| Kitten training will become a necessary part of their | | | | Scratching is a bit of a different concern. Cats need |
| care when they are about four to six weeks old. At | | | | to scratch in order to properly groom their paws, so |
| this age, they will begin roaming farther from their | | | | it is not possible to make them stop scratching |
| mother and finding all sorts of interesting ways of | | | | completely. Ideally, you will have a scratching post |
| getting into trouble. There are particular approaches | | | | set up for their use so they have a safe place in |
| to disciplining a bad kitten that are more effective | | | | order to do their scratching. If they begin scratching |
| than others, and some that are potentially harmful to | | | | at the couch or the carpet or another unacceptable |
| the kitten. Training them to behave properly does | | | | surface, immediately follow the tips above, then |
| not have to be complicated, but you do need to | | | | physically pick up the kitten and carry it to the |
| take a few things into consideration to ensure that | | | | scratching post. Take hold of its paw and scratch at |
| their health is protected. | | | | the scratching post with it while reinforcing the |
| In order to discipline a bad kitten, it is best to attend | | | | behavior with stroking and kind words. This may take |
| to its instincts and act as if you were the mother | | | | quite a few attempts, but the kitten will learn |
| cat. Do this by loudly clapping your hands or shaking a | | | | eventually. |
| can full of coins to shock the kitten out of its | | | | All young creatures will misbehave at one time or |
| behavior. It is also helpful to get down to the kitten's | | | | another, but, at the same time, are very fragile and |
| level and hiss at it like a mother cat would. This, | | | | can be hurt easily. When you are dealing with a bad |
| combined with positive reinforcement is usually a | | | | kitten, just keep these few tips in mind and you can |
| powerful combination for kitten training. When a | | | | make sure that your kitten learns its boundaries and |
| kitten is performing a good behavior, pet and stroke | | | | the proper ways of behaving, and you won't have to |
| it and lavish it with care, attention, and kind words so | | | | worry about accidentally harming them. |
| that it knows it is doing the right thing. | | | | |