When you first start raising cats, cats will have many bad habits, such as urination and defecation everywhere, irregular diet, unhygienic diet, etc. Bad habits will also cause some diseases, which requires the owner to train the cats for family. Family training can enable the cats to integrate into the family as soon as possible and avoid becoming a burden to the family. It is very necessary. Cats’ family training, it turns out that this is how they train!
We often train cats to eat intentionally or unintentionally, and many cats will stand up straight to pick up things to eat. Or when it eats with people, it will sit obediently in a chair and so on. This is not a good phenomenon. Not long after, the owner will start to be troubled, because the kitten will always come to ask for food, not eat their own cat food, and will become more and more picky, and even ignore the guests in the room. Like a wild cat who has never been disciplined, jumping onto the dining table and finding what they like, making the cup and plate messy, making the owner very embarrassed. Therefore, we must teach cats’ rules for eating from a young age, including regular schedule, fixed location and quantity. Never give it food to eat humans. Cats must eat food specially designed and manufactured for cats. Human food is not completely suitable for its nutrition and growth. Before five months old, the three-week-old kitten was almost always playing when they were awake. This is also the cutest and most interesting time for them to play with, or just watch them play. After five months of age, its playfulness will decrease, but it still often wants to play. Children's toys, like LEGO games in combination toys, may not be suitable for it. Some are too small, some have sharp edges, and some may be bitten to pieces, and it will be troublesome if you accidentally swallow them.
For urination and defecation training, cats have a bad smell of urine and defecation, and wild cats often use soil to cover them after urination. Some cat owners choose sand or cat litter, which is better than sand in terms of cleaning and preventing parasites. Cats love to clean. If they have been trained since childhood, they will develop the good habit of urinating and defecating in a fixed location.
We can also try to let the cat understand its name. When it is in an excited state, it can make it easy for it to remember its name, such as when it is touched, played, or before feeding.
We can also implement a reward system for cats. For example, at the beginning, whenever the cat completes a simple action, it can be rewarded. As the training movements are upgraded, the threshold of the reward conditions must also be improved. When it completes some complex actions, it will give a moderate reward, so that the reward can be fully utilized. Rewards include verbal praise, touching the head or back, giving food and snacks, etc.
Suitable training can make your cat more attractive, and it also protects the cat and our own health. Of course, training should also focus on methods and not be too anxious.