Udie, if you don't live near a busy highway, train them to go outside, once they get to a certain age, say 6 months, pull the litter box and when you see them head for the area where it was at, then put them outside, pretty soon they'll be telling you when they 'have to go'...sure, you may have an accident or two, but a kitty thats 'goes' outside will make your life alot easier down the road.
Cats can be trained, I used to have a cat that would go bird hunting with me, long story short, he would flush them, I'd shoot, he'd jump in the air from the sound of the gun, then go back to 'leading' me in the woods by 20-30 feet...he didn't like the gun, but he liked being out in the woods with me..
You can also train a cat to crap on the crapper, you start by placing the litter box by the toilet, then, elevate it once a week, by a phone book thickness, until its to the level of the toilet (say, over 5-6 weeks), then, pull the litter box, make sure you have the lid up on the toilet, and believe it or not, 2 out of 3 cats WILL start crapping in the toilet.
BTW, folks that don't like cats also don't like people that they can't have control over...think about that one.
[This message has been edited by Ripsnort (edited 09-26-2000).]
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