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Why you shouldn’t tear a cat

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The breakdown has been a common practice in the management of cats for a long time. It is the method of restriction of cats to most veterinary professionals were originally taught. The breakdown is where the cat is grabbed by the skin loose on the back of the neck. Although this restriction technique has been widely used for so long, it is essential to know why it should be avoided in most situations. There are more human methods to drive and control a cat.

What is breakdown?

There are different levels of breakdown, ranging from a soft cellar to a firm understanding of the skin on the back of the neck, depending on whether a cat requires a mild, moderate or severe restriction. Unfortunately, the breakdown has also been used to lift and wear a cat. In general, the rear feet are also supported, however, in some cases, the cat can keep most of the body weight that hung in the air during transport.

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The breakdown is often used to completely immobilize a cat where the neck grabs well, the rear feet is held and the cat stretches for its exam or some other procedure.

The argument to break down is that it supposedly imitates how kittens are shown when the mother’s cat picks them up in this way. Unfortunately, a human cannot replicate the specific amount of pressure used by a mother cat, as well as other signs of mother language to Gatito. In addition, kittens are only broken down during their first weeks of life. Young kittens, when they maintain in this way, freeze reflexively and snuggle through their legs. During the first weeks of life, when kittens are not very mobile, this ability for Mother Cat to pick up her kittens quickly, allows them to move them efficiently if she feels danger or if a kitten moves too much. This trigger reflex decreases as they grow.

What’s wrong with tearing?

It can be painful and distressing. This can vary from discomfort to absolute pain. The breakdown can create fear and can create a negative association with the person who made the breakdown or the environment where the cat has the experience. It can erode trust and the cat can begin to fear any type of handling.

The breakdown is often badly used as a training method to discipline a cat. This is an ineffective and inhuman training attempt. The cat will not associate breakdown with unwanted behavior, but will associate the distressing experience with the person who makes breakdown. Punish training does nothing to teach the cat the desired behavior. The appropriate training method is to identify the reason for the behavior so that it can supply what the cat needs. When you use a positive and strength training technique, it establishes the cat to succeed and strengthens the link.

The breakdown can lead to greater aggression. The breakdown can put a cat in a defensive position where he feels to protect himself by biting or scratching.

Best alternatives to break down

To avoid having to tear your cat to fight it in the carrier for a trip to the veterinary clinic, follow these steps to train your cat to feel comfortable with the carrier and travel:

  • Leave the bearer. Place the carrier somewhere neutral of his home (not near the sand box or the food station). Place a bent towel inside to be more cozy as a place to take a nap.
  • Wearing sweets. Start by leaving sweets near the carrier and eventually at the top and inside. This will encourage your cat to explore the carrier at their own pace and receive a reward for approaching.
  • Close the carrier door. When your cat feels comfortable entering and leaving the carrier, you can briefly close the door when it is there, then open it again and offer an immediate reward.
  • Raise the bearer. With your cat inside the carrier, raise it gently and walk around the room. This will help your cat feel more comfortable with movement. Place the carrier, open the door and offer a reward.
  • Test Test in the Car. First make the cat feel comfortable with his carrier in the car. Do not turn the engine first times. When he feels that the cat is ready, the engine starts and let the cat get used to that feeling. The next step is to do some tests in the car where you simply make short trips.
  • Create comfort. Your cat can feel more comfortable if there is a light roof towel on the bearer. Sprinkle the towel slightly with Flirtation. Do not reproduce music at full volume while you are in the car. Use a soft tone while driving to reassure your cat.
  • Be patient. Go to your cat’s rhythm. The training can take time, but hopefully will make future trips to the veterinary clinic less stressful for both you and your cat.

