Cat Behavior Is Influenced By Past Life Spent As A Hunting Creature
Cat behavior is quite different to what you had anticipated, and as a matter of fact, it is certainly a lot different from that of humans as well as from those of dogs. In fact, controlling your cat can only be achieved if you base your training methods on the correct assumptions, especially given the fact that unlike humans, cats are purely carnivorous creatures as well as predators.
Conflicts Arise
Thus, cat behavior is influenced to a great deal by its past when it lived as a wild creature and had to play as well as eat and behave according to the ways of the jungle. Cats were basically hunting animals and that behavior has remained ingrained in their genes to the present times. To humans, a cat's behavior is difficult to understand and it often brings pet and owner into conflict with one another.
Though, one would normally expect a cat's behavior to be the same as that of humans, this is a rather false assumption because there is no way that a cat's behavior can mimic that of humans. It is only after your feline pet has been made more disciplined (though you should not use force when training your cat) can you hope to turn your pet into a well-behaved pet rather than an aggressive and hostile monster. What's more, it is also a good idea to reinforce good cat behavior with praise as well as by giving treats while and discouraging bad behavior by withdrawing rewards and also by admonishing your errant pet.
Often, a cat's behavior can become quite crazy though there is nothing to be alarmed about such behavior since it is mostly just an instinctual act that is best exemplified by her spraying urine to mark territory. Such forms of cat behavior is seldom appreciated by cat owners who need to, of course, use proper training methods to help the cat overcome such bad behavior and to even go as far as neutering the pet to get it to behave in a more acceptable manner, though only if you don't plan on breeding your cat any further.
Another common form of a cat's behavior is when it begins scratching everything and anything that comes in its way and so, in order to get your cat to stop, you will need to use scratching products with which to train it not to destroy your furniture and other expensive items.
The bottom line is that a cats' behavior is not to be considered as bad behavior because it is only the way that they naturally behave which of course is quite different to what you may have been expecting. Being a very independent creature, your cat will behave more like a lion than a human mainly because of their ingrained traits. So with a little bit of understanding, proper training and plenty of patience you should not find it hard to teach it how to live like a respected family member and quit being a nuisance around the home.
