secrets on training your cat at home - john richards (books to read as a couple txt) 📗

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A very good carpet shampooer is not always the answer to all of your problems when it comes to stained carpet issues. When you steam clean a carpet with cat urine stains on it, this will only cause the odour to worsen Even more as this is caused because of a combination of heat and steam.

Basic common household items

When you find an immediate cat urine remover, always consider that creating that very good solution made with white vinegar or baking soda, which are very common additions to many expensive cleaners on the market today.


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Chapter 11 How To Train Your Cat To Use The Toilet


Can you train your cat to use the toilet. and by doing this it will save you a lot of time and money. as there will be little or no mess at all.

Once your cat has been trained properly to go into the toilet, and you will be able to eliminate all the cat litter and the nasty smell associated with cats. you will however you need a few basic items to get you started. A roll of aluminum foil, a tray, and cat litter preferably flush-able kitty litter.


The good thing about this is you will not have to clean the litter tray box again and it will save you money on not having to buy the litter bags any more to go into the trays.

You need to decide is which toilet you have in the house you will want to use. And in addition to this, what toilet in the house the cat will be using. If you have got two toilets in the house it maybe however a lot easier to train than if, you only have in your house one toilet.

Now you will have to use the aluminum tray to put on the toilet. As with the two toilets in your house, you can just leave the tray right in the toilet and not have to remove it at all when you or anybody in your house need to use the toilet. But on the other hand. If you have only one toilet, it is not going to be that convenient to share the toilet with your cat.


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As with this you will just have to remove the tray whenever you want to use the toilet. Be sure to leave the seat in the down position and the lid in the up position for the training period.

You can leave a note on the toilet if you want for guests to know so that your cat does not make a mess on the floor if the lid is down. Replace the cats litter tray with an aluminum-cooking tray.

The aluminum tray should be the right size so it can fit in the toilet. Having the seat lid should be able to close so that the seat lid holds the tray in place. Don’t forget to close the lid. The results may not be less than attractive. OK start moving the tray closer and closer to the toilet so that the cat will be using.

Be sure not to move it at all when the cat does not know it is there. once the litter tray is in the bathroom put something about an inch thick right under the tray.

Newspapers or magazines are a very bad choice for this. the magazines are slick and the litter tray could accidentally fall over.

Carry on so that you start to raise the litter tray around about an inch every day until the litter tray is the on the same level as the toilet is. The cat will then be able to just step into the litter tray at first.

You raise the litter tray, the cat will have to jump Into the tray. And as well You may want to secure the tray tight so it does not move at all when the cat jumps into the litter tray.

This will let the cat know what its for its there by scraping its claws in the tray. And if there is, no litter in the tray the cat will be confused as hell so without stressing the cat and it will not understand what is going on.


After you put the tray is in the toilet, you can start using cat litter, which will be flush able. So if you Are Using flush able kitty litter, you will not have any or little mess to clean up.

You will need to continue to leave the tray in there for about 3 weeks or so. During this time you can start to reduce the litter you have in the tray and make just a 1" diameter hole in the tray.

Every week, just make the hole 1/2" bigger. and If the cat starts to mess on the floor then the cat is will be trying to let you know that you are moving to fast. If your cat Is slightly heavy, then try to use two trays to hold the cats weight.

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Also you may want to wait before you start to train your cat until it has reached at least 6 months old. With cats younger than that they cannot balance well and may end up this could start to being a big big problem for you.

Don’t Just get discouraged as this process can take you up to two to three months to master. The cat will start with just two paws on the tray.

As the hole you have put into the tray just gets bigger by 1/2" per week it will then start to move its third leg to the toilet seat. And finally, the cat will have all its four legs on the seat. And with some cats who cannot just grip the seat that well.

If your cat is going to be the only one to use that toilet, you might as well start putting some kind of tape so it can grip to on the lid of the seat.


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Chapter 12 Why Train Your Cat To Visit The Veterinary Surgery?

Once your cat needs shots, exams, and medical attention and once this time comes for your cat it will have to be prepared for this type of attention.

When you take them to the veterinarian surgery, cats will start to meet a lot of different kinds people, like other cats, and dogs birds rabbits.

With cats they can start to get frightened with all the different smells, scents, sounds about the place that will not be familiar to them. Even the vet will be a stranger to the cat when he will be handling your cat.

Stressful event can cause stress if you do not start to take the proper precautions in training the cat.

As with any situation due to illness, you will be needed to take your cat to the vet. If
this is the first time that you will be taking the cat to the vet, you will be needed to stay calm and always be in control. Your cat will sense the uneasiness in you.

If you poses a carrying case this is the best way to transport your cat to the Veterinary surgery. Rest assured that this will keep them save from the harm, from another animals especially other cats and from trying to escape also.

Always use the carrying case for other times also as that is convenient for you to travel with the cat. Using this as the carrying case just for vets visits will result in the cat starting to hide away in a corner of the house. Hopefully far enough away from you so that you will not be able to get him.

Choosing a good veterinarian will be just as important as taking your cat to the vets. You will also want to find a veterinarian that has been in practice for a good while. And this will help you with the first visits for the cat to the vets.

As you will need to take carefully care of your cat and recommendations that the vet may have for feeding and training. You do not just want to jump in on the first visit for the vet to examine or do anything that will put the cat in fear.

The very first couple of times you visit it should be friendly visits so that the cat will then start to get used to the vet touching and talking to him. As this will take a lot of stress out of both you and your cat.

When the vet for the first time starts to get to know your cat, you will want to keep Praising the cat for the great job that he is doing. In addition, keep rewarding the cat and tell him/ her is doing a great job.
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Very good small treats are great so that you just can slip them right into your pocket so you can take with you. Also remember that treats are for good behaviors not bad ones. If you do want to take large amounts but just give the treats to your cat when its doing good behaviors.

If and when there is bad behaviors at the vets or anywhere, you will want to use that stern voice by its name and what the behavior is. Tell the cat you want it to really stop what it was doing.

This will just let your cat know that you will not approve of it. A very simple loud clap may be a way to get the cats attention for the bad behavior incurred. Also you just need to get the cat to relax again this would be great.

And this will be telling them that the fears they are having at the vets is nothing to be afraid of. Stroking the cat on the head and giving comfort and talking to him will help both of you a lot.

When you start to make regular office visits to the vets surgery. you will need to keep the cat away from the vet so it will not know whom the vet is.

You can say to the vet that they can keep any shots or illness on file to help with if the cat is sick again. Just like as we go to the doctor as they will have a file of your cats health records.

And it is also important to have the same type of record for your cat. You may find in some towns and cities they require that all shots are to be kept on record at the Veterinarian office. If ever there is a case of serious injury then there is a record or the cats shots and health.

Always be kind to your pet and they wont mined when you take them to the vet they will love you for caring for them.


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Chapter 13 Start Your Cats Training For The Holidays


When you start to hang the stockings out with care in hope the cat will not start to interfere with the twinkling of the lights from the fresh looking cut tree. With the hope that the cat will just sit by the sill. watch the cats wondering eyes