Hi guys,

Well I am a senior poster here and I know this post may cause some arguments
but pls understand that I have no option but to resort to this.

My QT got run over 5 yrs ago. My cats are indoor since and I have written
many posts and have many arguments in cat newsgroups as to why cats should
be indoor cats. So that is to clear what I am about.

However

I rescued a cat (Sparky) from someone few months ago and my neighbors
adopted him. For one reason or the other he has been staying with me and is
due to go there any day now. My neighbors are wonderful people who adore
their cats, and have helped and took in many cats over the last 30 years.
Their current 4 cats are outdoor and have a cat flap. For Sparkie to be
indoor only will be impossible. We tried, keeping the cat flap locked, but
Barney(the biggest one) headbutted it so much not being used to locked cat
flap, that he eventually broke it. So that's not gonna work.

I can;t keep Sparkie, so the only other option is for me to train him how to
NOT go on the road, or run like hell when he sees the car. I wondered if
anybody has done similar training. I know that Guide Dogs get training like
this but cannot remember how it's done. Please if you have any ideas of how
to train him, or any web links let me know.

And please refrain from hate/argumentative posts, I wish I could keep him,
or keep him indoors, but it's simply impossible. So I just wanna do my best
for the little one. He is about a year old and a sweetheart.

Thanks
Gee