Problem with 4yo daughter petting the cats a little too firmly.

Hi all. So my daughter loves animals but she's a bit too rough with them. We've always taught her to be gentle with the cats but lately she's been smacking them when they do something 'wrong'. Any tips or tricks to get her to stop? I've tried the usual things, telling her no, sending her to her room, 'do unto others', and forbidding her from touching the cats. Today one of the cats was asleep in her dresser and she shut him in the drawer (he's a pretty chill cat, he was asleep when I found him - still not good, though). via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2aaTXSS