Get your cat to behave by following these simple cat training tips.
Many people believe that cat training is too difficult, and
often let their cat’s behavior problems continue based solely on this
fact. The idea that cats are too hard or
too stubborn to train, is just simply not true.
They may not be as easy or as willing to comply as dogs might be, but
training your cat is not an impossible task, in fact, it isn’t even very
difficult if you go about it in the right ways.
Now, when referring to cat training, I don’t mean teaching
your kitty to do tricks. There is nothing
wrong with teaching your cat tricks, but the focus of this article is on
training your cat to behave properly in your home.
The best cat training technique is to use positive
reinforcement to encourage good behavior.
You will see much better results using positive techniques, rather than
punishing, scolding, or yelling at your cat for bad behaviors. Keeping that in mind, you should NEVER hit or smack your cat. When you have a misbehaving cat, frustration
is inevitable, but physically punishing or yelling at your cat will only worsen
the situation.
Positive reinforcement will give you the best results while
training your cat. This just means to
reward your cat for a good behavior. Giving
them a treat or giving them extra affection after they have done something
right will encourage them to continue this good behavior.
Another technique is incremental training. In addition to positive reinforcement, this
technique can be very successful. A
possible situation where these techniques could be utilized together is when
attempting to train your cat to use the human toilet or training them to go to
the bathroom outdoors. Slowly moving the
cat’s litter box to where you eventually want them to use as their bathroom,
whether it’s the toilet or outdoors, is an example of incremental
training. In addition to using this
incremental training technique, positively reinforcing your cat each time they
use their litter box after you move it will encourage them to continue to do
this until they are using the toilet or the outdoors.
Cat training can be a very important aspect of your
relationship with your cat and won’t always be easy. When you use positive techniques and reward
your cat for good behaviors, rather than punish them for bad ones , you will
start to see the results that you want.
Show your cat that you appreciate their good behavior and you will find
that training them is fairly simple.
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