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| − | + | Curious cats tend to find your keyboard activity more than tempting––within seconds of spotting your fingers traversing across the keys in what seems like an invitation to pounce, your cat can be air bound and landing upon your keyboard before your next breath. The results can be emails sent before you're ready, jumbled language typed into the IM screen or worst of all, erasure by paw pressure. Discouraging kitty from keyboard antics requires alertness and quick responsiveness on your behalf, as well as paying attention to some commonsense practices when you're not at your desk. | |
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== Steps == | == Steps == | ||
# Watch your cat. The initial resistance begins with paying attention to your cat's interest in your keyboard. Know that feeling when there are eyes boring in the back of your head? That's kitty watching you furtively… Be alert to her interest in the keyboard so that you can spot any readiness to spring and pounce. This provides you with the opportunity to either move the keyboard should she act quickly or to move the cat if she appears to be hovering by too closely. You could also use this opportunity to adopt your authoritative tone of voice to tell her: "No! You are not going to sit on my keyboard." | # Watch your cat. The initial resistance begins with paying attention to your cat's interest in your keyboard. Know that feeling when there are eyes boring in the back of your head? That's kitty watching you furtively… Be alert to her interest in the keyboard so that you can spot any readiness to spring and pounce. This provides you with the opportunity to either move the keyboard should she act quickly or to move the cat if she appears to be hovering by too closely. You could also use this opportunity to adopt your authoritative tone of voice to tell her: "No! You are not going to sit on my keyboard." | ||
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# Consider purchasing a computer stand. When the computer is at an angle, your cat won't be able to sit on it. This trick works instantly and involves no negative reinforcement. In addition, it is ergonomic and helps to cool your computer. | # Consider purchasing a computer stand. When the computer is at an angle, your cat won't be able to sit on it. This trick works instantly and involves no negative reinforcement. In addition, it is ergonomic and helps to cool your computer. | ||
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== Tips == | == Tips == | ||
