https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 04:58:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-a-cat#post-254956 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:50:55 +0000 Modern Daisy 254956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Mousie: I tried the spray bottle technique with our foster cats and it never worked. Actually it worked the first couple of times, then the boy cat got very bold and just stared us down like a statue when we sprayed him, then continued to pounce on us. I gave the cat a stern "No!" this morning and didn't give him any attention, but he didn't want any - he just wanted to see that we were awake because he immediately went back into hiding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-a-cat#post-254762 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:55:21 +0000 Mrs. Mousie 254762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Spritz him with a spray bottle. Negative reinforcement is the way to go. Don't pet him or play with him, just tell him "No!" sternly, spray him, and go back to bed. Do it enough times and he'll figure it out. Cats ARE trainable, but they are usually more stubborn than the humans, LOL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-a-cat#post-254692 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:29:34 +0000 blackbird 254692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, cats are nocturnal, so it's tough to fight nature. One of mine likes to scratch on the door at 4am, but i throw rolled up socks at him and he stops. He only does it sometimes, though. </p> <p>By even getting up at all, you are encouraging the behavior. Even if it's negative, it's still attention. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-a-cat#post-254451 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:24:18 +0000 littlebug 254451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our cat does this, too. But in her case, it's because she wants to be around us and wants to come in to look out our bedroom window. She's a snug-a-bug, so she loves being near us when we're home.</p> <p>ETA: We've tried multiple ways to stop her from doing this, and it never changes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-a-cat#post-254421 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:10:33 +0000 MrsBrewer 254421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our 2 cats do this too. Maybe it's the sun that makes them hyper! Our's don't howl though, they just bring all of their toys in our room (a lot of times they will bring the toys up on the bed with us) and then they will just start playing in our room/on the bed until we wake up. I think it's soooo cute, but DH gets pretty irritated! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-a-cat#post-254370 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:32:21 +0000 Modern Daisy 254370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you train a cat the way you can train a dog (or at all)?</p> <p>We are cat sitting right now and I'm going crazy over the early morning wakings. The cat is very sweet, but he literally ignores us all day/night and hides in the linen closet - fine. But every morning at 5:30am on the dot without fail he is HOWLING outside of our bedroom door until we get up. This cat is loud! And he'll do it for as long as it takes until we get up.</p> <p>He doesn't need anything. His food and water are always full and fresh (we do this before going to bed), his litter is clean and he has plenty of space to roam around and comfortable places to lay. He doesn't even want to be around us, he just wants us awake. The second we get up and he sees us walking around - he goes back to the closet and hides.</p> <p>The two cats we fostered previously did this same exact thing. They would meow and howl up a storm at 5:30am until we got up - then they would promptly fall back asleep somewhere. They also didn't need water, food, clean litter or even attention.</p> <p>How do you stop a cat from doing this - is it even possible? </p>