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How to Train an Outdoor Cat to Use the Litter Box

  If you’re transitioning an outdoor cat to indoor life, you may be initially concerned with how to train the cat to now start using an indoor litter box. For some cats, the transition to a litter box will be very easy but for others, it may take a little more finesse on your part. ...

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Health Benefits of Grooming Your Cat

  If you have a longhaired cat you’re probably very familiar with the need for daily grooming. The coats of longhaired cats easily tangle and mat, so regular grooming is a must. Unfortunately though, I’ve seen many longhaired cats who don’t get the needed daily grooming and end up with health complications as a result. ...

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The Size of Your Cat’s Litter Box

  When it comes to choosing a litter box, it’s important to match the size of the box to the size of your cat. It’s easy to get influenced by a desire to choose a box based on whether it will fit in a certain location. In some cases that may still work out fine ...

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Why Cats Hiss

  It’s a sound everyone has heard at some point. Even if your cat is the sweetest little cat on the planet, if he has ever felt threatened or needed to send a warning to someone (feline, canine, or human), he has probably hissed at some point. Hissing may seem like a comical sound for ...

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Help Your Cat Become Comfortable With Visitors

  Does your cat dive under the bed whenever the doorbell rings? Or maybe your cat stands her ground and hisses whenever company comes to visit? Maybe you even have a cat who offers a pre-emptive strike and attempts to immediately sink a few teeth into the flesh of anyone who dares enter your home. ...

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Resource Guarding Behavior in Cats

Being protective of resources is a natural instinct for all animals but it can become an issue when it creates stress, triggers aggression, and impacts the relationship of the companion animals in your home. Resource guarding can be triggered by a concern for the availability of food, favorite resting areas, toys, the litter box, and ...

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Cat Training Mixed Messages

  Surprisingly, you may be sending a mixed message to your cat when attempting to train or correct behavior issues. We’ve all done it at some point – we’ve unintentionally rewarded the cat for the very behavior we didn’t want displayed. How does this happen? It’s an easy and common mistake. Communication Confusion and Your ...

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Why Your Cat Needs to Climb

  Chances are, if you’re looking for your cat somewhere in your house she’s probably in an elevated location. When it comes to napping or just chilling out, cats often prefer being above ground level. Being able to safely climb is an important aspect of your cat’s daily life. Climbing to an elevated spot enable ...

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