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PET TRAINING
Teach Kids and Cats to Interact Safely
Mikkel Becker shares six strategies that can help foster a positive relationship between your child and your cat.
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People often assume that cats are untrainable, but this just isn't true; felines are highly intelligent and can easily be taught a variety of behaviors. The best ways to socialize kitties ›
How to Train a Cat to Walk on a Leash
If your cat is social, relaxed and outgoing, one of the safest ways to allow him to experience the outdoors is to teach him to walk on leash. It's true: Cats actually can learn to walk on leash! Find out if your cat is a good candidate ›
3 Tricks To Teach Your Cat With a Clicker
With an easy-to-learn technique called clicker training, your cat can learn to listen to you — and do tricks. It’s great fun for both you and your cat. And the training can strengthen the loving bond between you. Our step-by-step guide ›
Train Your Cat to Stop Biting and Scratching
This behavior can be painful and annoying. Unfortunately, because of the way they've been taught to play, many cats are prone to using claws and teeth on human skin. Watch her training video ›
Should You Train Your Cat to Use the Toilet?
A toilet-trained cat may seem like something only Hollywood could dream up, but you really can teach your cat to use the potty — and say goodbye to kitty litter forever. How the Litter Kwitter system works ›
Feline Agility: The Sport Every Cat Owner Should Try
Border Collies and Shelties aren’t the only pets with a knack for jumping through hoops, clearing steeples and weaving through poles in an agility course — cats can also do the sport, and they can do it faster. See our fascinating video ›
Training Your Cat to Come When Called
Your cat probably already comes when called — to the call of the electric can opener or the ping of dry cat food hitting his bowl. It's just one step to go from that to coming to the call of your voice. How to teach a deaf cat this command ›