Cat Training Collar

Cat like dogs, you will need to get a collar for your cat. There
will be times when you will want to walk the cat or let your cat
out on a leash. With having a collar it will be easy to do both
of these.

Collar training does take time, patience on both cat and your
part. If your cat has never worn a collar, you will need to take
the training step by step.

Let us look at getting a collar for your cat. The market is
flooded with collars all shape and sizes, to every color and
design that you can think of, cheap collars to expensive
collars. When looking at collars you will also see harness for
cats, this can be in place of the collar. You would place the
harness around the cat to serve the same as a collar.

Some example of leashed and collars that glow in the dark and
some that do have a small light on so at night you would be able
to see the cat outside and know where it is.

Which one is the right collar for your cat? One of things when
purchasing a collar for your cat is you do not want one that is
too big , one with a lot of collar hanging over once you put it
on, and of course never get a collar or put a collar on that is
too tight for the cat. You will want the collar to have at least
a good finger lose on the collar, but not to lose, as you do not
want the collar to come off.

When purchasing the collar for the cat, when you get it home the
first thing you might want to do with it is wipe it off with
warm water, to help gets rid of smells from other people or
pets. If there is any other smells on the collar, the cat may
not want to have anything to do with the collar. .

Put the collar down and let the cat check it out for a while,
they will rub on it, could even hiss at it, which all of these
acts are a good sign that thing may go well. You will then after
you think the cat has been all right with the collar, is to get
your cat to relax. A good idea would be to get the cat in your
lap and massage the cat. This will help the cat to relax, after
you see that the cat has relaxed for a while, now is the time to
lay the collar around the cats neck to get the cat use to the
collar. You will want to put the collar on your cat a couple
times a day until you know that the cat is allowing the collar
to stay there.

The next step would be to put the collar on the cat but to leave
it as loose as you can, so if your cat is not ready they will
get it off right away. Do not slip the collar over the cats
head, but you will need to buckle the collar the proper way.
Putting the collar over the cats head could scare the cat. As
the cat gets used to the collar, you should then every day
tighten up the collar until you have the proper adjustment for
the cat.

After the cat has worn the collar for several days that would be
a good, time to start the leash for the cat. Following the same
principle as you did for the collar on your cat you can do the
same for the leash. This will be very important for the cat to
know that the leash is a good tool and not something that will
harm them.

With the training of the collar and leash, you will want to
reward the cat with a small treat at different stages of the cat
getting use to having the collar on. This will help also with
using the leash.

The training of a cat collar will take a lot of patience and
care from you for your cat. In the end, the rewards for both you
and the cat will be great.