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In the Veterinary Clinic

  • Don’t take the carrier cat. When he put the bearer at the exam table, open the carrier’s door and give his cat a few minutes to adjust. The cat can leave the carrier on his own. If you leave the carrier, give him time to investigate the room. If the cat remains on the bearer, you can remove the upper part (if you use a sore). In this way, your cat can remain in the lower half for most of the exam.
  • Towels are useful. If the cat must withdraw from the carrier, a towel can be gently placed on it instead of breaking down. There are several methods of restriction of towels that can be used with cats. He who chooses his veterinarian will be based on the body part that must be visible. Its veterinary and veterinary technicians are familiar with the type of envelope techniques. When using a towel wrap restriction method, care should be taken not to wrap so well that it makes the cat have breathing difficulties. Many cats will also feel less anxious if they can hide their heads under a towel or blanket. If you visit a certified veterinary clinic without fear, they will be well trained in low stress management techniques and without force.
  • Wearing sweets. During an exam, having sweets like Churu, or one that your cat prefers, can provide sufficient positive distraction so that the veterinarian can perform any exam or procedure that is necessary with a minimum stress for the animal. For some cats, distractions such as toys, feathers, Feromona spray also work well.
  • Follow the cat’s example. Some cats feel more comfortable when they are in the lap of cat parents, on the floor or be retained. What matters is that the management method used is the least stressful for the cat, while it is safer for all involved (Cat, Veterinary, Technician and Cat parent).
  • Soft maintenance. If the cat is scared or showing aggression and must be collected and transported, wrapped safely in a towel while it has a covered head and the body completely supported is the best method.
  • The security of the hiding place. Towels and blankets can be the best source of security when they are in the veterinary clinic. They allow the cat to feel hidden and protect the person who handles injuries.

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Pay attention to what the cat needs

When you need to drive a cat that is afraid or highly stressed, take a moment and pay attention to what the cat’s body language says. You will get clues about what the situation could reduce. Pause before jumping directly to the handling to determine whether to offer a candy, a toy distraction, allowing the cat to hide under a towel, lowering the lights or some soft method will create an environment where the cat does not have to resort to self -defense.

Here is a video of the deceased Dr. Sophia Yin, which shows how you can even examine a wild cat without tear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf_vxc8njzw

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Rainbow 2024 bridge memory

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About the Rainbow bridge memory:


Deb Barnes founded Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day (RBRD) in 2015 as a special day for pet guardians to honor the memory of those beloved pets in their life that they have loved and lost, but never forgotten, whether skins, fins, feathers, scales or something else. It is celebrated every year on August 28, in honor of the day, he had to say goodbye to his precious rag cat, Mr. Jazz, the author of the Measure of Impressions of the heart: the history of life, death and beyond the cat.

The first to make his way on the bridge was my beautiful Bobo Angel. He had found Bobo at the end of 1989 during a snowstorm in Ohio. He was approximately 6 months at that time. I was lucky to have it in my life for 18 years. Bobo was really my cat. I hated other cats, he was not a dog fan (Except for a Sheltie who lived near us in Ohio, which Sheltie was called Kelly and used to eat grass together when Bobo would go over her belt.).

Bobo was the first kitten that had shared my life. We had a link that I thought would never be as intense as it was, until:

My Cody

My Cody, my Codester, my beautiful love mistake, my hug mistake, my shadow, my heart, my soul. My “Velcro Kitty”. When Cody was adopted in July 2007 (Two weeks after my fool passed), Never, I never thought I would have a link like that again. My Cody, the day I adopted it, crawled by my chest to Petco and did not release it. From that day to his tragic and unexpected death in 2020, I didn’t let go. My Lover Hug Insect, Lover of the Gatera grass, Sheltie lover, I just wanted to be loved from the moment we looked at each other.

Cody was the reason why this blog began. He was my “co -pilot”, my partner. Our blog began in October 2009 and to honor its memory, while the name of the blog has changed, the link will never do it.

Cody gave me more happiness, love and yes, heartbreak of what I could imagine. My beautiful boy, I miss you beyond words.

He used to love when Cody played with certain Kittenhood On toys, he would make a deadly jump while playing. It was the cutest of all. Cody was a “people’s cat.” Anyone who entered our house, in his mind, was his friend.


I spent every night in the sofa’s armrest next to my side while watching television. To this day, that armrest remains empty.

When I was not sitting with, or following me, or playing with his brother, Cody loved nothing but spending time in his precious cat tree.

I will always be grateful for Cody’s cat tree, as well as the personalized urn, where Cody is at rest. Eternity goes through its favorite place in the world, its Cat tree

My Dakota, my first Sheltie

You believe it or not, when Dakota joined our family in October 2007, while he loved him, he had really formed the deep bond we had.

Papi was the one who used to take Dakota to the veterinarian and the preparation, so he joined him before me. While he was crazy about Dakota, our deep link probably began when he was about two years old. From that moment on, Dakota and I were deeply united. So much so that he had a strange feeling of understanding my emotions, coming to me to give me kisses when I cry. He was my kitchen friend; He looked at me like a Babygate hawk every time I cooked, and said everything he was doing.

