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The couple’s young daughter had adopted a stray cat.
To her mother’s distress, the cat began to use the back of their new sofa as a scratching post. “Don’t worry,†her husband reassured her. “I’ll have him trained in no time.â€Â
They watched for several days as he patiently “trained†their new pet. Whenever the cat scratched, he deposited the cat outdoors to teach him a lesson.
The cat learned quickly. For the next 16 years, whenever he wanted to go outside, he scratched the back of the sofa.
He obviously hadn't read "Conditioned Reflexes: An Investigation of the Physiological Activity of the Cerebral Cortex", by I Pavlov!
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