Well I just got back from my grandma's and while there I watched her smack her cat three times for clawing at the couch and jumping on the table. I tried to explain to her that it doesn't help and in fact hurts, but well heh I'm the grand daughter, so surely she knows best.
My grandma is rather fixed in her old ways, until 10 years ago she wouldn't even let her cat in the house. Now her cat is a indoor/outdoor cat and almost always has worms (to be fair she takes her to the vet alot and gets her the worm pill, her cat is just a big hunter, so it doesn't last long). And she thinks the only way to teach her cat is to yell and lightly hit her (not enough to harm her of course) and the fact her cat does stop, atleast for the money and doesn't hate her seems to be egging her on.
Should I just keep my nose out of it? Or should I try to convince her to stop? If the second, does anyone have a formal study I can show her? any facts would help....as long as its clear it comes from someone who knows what they are talking about...
My grandma is rather fixed in her old ways, until 10 years ago she wouldn't even let her cat in the house. Now her cat is a indoor/outdoor cat and almost always has worms (to be fair she takes her to the vet alot and gets her the worm pill, her cat is just a big hunter, so it doesn't last long). And she thinks the only way to teach her cat is to yell and lightly hit her (not enough to harm her of course) and the fact her cat does stop, atleast for the money and doesn't hate her seems to be egging her on.
Should I just keep my nose out of it? Or should I try to convince her to stop? If the second, does anyone have a formal study I can show her? any facts would help....as long as its clear it comes from someone who knows what they are talking about...