Additional Cat Training Ideasand TipsOccasionally, we all need a less expensive or more expedient item to discipline our cats. Also, not everyone wants to be a full-time cat trainer. So, in response to this, here are some ideas and tools you can use.
Sometimes gadgets can help, so here are a few suggestions. Keep in mind that you don't overdo anything here...you want to teach the cat not scare him.
And don't use these ideas in any way to entertain yourself PLEASE!!
2. Homemade booby traps that make noise when kitty is doing or getting ready to do something you don't want him to do. For Example, stack empty cans around the plants. 3. A very small blast of canned air at the hiney. Use air cans made to clean pc's. 4. A shaker made to create a scary sound whenever kitty attempts to do wrong. For example, a few bottle caps in a baby food jar or pennies in an empty soda can. 5. I have even gone as far as wrapping the sofa in bubble wrap when introducing a new kitty into the house. They scratch, it pops, they jump! Granted...one cat actually thought it was amusing to pop the wrap. 6. A simple touch on the kitties nose with the word "no." Cats hate to have their noses tapped. Before you discipline your cat, be sure the behavior would be objectionable in another circumstance. For instance: if your cat is digging in the potted plant to go potty, check the litter box as it may need to be cleaned. Get into the mind of your cat and be sure that the objectionable behavior is truly objectionable. If not, re-direct the cat's attention to something it can do instead. This takes creativity on your part, and your cat may be stubborn, but keep at it. Eventually, your cat will get the idea and move on to a more acceptable behavior.
How to Talk to Your CatI believe that cats are more intelligent than most of us humans. I've seen some amazing behaviors in my relations with them. But they seem to be limited by speech. In particular - our speech. We slur, whistle, use accents and slang, scream the words so that even humans can't understand what we are saying, get emotional and put too much force behind our communication - so it's got to be difficult for a cat to understand us. Yet, they seem to "catch on" with time. They can build an impressive vocabulary of 15,000 words or more. That's more words than the typical 5 year old child! With training, the number of words goes up.So, how do you start? Speak the same word with the same emphasis on the same syllable each time. Use all of you to talk to your cat. I use pictures in my head of the desired behavior along with the words. For some reason this seems to get the idea across to the cat more easily. Try this:Your cat is on the counter or table where he or she gets all the time and is not supposed to be! Got it? Picture in your head the act of your cat jumping down at the same time you say "Get Down" with firmness but without emotion. Watch what happens... I bet your cat got down. I don't know why this works: whether cats can read our minds or if they are psychic. I don't have those answers. I just know that this works better than the words alone. The more we do it, the better things get. Fun Fact:A cats brain and intelligence level is at the ratio of 4:1 where a human is 50:1. A measuring comparison is to take the brain weight to the length of the spinal cord. This shows how much gray matter controls the body.That means that cats are much smarter than people pound for pound! And you thought kitty was just another pretty furry thing...
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