Comments on: How Can I Train My Cat To Stay Close To Home? http://www.cattraining.info/how-can-i-train-my-cat-to-stay-close-to-home/ Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:50:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: admin http://www.cattraining.info/how-can-i-train-my-cat-to-stay-close-to-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1033 admin Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:50:14 +0000 http://cattraining.info/?p=14#comment-1033 Thanks for stopping by Cynthia! Your story is one that many cat owners can most definitely relate to. It's incredible how attached we can get to our pets. I hear what you're saying about kids as well... I can't even begin to imagine! Here's hoping that everything works out with your kitties... Good luck! Thanks for stopping by Cynthia! Your story is one that many cat owners can most definitely relate to.

It’s incredible how attached we can get to our pets. I hear what you’re saying about kids as well… I can’t even begin to imagine!

Here’s hoping that everything works out with your kitties… Good luck!

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.cattraining.info/how-can-i-train-my-cat-to-stay-close-to-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1031 Cynthia Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:12:03 +0000 http://cattraining.info/?p=14#comment-1031 Ty for this post. I've been reading some other ones, and this one was the most helpful to me. We kept our precious cat Buddha where he could run inside and outside through the cat flap/doggy door, (we also have a westie and a great pyrenees) and he was a wonderful cat that stayed nearby for 6 yrs. One night there was a hurricane (Ida) 5 hours from here, and the storm that night, well.. .never saw him again. So challenging to endure. So, when we got a new kitten- Boddhee, we kept him in the house for 7 monthes. He was very jealous of Rubee (the westie) that could go in and out and he couldn't. He was not good about going potty in his box sometimes, and was not leaving the carpet and padding alone AT ALL where the doggy door was. So we relented and took him outside and I walked the perimeter with him and have done my best to keep him trained to stay in the yard and leave other critters alone. He tests me to check his boundaries and just now he went into the bushes where he knew he wasn't supposed to, off of the property. He usually minds, but this time he wouldn't. This is one reason why my hub and I don't have human children after 32 years together. I care way too much, way too much. You're site is very comforting, and it is nice to tell someone who seems to be understanding about it all. Fortunately, we live on a dead end street at the end, surrounded mostly by woods. Just past them, there are houses and a busy street, so it provides kind of a good barrier or 'moat' to our yard. I'm kind of at a loss of what to do now. He has officially not minded and is/was out of the yard. I'm not sure how to disapline him about this? The other times he did it, he came running back in and running up to me,like- you still love me mommy right? He has been doing it more and more lately and finally didn't come back this time. I don't know if I should give him the cold shoulder for awhile or what. If one gives them the cold shoulder for longer than they should, he might not be the same lovey cat he was. I guess I'll just see if I can wing it. Thank you for your post and comment area so I could share and get it out of my system anyway. God, what parents must go through! Luvuso, c Ty for this post. I’ve been reading some other ones, and this one was the most helpful to me. We kept our precious cat Buddha where he could run inside and outside through the cat flap/doggy door, (we also have a westie and a great pyrenees) and he was a wonderful cat that stayed nearby for 6 yrs. One night there was a hurricane (Ida) 5 hours from here, and the storm that night, well.. .never saw him again. So challenging to endure.
So, when we got a new kitten- Boddhee, we kept him in the house for 7 monthes. He was very jealous of Rubee (the westie) that could go in and out and he couldn’t. He was not good about going potty in his box sometimes, and was not leaving the carpet and padding alone AT ALL where the doggy door was. So we relented and took him outside and I walked the perimeter with him and have done my best to keep him trained to stay in the yard and leave other critters alone. He tests me to check his boundaries and just now he went into the bushes where he knew he wasn’t supposed to, off of the property. He usually minds, but this time he wouldn’t. This is one reason why my hub and I don’t have human children after 32 years together. I care way too much, way too much. You’re site is very comforting, and it is nice to tell someone who seems to be understanding about it all. Fortunately, we live on a dead end street at the end, surrounded mostly by woods. Just past them, there are houses and a busy street, so it provides kind of a good barrier or ‘moat’ to our yard.
I’m kind of at a loss of what to do now. He has officially not minded and is/was out of the yard. I’m not sure how to disapline him about this? The other times he did it, he came running back in and running up to me,like- you still love me mommy right? He has been doing it more and more lately and finally didn’t come back this time. I don’t know if I should give him the cold shoulder for awhile or what. If one gives them the cold shoulder for longer than they should, he might not be the same lovey cat he was. I guess I’ll just see if I can wing it.
Thank you for your post and comment area so I could share and get it out of my system anyway. God, what parents must go through!
Luvuso, c

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