Transporting Pets - Cats and Dogs Are Different (Part 2)

If you read part 1 you will know that transporting dogs is pretty straight forward. Transporting cats however is a different story but I intend to make it easy for you. Stress free is where we want to be with this task and this is how you do it.

Caution will need to be taken when transporting cats. As we all know they are precious and can be precocious. Careful acclimatization to a secure cat carrier will take a little time but your care and patience will repaid by your cat many times over.

Acclimatize your cat to its carrier by encouraging it to eat, sleep or play in and around it. Fear of the unknown is your cat's worst nightmare so you need to be with him or her all the way. Who cares if it takes time or you look silly? You will look a whole lot more silly if you cannot control the tiger in your puss cat.

Try the softly, softly approach and turn the lights down. Romanticize the time your cat is in the cat carrier by feeding in the carrier and quietly shutting the door. Do this in the evening at normal feeding time and if necessary cover the carrier to shut out the light.

Sleep is not necessarily the result you will get when transporting cats but if you can induce a feeling of sleepiness, both you and your cat will have a happier time wherever it is you are going. The journey itself rarely causes stress in cats, it is the build up to the journey.

Keeping yourself and your cat calm will be easy if you practice these simple steps. Your voice is perhaps the most important thing you can use when transporting cats so use it.. Talk to your cat quietly and reap the reward of a patient job well done.

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Transporting Pets - Cats and Dogs Are Different

Here are useful three tips to make your pet and those travelling with you stress free. Transporting pets takes a little preparation if you want a peaceful time and the effort will be worthwhile. Many cats and dogs find it stressful to travel in a car, so reduce that stress.

Transporting dogs is one thing, transporting cats is quite another. To reduce the stress to you the reader, lets just deal with dogs right now. Cats are quite a different kettle of fish if you know what I mean, so dogs it is.

Prepare: Making your dog feel at home in new surroundings is the key so make your car their home a few minutes every now and then when you are not travelling. Encourage your dog or puppy to make itself at home. Once inside the car close the door and start the engine. Then talk to your dog, calmly.

Education: Teach your pet that that the car is not the enemy, its just different. Your dog loves you and guess what? She or he wants to be with you. So if you are in the car guess where your dog wants to be? With you! So get it together in the car and have fun.

Trauma: Acclimatize your dog by feeding, petting or allowing him or her to sleep in the car. Put favorite toys in the car and let play commence, If you need to be a bit firmer, drag, coax or bribe the sonnovabitch but for goodness sake do not stress.

So...all this takes time and patience and you may not be immediately successful. However, you must not give up...do NOT give up...keep trying...keep working at it...but if all else fails...I know a guy who does a good deal on guns...

Seriously, most of the trauma related problems concerning transporting pets come from lack of preparation. Take your time, give your dog a chance and all will be well.

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