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I love my cat very much. I am crazy about her!! I spoil her with an endless amount of toys, and I treat her to cat treats like several times a day. Now she has that "royal" attitude. So she goes around and drops things from the shelves to the floor by kicking it or hitting it with her paw (thinking it's a toy), and it drops on the floor. I have had numerous drink spills. I learned the lesson of supervising her when I do have a drink in my room but she is always sneaking up on it and spilling it. I get angered, wanting to punish her. I want her to learn a lesson, but yelling at her does nothing. I also tried putting her in the cage for awhile like as a "time-out" - that didn't work. So how can I discipline her without being too harsh?

Since she's a cat, I really don't think that's how she thinks as far as the royal attitude goes. But I don't think she knocks things over on purpose to bother you either. It's to get your attention! She wants to play & my dad read once that cats will treat you like a big cat because they think everything is a cat. Funny, I know. Lol
Anyway, for the discipline squirt her with a few drops of water, it always stops my cats. Maybe spend a little more time with her so she won't have to do that to get your attention. Or gently tap her nose as a little wake-up call that she's not aloud to do that sort of thing! But hopefully, you won't have to do that too, too much.
Good luck with your cat!

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