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>>> FOR MANY MURPHREE FRIENDS
ARE PART OF THE FAMILY AND THIS
WEEKEND CAT LOVERS HAVE A
CHANCE TO REJOICE ON NATIONAL
CAT DAY.
THISSUNDAY AT OF THE
CELEBRATION WE HAVE HAD A SHOT
JOINING US TODAY TO ANSWER
COMMON QUESTIONS FROM CAT
OWNERS AND SHE IS SHARING
HELPFUL TIPS FOR CARING FOR
YOUR FELINE FRIENDS.
TODAY.
WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME.THIS IS BLOSSOM.
BLOSSOM IS A TWO-MONTH-OLD
KITTEN.
>> SO CUTE.
TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
>> OH MY GOSH.
I LOVE CATS OF ALL AGES, BUT I
SPECIALIZE IN LITTLE KITTENS
LIKE BLOSSOM.
I THINK THEY ARE THE MOST
INCREDIBLE CREATURES.
KITTENS LIKE BLOSSOM ARE
NATURAL PREDATORS AND IT IS SO
FUN TO WATCH THEM GO FROM BEING
A LITTLE TINY BABY AND BLOOMING
INTO A LITTLE PREDATOR LIKE WE
HAVE HERE.
THEY ARE SUCH A JOY TO HAVE IN
.
35 PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS HAVE A
CAT NOW.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE MORE
THEY ARE MY FAVORITE ANIMALS.
>> THERE SEEMS TO BE QUITE THE
DIVIDE BETWEEN CAT PEOPLE AND
DOG PEOPLE.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?
>>I ALWAYS THINK THAT IS SO
SUCH A STRANGE THING BECAUSE
CATS CAN HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT
PERSONALITIES.
THERE IS EVERYONE FROM THE LAST
CAT BUT WANTS TO SNOOZE ON THE
COUCH ALL DAY TO ADVENTURE CATS
THAT WANT TO GO HIKING AND WALK
ON A LEASH.
I HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT CATS
AT HOME ALL HAVE VERY DIFFERENT
PERSONALITIES.
IT IS ALL ABOUT WHO YOU ADOPT
AND HOW YOU TRAIN THEM .
EVERY SINGLE CAT IS DIFFERENT.
YOU CAN SEE HERE BLOSSOM IS
ACTUALLY CARRYING AROUND A
LITTLE TOY IN HER MOUTH SO SHE
IS QUITE ADVENTUROUS HERSEL
I THINK IT IS NOT REALLY ABOUT
THE SPECIES SO MUCH AS IT IS
ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR
PERSONALITY.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT BRINGING A
CAT OR KITTEN INTO THE FAMILY.
WHEN ADOPTING A CAT, WHAT IS
TO THE FAMILY
>> SO I ALWAYS
RECOMMEND HAVING A HOME BASE
FOR THE CAT OR KITTEN THE FIRST
DAY YOU BRING THEM HOME .
CATS ARE REALLY CREATURES OF
HABIT.IF THEY ARE USED TO
BEING IN ONE SPACE THEY ARE
GOING TO MAYBE HAVE AN
ADJUSTMENT.
HOUSE.
RECOMMEND SETTING UP A GREAT
SPACE WITH LOTS OF THINGS GOING
TO BE COMFORTABLE TO THEM.
YOU CAN DO THINGS LIKE SOFT
BEDDING AND GIVING THEM LOTS OF
TOYS AND LOTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
IN THAT NEW SPACE SO THEY CAN
FEEL COMFORTABLE.
GIVING THEM AN ACCLAMATION.
OF A COUPLE DAYS.
WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE
INTRODUCING THEM TO OTHER
ANIMALS OR CHILDREN, THEY CAN
SLOWLY
DOING IT OVER IT.
OF A COUPLE DAYS AND GIVING
THEM THE ABILITY TO SEE BUT NOT
INTERACT WITH RIGHT AWAY .
THE SMELL BUT NOT INTERACT WITH
RIGHT AWAY.
OF COURSE I ALWAYS RECOMMEND
VERTICAL SPACES FOR CATS.
THEY LOVE CLIMBING HIGH UP.
