Have you ever walked up and found your kitty doing something they KNOW is naughty and they stop and give the " who me?" or the "I'm too cute to scold" look? I am curious. What do your kitties do when they are caught red handed?
This topic came to mind because of my 9 month old kitten, Salem. I could hear her from another room tearing up an old chair. I could not care less about the chair but, I don't want her developing bad habits. When I went to stop her, Salem employed a combination of "Who me, I would never scratch up this ugly chair" and the " If I sit here and look cute, maybe I won't get in trouble" method. As a finishing touch without me saying a word, she walking over to the near by scratching post and tore at it as if to say "see I use my post". I always tell her what a good girl she is when she uses one of her scratchers and she kept looking at me waiting to be praised. Of course I did. lol I swear cats are smarter than we give them credit for.