Dakota was stoic, fun, thick, peculiar, handsome, loving, loyal and everything I could have expected from my first Sheltie. Dakota was the fulfillment of a dream for life of being a mother of a Sheltie. I couldn’t have asked for a better dog.

He worshiped his dad and his mother, popcorn, apples, chicken, hamburgers and his beloved red, white and blue ball.

He didn’t like other dogs, he wasn’t a fan of so many people, but he was fiercely loyal to his dad, mom and his brother, Cody. Dakota loved everything he had, even in his last moments. I am grateful for every moment I had with this special boy and I miss him terribly.

Dakota and Cody worshiped. Many of those who wrote me comfort notes when they died, with only 9 days apart, felt that they were planning to leave together. It doesn’t surprise me. When Cody passed first, Dakota was lost. I was still looking for Cody everywhere, it was the most heartbreaking to witness. Dakota had already been diagnosed with cancer (Hemangiosarcoma), And when Cody left us, it was as if Dakota lost his will to live. He wanted to be with his dad and his mother, but terribly missed his brother.

The photo below was the last photo of the boys taken together; It was taken very close when they passed. I am grateful to have it. Cody and Dakota brought their dad and mom more joy and silly and loving moments we could have imagined.

This is the sweatshirt on the cabin floor

Where Cody finally passed.

He chose to lie next.

This sweatshirt had been missing for years.

Until Cody died in him.

“Coincidence? I think no.”

To each and every one of you who have lost the dear babies,

Please – Remember:

“We all shine, like the moon and the stars and the sun” -John Lennon

Thank you, my beautiful pets, for your unconditional love, for the happy times and memories that will live with me forever. Thank you, my beloved Cody, for this blog and everything I experienced because you were the first to make it possible. Love forever to all of you, always, your mother.

I did not intend that this publication was so long, and I thank you for taking the time to read it. I would also like to thank Deb Barnes for creating this wonderful event. I send my love to each and every one of you and I hope to read your stories and see your photos of those “who came before.” That we all derive some comfort from these publications.

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Opbeat Cat News – Max The Cat Graduates with Doctorate

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I love this story of Max, the cat, obtaining a doctorate at Vermont State U in Castleton after 4 years hanging on the campus.

According to the story, he was a friend of all the students, he helped keep the levels of anxiety, comforted and perhaps even advised them during difficult times and made the campus a more pleasant place to be.

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Does the snoring always mean that a cat is happy?

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Cat lovers are well familiar with the relaxing buzz of a cat’s snoring and generally associate it with satisfaction and relaxation, but the complexities behind this subtle sound extend far beyond mere happiness. Cats are irrigated by a variety of reasons, offering us some ideas about their psychology and physiology.

Slipping serves many functions

With what most people are related is the scenario of a relaxed and happy cat in a lap while stroking gently. Many people assume that if the cat is snoring, everything is fine. Not always. Ronaronar is more complex than that. Cats can snort when they are scared or threatened, possibly as a means to calm or appease a perceived threat. Like a nervous person, he smiles in an insecure situation, a cat’s snoring during moments of anguish serves as a soothing mechanism, helping them to deal with anxiety or perceived danger and, hopefully, to calm an opponent potential.

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Pain relief

This selfolegation behavior and the therapeutic capacity of snoring extend to the times of pain, illness or injury, where it serves as help in pain relief. It is known that females, for example, purify during childbirth.

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The role of snoring in early life

The importance of snoring extends to the first moments of cat’s life, since kittens begin to purr shortly after birth. This helps the mother track their babies. Deaf and blind born, newborns also trust their mother’s snoring vibrations to help it, starting the union in those first days.

The curative slice

The benefits of the ronrona do not end there. The investigation suggests that the frequency of a cat can contain healing properties, potentially accelerating bone repair and injury recovery.

The cat’s slice is much more than a simple expression of satisfaction. It is a multifaceted tool and a therapeutic aspect of feline life, for service purposes that range from emotional to physical.

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Each cat is unique

With many cats, the slice is audible. It may look like the soft buzz of the best engine, or it may sound like one that has long been tuning. Other cats can have such a quiet slice that he only knows his presence for the soft vibration.

From moments of satisfaction to times of anguish, from the first minutes of life to the last hours, the slice serves as a cat’s constant partner.


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For more information about the behavior of Cat, see the books of PAM Johnson-Bennett. PAM’s books are available in bookstores and online. For your convenience, we have included links to Amazon.

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