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Cats can be taught very easily, actually, if you start when they are kittens. My cats have been taught that when I snap my fingers, they had better stop whatever it is they are doing. Now, I am still working on getting them to stay OFF certian furniture, but when they get on it, all I have to do is snap and they get down and run into the other room. They are actually getting on the furniture less and less.
They have also been taught that when the TV goes off in the bedroom, it is time to sleep. Otherwise, they get kicked out of the bedroom until we wake up.
As for the food- don't make it so diffucult. Just put a bowl of food out, not a big one- big enough to hold 1 to 2 cups of food, and when they you see it is empty, fill it. I don't usually mess with the wet shit. It is messy, they get it all over the place, and it usually gives them the shits. They each get a pouch of it on the holidays- Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, but that's it. It just makes them fat and can really upset their stomach.
Trust me, I consider myself something of a cat expert- I took care of a mentally retarded cat with FIV for 8 years.
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