3. Reinforced behavior
This might sound quite weird to you, but believe us when we say that your cat might be knocking everything down because you reinforce that behavior. You might be wondering: How could I encourage my cat to do this? Well, the answer is simple.
Your cat is a quick learner, and she can easily figure out the law of action and reaction. When your cat knocks things over and you go immediately and pick her up and speak to her, she will associate what she just did with her favorite human giving her attention.
Obviously, you don’t want that to happen, and this is why you need to learn how to handle a situation like this. First, what you can do is avoid leaving things in places where you know they are easy to push over. So, clearly, not on the edge of the table.
Another thing that might help is to let your cat meow for a while and not go to pick up that object or clean up the mess as soon as the event has happened. We know it is tempting to go and clean up immediately, but waiting a little bit may discourage the cat from doing it again.
