Training your cat to love her carrier makes everything from trips to the vet to cross country travel easier. Cat carrier success.

1. Teach Your Cat to Love Her
Carrier
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2. Cats have memories

3. Physically forcing your cat into her
carrier can cause her to fear her
carrier and damage the bond between
you and your kitty.

4. Make Kitty's Carrier Her Safe Space

5. Get your cat used to her
carrier from the time you
bring her home.

6. Scent rules in the cat world.
You can use that to your advantage
when teaching Kitty to love her carrier.

7. Put her favorite bed into
the carrier.

8. Wipe the carrier down and let
it become part of the
furniture.

9. Make the Carrier Rewarding

10. Make all the positive
associations with the carrier
you can.

11. Leave toys, treats, and catnip
in the carrier.

12. Work up to feeding her
in the carrier.

13. Close the door for a few
seconds before
rewarding her if she
stays calm.

14. Move on to picking up the
carrier and walking around
the house with her inside.
Release her and give her her
treat.

15. ● Take her for a short ride
around the block.
● Gradually increase the
length of your drives.

16. Let her know not every
trip out in her carrier is
a trip to the vet!

17. When you return from
outings put the carriers
back out in their usual
locations.

18. What to Look for
in a Cat Carrier

19. Choose a carrier
designed for
transporting
cats.

20. It should be big
enough for the cat to
stand up, lie down
and turn around

21. Make sure it has
adequate ventilation.

22. Types of Carriers
Soft Side Carriers
◈ Easier to carrier
◈ More visibility
◈ Not good choice for
fractious cats that
could tear out the
mesh.
Hard Side Carriers
◈ Durable
◈ Secure
◈ Great for airline travel
◈ Good for highly
stressed cats

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