Conference misery::feline_v1

1260.0. "Pet Psychologists" by NACAD::LACOUR () Tue Apr 12 1988 11:33

    While getting ready for work this morning, I was watching the Today
    Show and there was a segment on about pet psychologists.  They
    interviewed a woman animal psychologist from NY and she went into
    this line of work to basically save animals from destruction.  She
    felt that too many animals were being put to sleep because of
    behavioral problems that could be changed, and basically blamed
    these problems on not the animal, but the owner.  She made a good
    point stating that many people who get pets just don't spend the time
    with them, and therefore the animal develops a problem.  With cats,
    she said not using the litter box is the most common.  She will go
    into the owners home, for instance, set up a video camera watching
    the litter box and see the cat's behavior around the box before
    and after it goes.  Since I was getting ready for work (and was
    late - this segment came on around 8:15), I didn't pay full attention
    to it, but thought this woman deserved a lot of credit.
    
    Mary
    

    Bless this woman.  I think it is so sad too.  This topic is also
    discussed in note 964.*
    
    Linda