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Chapter 22

Taking Your Training Outdoors

Will an indoor cat get to be an outdoor cat? training your cat outdoors will be great for your cat. All outdoor cats just love the outdoors.

They are getting regular exercise which can mean a new release of energy for your cat and your cat wont be up all-night waiting to go out.

When it comes to fences or trees your cat may be the expert at this. and those little Paws of the cat will know simply what to do. And that bird feeder in the garden really could be one magnificent place for the cat to sit and watch everything.

Protecting their territory the cat wont think twice about attacking. and removing Anything nearby and the cat will just jump on it to get to the feeder. your garden will be a nice place for your cat to dig and disturb and eat your plants.

This will destroy your garden and some of the plants in it can be real poison for your cat, so be cautious here. You can use sprays and you will get other products that you'd be able to get your hands on to help you with having the cat to stay out of the garden and using a sprinkler type system to water your garden.

Once you have applied the outdoor training for your cat, and there will be considerable dangers for the cat outside, maybe you cat hasn’t properly roamed outside, don’t over look training your cat on an harness.

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This approach to start with so you will know where the cat will be. and when you have got the cat trained on the harness you will then be ready just to start the steps and let the cat free so it can run in the yard.

When you are ready to take it another step further, start taking the cat for short walks with the harness, don’t just use the yard for the cat to check out, try taking him down in the street to start test out the other areas that he will not be familiar with as of yet.

And this is very good for the cat as if he wants to find his way home in future he will know and it be familiar with the area also.

And talking about walks you can look for any other cats about, as this will be good for your cat. and this too is a great idea so to grasp if its time for your cat to start roaming alone. and with mating your cat be with the neighbors cat and not at your home.

Be careful to check the whole yard and make sure it is safe for your cat and that he will be ready to have fun when he is outside. start to provide the activities he needs So that he can approve of. both you and cat will start to have some great times outside.

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