If you own an outdoor cat you may decide to learn how to train cats to use a cat door or how to ring a bell so that you know they are ready to come in.
I know that there are times when I let my cats outside that I might get busy and not remember to check on them so I found a way for them to let me know that they are at the door all set to be let in. I live in an area that is too cold for a cat door (I have one going to the basement where the cat litter boxed are located) so I chose to find a way for them to tell me to open the door, something we needed because of the extreme cold we at times experience in this area.
Here is a very uncomplicated way for training your cats to let you know when they want to be let inside.
Merely take a small bell, one that is noisy enough for you to hear, and swing it from a cord directly outside the door. Make sure to present this to your cat several times and if you need to you can even add some catnip to the bell to appeal to your cats.
You can purchase a bell at any craft store for practically nothing. Using several small bells may even do better for you or your cat. Tie the bell or bells to a cord that hangs down low enough for your cat to reach without difficulty and then also attach a catnip toy or use catnip spray to attract your cat.
When your cat rings the bell to come inside, you might want to give them a treat the first few times so they begin to understand that ringing the bell is a good thing. If your cat doesn't take to the bell straight away, you may have to keep showing it to them to get them interested and sooner or later they will learn that you will come to the door to let them in when they ring the bell.
When you first hang the bell, you might need to keep showing them the bell every time they go out or come in so that they begin to connect the bell with the door being opened for them. You may even want to start with a bell inside the house for when they want to go outside and this will help them to learn more quickly that ringing the bell means that the door will be opened.
Although I realize there will be times that you may not open the door just because you are not there or for any number of reasons, your cat will still begin to associate the bell with the opening of the door.
If you live somewhere where you can put in a cat door, this is an alternative choice you can use to let your cat go in and out when ever they wish to. This will also depend on what other animals you might have in the home. One more reason I choose not to have a cat door that leads outside, is that I have a cat that can go out in the yard but she is jumpy and I need be there to baby sit when she goes out so that she doesn't get spooked and take off.
Although you can get a cat door at any pet store, you can also simply make one yourself if you are good at creating things. We put the cat door to our basement in ourselves, just by cutting a small hole at the bottom of the door and putting a piece of plastic across it that they could easily walk through.
If you wish to put in a cat door that goes outside, make sure you know what size you need for you cat to be able to fit comfortably through the opening. Although a cat that is used to going outside all the time will almost certainly learn quickly how to make use of the cat door, you might also have to know how to train cats to use this new door as well.
This should be a fairly simple process. One of the ways you can train your cat to use this door is to keep it open and use a toy to attract your cat to go through from one side to the other. It should only take a couple of times of doing this before your cat is aware that they can go in and out as they please.
After they have gone in and out a few times you will want to show them how to use the door by themselves when it is closed and you can use the same method to do this. You may possibly want to use food to entice your cat to walk through the door and help them to push through the first couple of times but most cats will take to this practice pretty quickly if they truly want to be able to go outside.
With patience and love you can learn how to train cats to do just about anything.
Author Resource:-
Understanding your cat is one of the first steps in learning how to train cats. If you plan on getting a cat or a kitten it is best to know how to train a kitten from the very first day.
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