Comments on Historic Stitcher: Some days, the cat loses

I agree with Julie. He's just doing something tha...

2009-01-15T11:03:00.000-05:00

I agree with Julie. He's just doing something that kids (especially boys) do sometimes to their pets. It doesnt mean they dont love their pet, they just want to see what their pet will do under certain conditions. My brother and I did some dumb things to our dog because we were curious or wanted to see what he would do. Various incidents involving peanut butter come to mind. A guy I know dyed his white cat with Kool-Aid when he was a kid to see what the cat would do. You sent him to his room so he now knows there are consequences for that kind of behavoiur. Just know that something like that may happen again but if it's explained to him why it isnt nice, he'll probably understand.

Was it cruel? Or was it just curiosity or not know...

2009-01-15T08:48:00.000-05:00

Was it cruel? Or was it just curiosity or not knowing? I know I've done some stupid stuff, playing with my cat, that I didn't intend to upset her. (There was this sticker incident, once...) I'm a lot older than he is and should certainly know better. I'd say, if it happens AGAIN, now that he knows the result, THAT's when he's really in trouble.

Sonya says:He probably doesn't understand that it ...

2009-01-15T08:02:00.000-05:00

Sonya says:

He probably doesn't understand that it is cruel yet. Kids that age don't really have that boundary and ethic firmly established yet. He thought it would be fun and therefore thought the kitten would think so too. So just calmly explain it to him and ask him to apologize to the kitten and make sure that he protects them, as they're his responsibility, from any hurt like that in the future.