How to Train a Cat
 

How to Train a Cat

Our young daughter had adopted a stray cat. To my distress,
he began to use the back of our new sofa as a scratching
post. "Don't worry," my husband reassured me. "I'll have him
trained in no time."

I watched for several days as my husband patiently "trained"
our new pet. Whenever the cat scratched, my husband
deposited him outdoors to teach him a lesson.

The cat learned quickly. For the next 16 years, whenever he
wanted to go outside, he scratched the back of the sofa. :27: