train your kitten in 15 minutes a day

How to train your kitten in 15 minutes a day?

How I educated and trained my kitten in just 15 minutes a day ? This is what I will share with you in this article.

Now that you have the happiness of having a little kitten in your home, all you think about is pampering it, but be careful, I advise you to take a little time every day to educate it. Indeed, the education of a kitten is very easy as long as it starts from the first days you adopted it.

Mistakes not to make to properly educate your kitten, tips to teach him the basics, tips to avoid stressing him or method for teach him to obey… Yes, it is possible to train a kitten in just 15 minutes a day !

educate and train your kitten in 15 minutes a day

Can you train a cat?

It is more difficult to train a cat than a dog, but it is not impossible. Indeed, cats are animals which function according to habits and routine and which can therefore be conditioned to rituals. from an early age. It is these rituals that they will have to learn every day for a quarter of an hour of time.

As it is very complicated to train an adult cat who already has his habits and his character, you must start training from the first months of your kitten. So you can teach him many things more easily and quickly.

Why train a kitten?

A kitten makes its first acquisitions in terms of education and socialization with its mother and its litter brothers and sisters. Indeed, it is any baby that the kitten learns not to bite, not to scratch, to wait for his turn to suck, to play with respect with his brothers and sisters ... In short, as a baby, he already learns the limits not to. not exceed. And when the kitten does not respect them, its mother is quick to reframe it with a nudge or a gentle nod.

As soon as your kitten arrives at home, you will need to continue her education to:

But to make all these acquisitions, you will have to take the time every day to "train" your kitten in a certain way.

Basic tips for training a kitten

  • Plan some treats that you will give as a reward when your kitten succeeds in her lessons.
  • Schedule learning sessions before your kitten's meals. Thus, the food reward will be more appreciated and will be of more value if your kitten has not yet eaten.
  • For his learning sessions, choose a place in the house that is quiet and free from distractions (no television, music, toys, children around). So you will have your kitten's undivided attention.
  • To be effective, the training sessions should not be too long because otherwise the kitten will drop out. A quarter of an hour every day is more than enough.
  • For best results, learning should occur regularly. Try to devote 15 minutes to it every day on a regular basis. You can skip a day or two, but don't go 2 or 3 weeks without giving your kitten lessons. All learning would be called into question.

How to train a kitten in 15 minutes a day?

You will find below 10 learning lessons that are the basics of a good kitten education.

For train a kitten in 15 minutes a day, you will have to give your kitten 5 small lessons per day and alternate lessons every 2 days. Thus, your kitten will do a regular and complete learning without getting bored because the sessions are short (3 minutes) and the number of lessons allows to vary the pleasures !!!

Here is the schedule I made for my little Mistee's training:

Schedule of lessons to train a kitten

Lessons to train a kitten in 15 minutes a day

Teaching Your Kitten to Recognize Its Name - Lesson 1

Before any other learning, it is essential to teach your kitten her name. Indeed, so that your kitten can respond to your requests or orders and understand the words of comfort or congratulations, it must be able to recognize its name.

And to teach him that, you'll need to teach him how to respond to calls and reminders:

  • Place your kitten in one room and put yourself in another room;
  • Call your kitten by pronouncing its name;
  • If he does not join you, come back to the room where he is, showing him a treat, then go back to the other room;
  • Then, you will call him by his name again and as soon as he joins you, you will have to congratulate him and reward him with the treat.

By repeating this learning every 2 days, your kitten will quickly recognize his name and understand that you are calling him!

Teaching Your Kitten to Be Clean - Lesson 2

A kitten begins toilet training with its mother during her first weeks. But, when you arrive home, you will need to continue to potty train your kitten.

To start, you will need:

  • Install your litter;
  • Put it there at each training session and leave it there for 30 seconds to 1 minute;
  • If he pees there, praise him and give him a reward.

You can do the same after each nap, each play session or whenever you see that he needs to urinate. If you see that your kitten is peeing outside its litter box, you have to say a loud “NO” in an authoritative tone and put your kitten back in its litter box.

Teach your kitten not to bite - Lesson 3

All kittens have a tendency to bite and to keep them from getting used to it, it is essential to set limits on them as soon as possible. This is how him learn while playing with your kitten not to bite :

  • For your play session, always take a toy or object to have fun with your kitten. This is so as not to use your hands. This will make your kitten less inclined to grab your hands to nibble on them.
  • As soon as your kitten starts biting you, you should immediately stop playing with it and shout a definite and definitive NO.
  • As he is bound to start biting you again, you will have to repeat systematically: No in a firm tone to dissuade him.
  • And if, despite repeated NOs, your kitten still continues to bite you, you will have to send him a water jet on the muzzle what he will hate. Remember to equip yourself with a spray bottle filled with water. This is the only way for your kitten to understand that if he bites you, he will get water in the face. Indeed, having experienced it myself, I can confirm that a cat understands very quickly that the action he undertakes is the trigger for the water jets. Suddenly, the cat prefers to stop rather than be sprayed.

Teach your kitten to be handled - Lesson n ° 4

Because one day or another you will have to handle your cat for him give medicine, to heal a wound or for him cut the claws, you have to teach your kitten to let it go:

  • Get your kitten used to staying on your lap for a few seconds;
  • Turn it upside down, touch its paws, muzzle, ears;
  • Get your kitten used to letting his jaw open;
  • Lay a napkin on a table and put your kitten on it;
  • Then gently wrap it with the towel;
  • You can take it on you wrapped in this way, turn it over and remove the towel.

Teaching Your Kitten to Go in the Car - Lesson 5

In general, cats do not like to be transported by car. Indeed, a cat that is not used to the car can be extremely disturbed and violent when forced to travel by car. This is why it is essential to teach your kitten to become familiar with the vehicle and with its transport box.

For this learning, you simply need:

  • Install a transport box with a soft and warm woolen cloth and some toys inside;
  • Place your kitten inside from time to time so that it gradually gets used to it;
  • As soon as he goes inside easily and obediently, close the box and put it in your car;
  • Mini trips of a few hundred meters are enough to accustom your kitten to the noise of the engine, to the shaking and to this new environment.

Teach your kitten not to scratch - Lesson 6

Teaching your kitten not to scratch is as important as teaching it not to bite. Indeed, scratches can be dangerous for a child or a baby but they can also destroy your house. In fact, if you don't train your kitten, it risks attacking curtains, upholstery, bedspreads or the sofa!

To train your kitten not to scratch:

  • Buy a scratching post or a cat tree;
  • Position it prominently where you will be doing the training session.
  • Every time your kitten scratches you or scratches you elsewhere, you will have to shout a big NO and redirect it to the scratching post.
  • If your kitten continues to scratch anyway, you will use the same "harmless weapon" that is the spray ! As soon as he scratches, send a jet of water into his mouth. You will see that in a few sessions, this vaporizer is a way to dissuade him from scratching.

Teach your kitten to socialize - Lesson n ° 7

This training phase is essential because a kitten that is not sufficiently socialized can, as it grows, develop aggressiveness.

For this learning, you will have to:

  • Put your kitten in contact with new people, children, other animals;
  • Confront him with environments he does not know (going to a neighbor's house, in the garage, in the car, etc.);
  • Get your kitten used to the noise by putting on loud music or turning on the vacuum cleaner or banging with pot lids;
  • Talk to him and play with him (How to play cat and mouse with my kitten?).

Make your kitten understand that it is forbidden - Lesson 8

Difficult to make a kitten understand which limits must not be crossed, the places where not to go, the things that are prohibited. However, it is essential to prevent your cat from doing silly things from morning to night.

Easy learning

This learning consists of associating an action with a short word that is easy to understand by your kitten.

For example:

  • When your kitten is about to get on your stove, you will have to tell him STOP and move him away from the stove;
  • By using the word STOP each time he is about to go to a forbidden place, your kitten will understand with the word STOP that the place is forbidden;
  • By using the word NO every time she tries to bite or scratch you, your kitten will associate NO with stopping her biting.
  • To be effective, you have to reward your kitten every time he does what you want him to do (for example, get out of a piece of furniture, scratch his cat tree instead of your hands, come back when you call him).

By always using the same words for a precise action, little by little the kitten comes to understand. Here is the list of words to teach him in association with specific actions:

 NON - STOP - COME - DESCEND - HERE - BRAVO

Clicker training

The clicker is an object that makes a clicking sound when pressed.

Clicker

It is strongly recommended to train a kitten:

  • You must systematically activate the clicker as soon as the kitten correctly obeys an order or respects a prohibition;
  • At the same time as the click, he is offered a treat;
  • Through repetition, little by little, the kitten associates the clicker sound with the reward. Suddenly, the clicker itself is associated with something positive for the kitten;
  • Gradually, we remove the treat and we only reward the kitten by activating the clicker. The kitten then interprets it as a reward and will try to continue doing what is expected of him.

In order for your kitten to want to repeat his “good deeds”, he will need to receive a treat that he loves very much.

Recommended treats

Teach your kitten to go out without leaving - Lesson 9

To get your kitten used to going out without run away, it will first have to get used to wearing a harness and to be kept on a leash. Thus, during his first outings, your kitten will discover nature, grass and trees in complete safety.

How to train your kitten

Learning is long but essential:

  • Before taking him out, you will have to train your kitten inside to come back when you call him and each time he comes back to reward him and let him go again;
  • For his first outings, you will keep him on a leash;
  • As soon as your kitten is used to the outside environment, you can remove its harness and do a booster session by calling it by name and saying: COME!
  • Consider taking treats to reward him when he comes back;
  • Do several short sessions, gradually increasing their duration so that your kitten gets used to staying outside longer.
  • At each outing, you must train your kitten to come back when you call him and each time he comes back to reward him and let him go again.

Teaching Your Kitten to Sleep - Lesson 10

The last learning is to sleep at night. Indeed, cats have a tendency, if they are not educated, to play, hunt, want to go out at night. Some cats even get into the habit of scratching doors or meowing at night!

This lesson that I recommend that you have your kitten do regularly should be given in the evening around 21 p.m.

  • Make your kitten understand that it's time to go to sleep by putting all of her toys away;
  • Close the shutters and turn off the light so that your kitten can fall asleep better in the dark;
  • Place your kitten in its basket on a cozy and warm woolen cloth;
  • Close the door and go.

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