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Black and white cats are the least adoptable (people think that they're 'boring') so many rescue centres will be less keen on taking them in because they'll take ages to get rehomed :(

I can't help with rehoming (I have two already), but will share this post and might have some tips that'll either help you (at least in the short term) if they're driving you mad with their boredom.

Things you can try if you wanted to give it another go (if you haven't already tried them, though you probably have)…

With cats you can build upwards to give them the illusion of more space- try getting an ikea shelving unit and putting a bit of carpet on the side so that they can climb up, and a blanket on the top. There was a BBC2 series about cats earlier this month which covered this with some good advice.

Cat shelves. If you Google 'cat cafe london' you'll see pictures of what they've built for their. Cheap and easy.

Get them an interactive toy that you don't need to man - like this one:. I bought my one from Boots two weeks ago.

Try some sort of hormone diffuser-type thing like Feliway. It makes the cats less stressed and anxious.

Source: I am a cat.

Herding dogs are very hyperactive dogs but sooo loving. I have an Australian Shepherd. I hate it, but everyone says to me "Aussies are working dogs. They need a job!" Basically herding dogs are very smart and energetic dogs so they need something to focus their mind on. Just training sessions alone aren't going to keep them entertained enough to do as often as needed. You have to make their playing a training lesson too! Every day tasks are training! There's no starting because everything is training!

People always say that a well-mannered puppy is a tired puppy. We play a lot of fetch. Every time we go outside to go potty/poo we play fetch until she's too tired to get the ball. That means we're spending anywhere from 15 minutes to 45 minutes 4-5 times a day just playing fetch. I throw the ball as far as I possibly can (our yard is huge) and have her bring it back then have her drop it. Sometimes she needs to sit/lie down before I'll throw it again. She loooooooves getting the ball and we've worked on bringing it back so this really reinforces her training well for us and she thinks it's a really fun game. Sometimes I'll throw the ball immediately after she's dropped it until she's so tired that she just lies down. We leash-train in the yard, heel in the yard, do all sorts of stuff in exchange for playing or treats or affection.

We have some interesting/stimulating toys to use up energy inside. We have an automatic cat toy that she can chase after. We have a super kong and many, many bone doughnuts, plastic bones, chew bones, chew toys, etc., to keep her puppy-chewing directed away from our stuff. Even if we're watching tv or at the computer we'll still throw her toys for her to run after or get on the floor periodically to play. She's learning that she can only chew her stuff, not ours. And any teeth contact, by accident or not, is met with a "yelp" and we ignore her for a period of time. These days she rarely even accidentally hits us with her teeth.

She goes with me everywhere possible. Seriously: everywhere possible. When I check mail I walk to the end of the driveway with her on a leash and practice her leash skills that way. If she pulls, I spin the opposite direction and walk the other way. The trick is to get them to watch you while you're walking so you're directing, not them. Sometimes it's frustrating to have every task I do all day long take 10x longer because she's with me but I know it'll be worth it when she's a well-trained adult dog. She helps me take the trash out, too. She helps me wash my car. If I have to get gas I'll have her come with me. We don't leave the car for gas in NJ so she gets to interact with the gas station attendants and I have her sit and be polite.

Jumping should always be met with ignoring them. They jump because they want something whether it's food, attention, what-have-you. When you ignore them they aren't getting their way and they'll have to learn to be polite. My aussie never jumps on me, my boyfriend, other people close to her. But she ALWAYS tries her luck with new people. I don't know whether she's so excited that she forgets her manners or whether she's trying to get away with it with someone new but I try to have them ignore her as well until she remembers her manners. Then she's rewarded with good behavior and never bad.


We're not perfect and she has a lot she's working on but it gets better every day. I consider my life with her a 24/7 endeavor. It's rare that I do anything without her by my side, without it being a possible training exercise. :)

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