By admin1 on Jan 25, 2010 in Cats | 0 Comments
Tired of coming home and having puddles all over the house, the cat meowing as if you have left for a weeks on end.
All of this is natural to a cat, even as it is annoying to us most the time. Just remember your cat has never learned any different.
Natural cat training
Let us look at natural cat training. One of the first things we have to learn is the natural instincts and behavior of a cat.
Kittens are born with a great sense of smell, before they can even see. This is a sense that you will want to help build in a kittens life, in order for growth to a cat, the sense will continue to be strong. A cat will live with in its or territory if they have their scent around the area.
As a kitten, you will want to have the kitten explore as many possibilities as it can. Like taking, the cat to the groomers when you have not taking the kitten when they are young, the outcome will be disasters if you wait until they are a full-grown cat. Kittens and cats need the socialization in order to prevent bad experiences.
By admin1 on Jan 24, 2010 in Cats | 0 Comments
Leash training, like any other training, a cat will require the proper tools, research, patience and practice. Cats are smart and sensitive, which you will never want to use force or physical threats on a cat. Any of the force behaviors that you use on the cat will only result in a cat fearing you.
You will be the one that will have to change the behavior in Good words used, the cat’s name, and the behavior the cat is doing. Like tabby, you are not to do that climbing on the table. Treats are another way of showing your cat for good behavior. Use small treats; you do not want them to have a full meal when training them. Later after the good behavior is recognized, you will be able to phase the treats, so that you do not have to use them any more.
Treats should be just that treats. Never use the cat’s dinner food for treats. Use good healthy treats in small portions. Do not give large amounts, as this is a treat and not the dinner.
By admin1 on Jan 23, 2010 in Cats | 0 Comments
Training a cat has been great interest to people, as to weather you can train a cat or not. Cats are independent animals, which leads people to believe training will not be able to be done. With the different personalities, characteristic or species peculiarities in cats, Training can be fun in training a cat.
Looking for a good trainer takes time and work to do, some one that claim they have been working with cats for years are not always seem, what they appear to be. Ask this person how many cats that they train a year. This will give you an idea if they have really trained a cat or just seem to think they are a trainer.
Asking the right people for the right information is going to lead you to the best trainer for you and the cat. Asking friends or the vet for information about training will not be a great idea. A trainer can tell when the behavior is a medical problem and will lead you to the vet, as they are the ones that deal with the medical problem and the trainer with the training problem.
By admin1 on Jan 22, 2010 in Cats | 0 Comments
Learning cat behavior before you start training them would be a good idea for anyone that is going to train a cat’s behavior.
Learning about cat behavior
A cat can jump and lands on its feet as this particular cat behavior is natural instinct for a cat. When a kitten is first born, the cushion in a kittens paws are not developed with the cushion to land on its feet. It takes about 7 weeks to develop the cushion in a cats paw for landing.
A cat’s bone structure is unique to other animals as the bones are flexible, cat has no collar bone, which enables them to be able to twist and bend their bones.
A cat can jump from short distant with out sustaining any injuries. With this behavior, you will want to teach the cat to jump hoops, sticks, or off the scratching tree. Letting a cat jump from extreme heights will cause injury to the cat.
Cats have a unique hearing ability. They are able to hear high tones and pitches, like opening a door or a can of food.
By admin1 on Jan 21, 2010 in Cats | 0 Comments
With multi, cats can play rough. Outdoor cats that stay outside or can go outside will also play rough with other cats.
Biting your ankles or arms can be play for your cat. Cats that have extra energy to play and have difficulty finding ways to release their energy can be a very playful cat.
What is the difference in playing and fighting with the cats?
Cats that are not familiar with each other can be fighting and not playing. Dominant of one cat to another, screaming, hissing continuously during what looks like the playing are signs of fighting.
In addition, if a cat gets hurt, this is a signs cats are not playing. This is a sign of your cats are really fighting. This is important to learn and get additional information about especially if your cat is an outdoors cat and encounters another cat. You will be able to tell if fighting or playing is going on. Leaving your cat outside and not know the playing for fighting can have effects on your cat’s behaviors and stability for going outside again.