THINGS LIKE CADRES CAN HELP BUT
FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE
CONFIDENT.
ANOTHER CAT.
IT GIVES THEM A WAY TO INTERACT
FIRST.
>> YOU MENTIONED YOU CAN TRAIN
CATS.CAN YOU GIVE US TIPS
WHEN IT COMES TO TRAINING CATS?
>> IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU
ARE TRYING TO DO WITH THE CAT.
IF YOU HAVE A CAT THAT IS VERY
FOOD MOTIVATED YOU CAN ACTUALLY
TRAIN THEM TO DO JUST ABOUT
MY CATS
GIVE HIGH-FIVES .
ONE OF MY CATS IS TRAINED TO
WALK ON A LEASH.
TRAINING.
JUST LIKE YOU CAN CLICK OR
TRAIN A DOG OR ANY ANIMAL.
THROUGH POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT
ANYTHING.
PERSONALITY.
I RECOMMENDLOOKING INTO
FOR YOUR CAT.
IT IS A REALLY FUN WAY TO BOND
WITH HER CAT AND SEE HOW
INTELLIGENT THESE ANIMALS ARE.
>> A COMMON COMPLAINT ABOUT
CATS IS FURNITURE SCRATCHING .
IS THAT A HABIT WE CAN BREA
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW BLOSSOM
IS ON THIS LITTLE COUCH SHAPED
SCRATCH POST WHICH I THINK IS
FUNNY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT CATS SCRATCHING THE
FURNITURE.
YOU KNOW, GIVING THEM AN
ALTERNATE OPTION IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
IT IS A REALLY NATURAL BEHAVIOR
FOR A CAT TO WANT TO CLAW.
YOU DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE
NATURAL BEHAVIORS IN CATS.
WE MADE THE DECISION TO BRING
THEM IN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE AS
NATURAL OF A LIFE AS POSSIBLE.
GIVING THEM OPTIONS WHERE YOU
CAN SAY YES, THIS IS A GOOD
BEHAVIOR BUT WE WANT YOU TO DO
IT IN THE RIGHT PLACE.IF THEY
ARE A VERTICAL STRUCTURE,
I
RECOMMEND GETTING A VERTICAL
SCRATCH POST.
COUCH .
ENCOURAGE THEM TO USE THAT
INSTEAD OF YOUR COUCH.
IF THEY ARE A HORIZONTAL
SCRATCHER, YOU CAN GET REALLY
SIMPLE HORIZONTAL SCRATCH POSTS
LIKE THIONE.
SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE CAT
AND OF COURSE YOU CAN
DISCOURAGE THEFROM SCRATCHING
THE FURNITURE.
THINGS LIKE DOUBLE-SIDED TAPE ,
CITRUS SENSE, THINGS THAT
SAY
NOT HERE .
YOU CAN DO IT OVER HERE.
>> OKAY.
AND OF COURSE LASTLY WE HAVE TO
GET TO THE CAT LITTER.
TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.
>> WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
SCARED ABOUT BRINGING HOME A
CAT BECAUSE THEY THINK IT WILL
MAKE THE HOUSE SMELL.
TRUTH.
CAT LITTER SENT IS SOMEEHING
NOBODY WANTS TO DEAL WITH.
LEAST OF ALL YOUR CAT.
CATS ARE REALLY CLEAN ANIMALS
AS WE WANT TO HELP THEM
HAVE A
CLEAN EXPERIENCE.
SCOOPING THE LITTER BOX AS
OFTEN AS POSSIBLE IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT PART CAT CARE.
SCOOPING DAILY OR EVEN MULTIPLE
TIMES A DAY .
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A CHORE.
I USE SOMETHING CALLED A
LETTER CHAINING.
THE LETTER CHAINING IS A PALE
INTO.
IT KEEPS THE ODOR STAYS IN HERE
SO YOU CAN CLEAN ALL DAY
ALL.
THAT HELPS US BUT IT ALSO HELPS
THE CATS BECAUSE THEY WANT A
MUCH.
WHERE CAN REVIEWERS GO FOR MORE
INFORMATION?
>> SO IF PEOPLE WANT MORE
CAN GO TO MY WEBSITE