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applegrove

(133,247 posts) Sat Dec 29, 2012, 03:17 PM Dec 2012

Twilight knocked the package of cat treats down onto the ground and ripped it open [View all]

so she could eat 3/4 of it overnight. What should I do: (scold her). What do I do: (feed her the rest because she is so cute). How do you discipline your pets?

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Twilight knocked the package of cat treats down onto the ground and ripped it open [View all] applegrove Dec 2012 OP

What you should do is secure the cat treats better next time... n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #1

Will do. applegrove Dec 2012 #2

Atticus says give her the rest, and buy her more. Hoyt Dec 2012 #3

Have her post in Meta Paulie Dec 2012 #4

That is not punishment! Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2012 #13

How do you discipline your pets? abolugi Dec 2012 #5

Me too! LeftofObama Dec 2012 #7

More concerned about volune eating than discipline. hollysmom Dec 2012 #6

Cat on drugs! That sounds like descriptions in the news sometimes marzipanni Dec 2012 #8

you should have seen the place hollysmom Dec 2012 #9

I was away from home for a few days, left the cats The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2012 #10

They did have plenty of food, the butter thing was just to punish you... PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #12

Wouldn't do any good to scold her at this point. Don't feed her the rest! She could get sick. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #11

So far she has not gotten sick from too much of the treats. There are still a tiny applegrove Dec 2012 #14

I don't know how to discipline a cat. LWolf Dec 2012 #15

I put the tiny bit that was left in a wicker basket drawer. They are gone. Why that little %&*^#&*&! applegrove Dec 2012 #16

You hang a sign around their neck and post the picture Major Nikon Dec 2012 #17