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Title: The Angora cat; how to breed train and keep it;
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: James, Robert Kent, (from old catalog) ed
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Publisher: Boston, James bros.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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show fight on the part of the cat will wearaway soon enough. If once an attachment is made be-tween a dog and a cat the friendship is cemented for-ever, and the remainder of their existence will be passedin friendly rivalry for their mistresss attention. It is nature, again, that makes a housed Angora equalto a common cat in its tendency to destroy withoutprovocation every Canary bird in the house. It may aswell be impressed first as last upon the cat that Polly,*the parrot, and Dick, the canary, have equal shares onlife with herself. The flitting and chirping of a canaryis madness itself to the cat, and the only efficaciousmeans of killing this desire is harsh and severe. Anounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure is an oldsaying, but in this case the ounce must be stretched toa bakers dozen. There are three ways in which tobreak the cat of this evil, the first of which is perhapsthe simplest. The first time the cat is discoveredwatching the movements of the canary in the cage, a
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SILVER BLUE KITTEN. I 2 WEEKS OLD. HO W TO TRAIN A CAT. 11 severe slap across the head will bring pussy to hersenses. A repetition of this chastisement each timeshe is caught will soon teach the cat that the nursery ordining-room is not for her exclusive benefit. Anothermanner of procedure is to hold the cat in your armsclose to the side of the cage near enough for the canaryto peck at her. Still another, and the most effective ofall, is to take a cat inclined to disturb the house birdsand tie about its neck a dead canary, or a stuffed artifi-cial substitute, and leave it in that position for a coupleof days. The cat is so thoroughly frightened that everafterwards she is inclined to leave the bird pets alone.It must be borne in mind, however, that in order totrain a cat properly the utmost patience and persistencemust be practised. If the animal is rightfully andkindly treated while young, the same nature will followit along in life and make it always a delightful pet. The above three

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