Cat Training Made Simple

Unruly pets are like unruly children, and are in need of discipline and training. This must be done lovingly and with patience, and should start early in life to produce well behave obedient adult pets. If you don't have time to do this perhaps it is better not to have pets, as many people have been attacked by dogs that have not been trained when young or indeed at all. Children have been traumatized and suffered horrific injuries through dog attacks as well and this stays with them all their lives. Cats need training as well to prevent damage to home furnishings

Dog breeders give their pets the best of care, and start training early. Basic training starts while the pups are young, and are short sessions to begin with. It is an important part of the training to reward your pets once they have responded well to an action or a command. This encourages them to follow commands like, sit, flop, stay, and wait for the command to eat before feeding. Training a pet not to accept food from others is an important part of training and will prevent them dying in agony through a bait.

It is nice to sit watching telly with our furry felines comfortably curled up on our lap showing their contentment with their purring. They should be kept indoors for their own protection and for the welfare of our native wildlife. Being hunters by nature, it is in the cats instincts to pounce on any moving object. Much of our wildlife has been lost because of this and this makes training of cats imperative in case they slip out of the home. Buying from a cattery will ensure pure bloodlines and cats with a good temperament. Like dogs, any genetic defects are bred out of them.

Start litter-training your cats early to ensure that your home is kept unsoiled and clean. Spray bottles filled with water come in handy for training cats as it is not harmful to them but they certainly do not like to be sprayed. Lounge suites and carpets are very expensive items and they don't respond well to cats using them to sharpen claws. Scratching posts and spray bottles are very important training tools to keep cats from clawing your furniture and destroying your carpets. This is also the way to teach them not to jump up on tables and kitchen benches. Training cats should be a family project.