By admin1 on Jan 20, 2010 in Cats | 0 Comments
One of the first things as an owner who wants to toilet train your cat is to know about your cat.
The behavior of a cat; the does, and don’ts of training a cat.
Potty training a cat
Since we are going to talk about potty training a cat, we need to set some basic rules down.
Most important one is that if you do not catch the cat going potty on the floor at the very moment; it will not make any sense to the cat what you do to them about it. Cats remember things like that only shortly.
No rubbing the nose of the cat in it, that will only cause pain, or do anything that would harm or hurt your cat. By doing any of these painful acts will only make the cat afraid of you and you will have a very hard time training your cat to do any behaviors, or taking care of your cat.
Let us look over the potty training a cat. Having a cat potty trained on any household toilet will save you thousands of dollars in kitty litter. Will keep the cats area clean, safe and dry, and since a cat does not like messes this is a great way to get rid of the mess for you.
By admin1 on Jan 19, 2010 in Cats | 0 Comments
Cat training tips:
When starting to train a cat, a couple of things you will want to take in consideration. Learn more about your cat, have the proper tools to do the cat training and have lots of patience. Setting goals to high for you and your cat at training can get very stressful.
Make it simple and fun for your cat training, then both you and your cat will enjoy the bonding from the training.
The right tools are essential for cat training. Many different items, books, articles, and places will help you with all the items and information that you and your cat will need.
One of the first places that should be checks out is at the area vet. You will want to take your cat in for a check up. A cat that is ill, sick, or has something wrong with the bone structure is not going to be easy if at all trainable. With the help from your vet, they will be able to help you with some ideas about cat training.
By admin1 on Jan 18, 2010 in Cats | 0 Comments
With all the holiday’s coming up soon, there is still time to get your cat trained for the holidays. You will want to search out cat training tips on saving the tree and table for the holidays, with your cat around.
Cat training tip #1: Tease cat with different things
One thing you can start cat training with is getting the cat some items that they would be able to play with that would represent the holidays. Cats like flashing lights and sparkly things. This you may want to stay away from with your decorations so there is no problem.
Once you get some items for cat training, start to play with them with your cat so that they will be interested more in the toys that you gave them, then one ones that you are putting up. When you are putting yours up make sure the cat has their around to play with.
This will be good as if the cat does try to play with the decorations you can tell them no in a stern voice, and show them the ones that they are able to play with. The family and you should be at all tease the cat with the decorations. This will only make them think that it is fun and games, and then the training will be over.
By admin1 on Jan 17, 2010 in Cats | 0 Comments
The market is flooded with all different types of aids for training a cat. From simple little things to very large expense items, there are sprays to keep cats off furniture to large housing for cats, to a simple leash to help with training a cat.
Let us take at some training tools that can be helpful in training a cat:
A simple lightweight leash is a good idea. The leash can be use for many purposes when training a cat. Letting the cat outside is a time to use a leash to train the cat for staying in the yard. Using a leash to take a walk, or ride in a car.
Cats need exercise and using a leash, when walking is a perfect way to get a cat to walk with you not run off or walk ahead of you. When walking the cat you want the cat to walk with you. Train the cat, as they are not the leader in the walk that you are. This will make the walk more enjoyable for both you and the cat.
By admin1 on Jan 16, 2010 in Cats | 0 Comments
Is it possible to train a cat to walk with you? Yes it is and not hard to do. Patience, practice, time, and you will be walking with your cat soon.
The best time to start to train a cat to walk with a leash is when it is a kitten. When a kitten is small, it needs to be taught the correct behaviors. Molding a kitten’s behaviors is just as if we would do with children. They are new to the behaviors and do not really know what is right and wrong.
An older cat could be harder to train as it is set in some of its ways. With patience from both you and your cat, you will be able to train the cat to walk with a leash.
Train the cat to walk with a leash
Let us get started with first you will need to purchase a leash for the cat. One thing you will want to do is search out the leash that will be suitable for both you and your cat. There are many different leashes on the market to day. Some are retract able with a setting on the holder to be able to allow just enough leash out for the cat.