tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356565302021188137.post1820346396801163330..comments2023-04-09T03:49:51.594-07:00Comments on Trixie Is A Good Dog: Does Trixie Look Scared?Peghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14966361865767997235noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356565302021188137.post-59734136353710568092009-04-27T07:12:00.000-07:002009-04-27T07:12:00.000-07:00I love your good cats! I think that you're exactl...I love your good cats! I think that you're exactly right!Peghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966361865767997235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356565302021188137.post-76428793052337296072009-04-16T16:54:00.000-07:002009-04-16T16:54:00.000-07:00Absolutely right. When Kelly adopted us, we had t...Absolutely right. When Kelly adopted us, we had to think fast about how to raise a cat who had been on his own. I remembered first a TV show that described how elementary school teachers had told some students what good work they were doing, while others doing the same quality work were not similarly encouraged. The results were as you might expect -- the ones who were praised did better going forward. <br /><br /><br />So I started telling Kelly he was a good cat every chance I got, and not surprisingly, he learned he *was* a good cat. Even if he did something "wrong", we knew it was because he was just following his instincts, doing what cats naturally do... in other words, he was being a Good Cat. (And so, when I started a web page devoted to them, it wasn't hard to give that page a name.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356565302021188137.post-84044085720755905152009-04-16T16:52:00.000-07:002009-04-16T16:52:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com