Tuesday, 5 April 2011

How Do You Train A Cat?

Well you can't really train a cat but this post looks at some of the things you can do to get your cat to do what you want: 

So your cat is misbehaving, maybe scratching the furniture or urinating in the wrong place, and you want to resolve these problems before it spoils your relationship with your pet.  How do you train a cat to do what you want?

Well firstly you cannot train a cat to be obedient in the same way you can with a dog. Cats are very different and if you try this it will backfire and make things worse. Getting angry with a cat that has misbehaved will not work, it could make the cat frightened of you and at best it will only stop the behavior while you are watching.  

With cats you have to think in terms of modifying their behavior rather than training them. This involves understanding why they are doing something and then trying to get them to associate that behavior with a negative outcome.

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