On The Way To Summer

Now that we're past December solstice in America, everyone can be happy that our slow journey back to longer daylight and warmer weather has begun.

Wisconsin has so far enjoyed a mild winter--no temperature below 0 and only one dusting of snow.  When our son, Troy, was born in November 1983, the cold and snow were so severe we couldn't take him to see my mother in Janesville, 75 miles away until late January when it warmed some.

Last winter had an abundance of snow, too.  Maybe it will miss us this year.

 

Two New Ways To Repel Cats From Things They Shouldn't Scratch

Several years ago I came upon two new-to-me ways of dissuading cats from clawing things in the home that are off limits. Thought I should pass them on. These were posted by experienced cat people on the Internet

1. To keep dogs and cats from furniture and such, use Vicks Vapor Rub. They hate this smell.

2. Spray the area that your cat is scratching with inexpensive perfume. It will stop immediately as they do not like the taste when licking their paws. I have been using this for 35 years and have not found a cat yet that continued to scratch my furniture. I hope this helps you, too.

Like humans, a cat tends to stay with something that pleases it. This means that if your cat has developed a bad scratching habit--clawing a couch for example--you will have to work with her or him to bread the habit. The above suggestions might help.

Redesigned Website

Finally have completed modifications to make my website--I hope--easier to navigate and more interesting.

Please have a look at http://www.naturalscratch.com.

I am now using the HTML editor Kompozer and find it effective and relatively easy to understand. 

Hope this effort helps put more Natural Scratch posts in the claws of cats around the world.