Hi,
I posted a few weeks ago that my boyfriend and I have a new, almost 4 month old kitten. She is the sweetest lap cat who loves to play and cuddle. I have a few questions for all you more experienced cat owners.
1) We would like to clicker train her to follow simple commands like 'come,' 'quiet,' 'sit,' maybe also 'off.' We found a couple of short articles on it, but nothing very extensive. Any resources or tips that you'd recommend for clicker training?
2) We would also like to harness train the cat to go on short walks, maybe once or twice a week during nice weather. Is that realistic? Or would the cat demand (ie, aggressively vocalize) more frequent walks?
3) Kitten loves to play. We have a cat tree and multiple wand toys and she loves to chase the feathered bird or raccoon tail at the end as we wave it up and down, including up and down the cat tree and different chairs/tables. We try to tire her out, so it's a lot of up and down, up and down, including some high jumps. Sometimes, I worry that it's too aggressive because we only have hardwood floors, and she's jumping and landing very hard. I've heard about cat arthritis, and want to make sure that what we are doing is safe for her in the long run. She seems to love it though, and is never aggressive with us - only with the toy.
4) Despite the aggressive play, she still gets the kitten zoomies around 4am and wants to play. She has learned to play by herself, kicking one of those small spring toys around the floor. Any other ways to curb the early morning zoomies or time frame for when it might stop?
5) We are going on vacation for 7 days in early June. She'll be 6 month old at that kitten. At that age, do you recommend boarding the cat or getting friends or paid cat sitters to stop by the house once or twice a day?
I posted a few weeks ago that my boyfriend and I have a new, almost 4 month old kitten. She is the sweetest lap cat who loves to play and cuddle. I have a few questions for all you more experienced cat owners.
1) We would like to clicker train her to follow simple commands like 'come,' 'quiet,' 'sit,' maybe also 'off.' We found a couple of short articles on it, but nothing very extensive. Any resources or tips that you'd recommend for clicker training?
2) We would also like to harness train the cat to go on short walks, maybe once or twice a week during nice weather. Is that realistic? Or would the cat demand (ie, aggressively vocalize) more frequent walks?
3) Kitten loves to play. We have a cat tree and multiple wand toys and she loves to chase the feathered bird or raccoon tail at the end as we wave it up and down, including up and down the cat tree and different chairs/tables. We try to tire her out, so it's a lot of up and down, up and down, including some high jumps. Sometimes, I worry that it's too aggressive because we only have hardwood floors, and she's jumping and landing very hard. I've heard about cat arthritis, and want to make sure that what we are doing is safe for her in the long run. She seems to love it though, and is never aggressive with us - only with the toy.
4) Despite the aggressive play, she still gets the kitten zoomies around 4am and wants to play. She has learned to play by herself, kicking one of those small spring toys around the floor. Any other ways to curb the early morning zoomies or time frame for when it might stop?
5) We are going on vacation for 7 days in early June. She'll be 6 month old at that kitten. At that age, do you recommend boarding the cat or getting friends or paid cat sitters to stop by the house once or twice a day?
