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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2005Outside whee
How do I stop a rambunctios kitty from wanting to race out the front door and then the screen door? (We have a large area between the two doors) She, Buffy, only seems to want to do this when the weather is intolerable. P.S. I'm fine, Dennis did nothing to my neck of the woods. > How do I stop a rambunctios kitty from wanting to race out the front > door and then the screen door? (We have a large area between the two [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > P.S. I'm fine, Dennis did nothing to my neck of the woods. Don't know what to tell you about Buffy, but very glad to hear that all is well Dennis-wise. Charleen > How do I stop a rambunctios kitty from wanting to race out the front > door and then the screen door? (We have a large area between the two [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > P.S. I'm fine, Dennis did nothing to my neck of the woods. We always jangled keys at kitty level to get them to go away from the door first. EVentually, they just don't go there. >> How do I stop a rambunctios kitty from wanting to race out the front >> door and then the screen door? (We have a large area between the two [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >We always jangled keys at kitty level to get them to go away from the door >first. EVentually, they just don't go there. Wouldn't work here, sense it would sound too much like their tags jangling on their collars, which means time to go OUT.  SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > How do I stop a rambunctios kitty from wanting to race out the front > door and then the screen door? (We have a large area between the two [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > P.S. I'm fine, Dennis did nothing to my neck of the woods. A squirt bottle, maybe? Looks like Dennis is going to wreak havoc way up here in west TN (after the collision with the Mississippi gulf coast). We've got wind warnings for tomorrow, t-storm and tornado watches, flood watches. Look out, baby, here I come! Jill Have someone on the outside (or yourself if that's not possible) of the door you don't want her going out of with a squirt bottle, and open the door slowly until she appears. Let her have it full blast in the face. Repeat many times until she associates the door and outdoors with something unpleasant. Keep the water bottle outside for a few weeks so that every time you enter you are armed and ready to fire. We trained 2 indoor cats that way and it didn't take long. We then trained them to wait to be picked up and put out when they went out on the leash. We never let them walk over the threshold by themselves so they wouldn't get confused. In the event kitty doesn't mind water, buy a bicycle horn and honk it at her instead. |
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