not true. Cats can be trained just as easily as dogs and quite a bit more easily than children. The secret is to use methods that are appropriate to the feline temperament, which in no way resembles that of either dogs or children.

I cut my cat-training teeth on a handsome male named Sam Evening. (His sister's name was Janet, as in Sam and Janet Evening.) These kitty siblings came to me via an enterprising 8-year-old who turned his wagon into a mobile marketing unit in order to divest his family of a sudden oversupply of kittens. Capitalizing on the innate cuteness of baby ...

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