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Praising Bella

I've been keeping an eye on Bella for the past two days and every time I can tell she's about to use the bathroom (she goes to one of a couple of different spots and stats looking around) I pick her fluffy butt up and plop her in the bathtub next to her litterbox. I tell her to be a good kitty and use her box and then I leave the room. Twice now she's used the box and when she gets done I tell her what a good kitty she is and I pet her. Will this help train her? I now it's positive reinforcement and it should, but I've never had to potty train a cat before.

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i think that's the best way to potty train a puppy or a kitty. when Maddie was just a puppy, she would circle around as if she was just about squat... then i would pick her up and throw her outside and repeatedly say "pee pee, Maddie, pee pee Maddie!"... and everytime i would throw her outside, i'd walk the same path and say the same thing... she was potty trained at 3 months old. that's how my mom's 2 dogs were trained when i was still living at home.

keep it up, Kymberlie!

.: Kathy said on September 1, 2002 05:18 PM :: link it :.

Good for you, I think that'll help! Go in the box, Bella :)

.: erica said on September 1, 2002 06:16 PM :: link it :.

It was one of the things that Chelsey suggested in addition to using the stuff on the carpet.

Her advice? "The normal honeymoon period for a pet is 2 weeks. Now that that has passed, Bella has accepted that she is at her new home and she's marking things to claim it as hers." Positive reinforcement is the best. She also said that letting her go outside may not be the best idea because then she can go freely again wherever she wants - so it might reduce her desire to use the litterbox when she is indoors.

.: Christine said on September 2, 2002 12:11 AM :: link it :.

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