I grew up with cats (& dogs) but the last few months have been my first experience trying to get a cat to behave in a more socially acceptable manner. These are the various steps I've been advised to follow:
The cat is sad. What did you do to make the cat sad?
The cat doesn't like strangers. Immediately stop inviting strangers over. (That one was easy.)
The only way to get the cat to stop peeing on that chair is to get a new chair.
Is the chair the cat peed on new? Cats famously hate new furniture.
Maybe the cat is not so much sad as really fucking furious.
The cat would like, please, to shit in more places in the house than she is currently encouraged to do.
In fact, the cat might like it if you put a place for her to shit in the living room & then move it across the floor an inch a day for a very long time, until it reaches her usual place to shit.
Seriously, what did you to do make the cat so fucking furious?
What this house needs is to smell more like sexy cat. Please plug in these huile de sexy cat diffusers. Also here it is in spray bottle for direct application on your furniture.
Also maybe the outside of the house should smell less like sexy cat: spray this to discourage other cats from rolling up and peeing outside.
Your cat is bored & needs more hobbies.
Your cat is unsure of herself. Your cat is too sure of yourself.
Your cat needs a bird feeder to look at.
Is there a lot of wildlife outside your window? That could be riling up your cat & causing her to soil herself in situ.
We love the cat: she is spayed, & healthy (has been checked out more than once). We play with her a lot. She just has this one disgusting habit, but I think we're getting a handle on it.
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