Cat Party

You might want to know how to train a cat to use a leash for a number of different reasons, whether it’s because you would like to take them out on a walk or simply for them to get used to the great outdoors with some control mechanism so they can’t wander off and get themselves into all sorts of trouble.

Just like any other cat training, the secret is to do it in small steps and have a lot of patience.  It is easier to train a kitten to use a leash but with perseverance you should be able to train an adult cat too.

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Training your cat to use the toilet is going to take time and patience but before you give up look at the reasons why you should toilet train your cat.

• No more bending down to change the litter tray, the days of your joints creaking while you bend down and back up again to change your cat litter tray
• No Cat litter tray looking ugly in your hallways, or kitchens, bathroom or any other area you placed it.
• No smell, this to me is the biggest advantage, my house smells clean again and I’m saving a fortune on air fresheners.
• No lugged the bags of cat litter home from the shops and finding somewhere to store these bags.
• You’re no longer responsible to sending your used cat litter to landfill sites so its more environmentally friendly.
• NO MORE cleaning out cat litter trays every day, surely that’s a job you’re not going to miss?  You could have a extra 5 minutes in bed.
• Save yourself over £100 per year by not buying cat litter (this doesn’t include the money you saved by not buying lots of air fresheners), just think that’s an extra £100 towards next years holiday.

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If you’re cats are anything like mine, chances are they’ve tried to climb the curtains at least once.  Constantly replacing your curtains costs money and you don’t want to buy a new pair only for your cat to destroy them again.  There are ways to train a cat to stop climbing your curtains without actually harming them.  If you want to know how to train your cat to stop climbing curtains, then read on.

I’m going to suggest using a principle called classical conditioning to make your cat associate climbing the curtains with something unpleasant, such as a loud bang or other noise.

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