Cat Pawsitive: Home Edition | Train Your Cat to Go Into a Carrier!

Do you struggle getting your cat into their carrier when it's time to go to the vet? Do they cry the whole time you're in the car? It doesn't have to be that way!
With these simple step by step training instructions from The Jackson Galaxy Project's Cat Pawsitive program, you can help your cat become more comfortable with the crate, lowering their stress during travel, and helping you make it out the door on time.
Cat Pawsitive uses positive reinforcement training techniques to help shelter cats build their confidence so they can catch the eye of potential adopters. Through Cat Pawsitive: Home Edition, we're bringing these proven techniques to households and cat lovers everywhere.

[@Graciousgates]

🤣🤣🤣 the stuffed animal. This was a huge help tho

[@satiafshari8818]

Great video! The stuffed cat scenario was EXACTLY what happens with me. For some reason, my cat just does not trust the carrier.

[@lindaschultz7900]

Excellent Tutorial !! Thank you !!

[@awesomeanimalswithalishav5874]

Such a cute kitty! And lots of great advice here. One thing I didn't see mentioned is making sure the blanket smells good/like home to them and having a very clean carrier. If the carrier was previously used for a trip to the vet it might still have lingering fear smell. I try to do a vinegar wash on carriers as soon as they get home because that smell is horrible for us, so I can't imagine how bad it is for them. My kitties love to use carriers as beds, but I really need to work on them getting used to getting locked in and moved as too many times we've moved and they're starting to get really frightened whenever I start loading them up. I really want a command to have them all go inside at once too. I'm so worried about how to get them safe in an emergency since they'll panic from the fire alarm or other unusual sounds and react to my panic.

[@andyr8812]

To train my Kitsy to do that, it would take at least 6 months and a lot of hard work...

[@Bruce-en5im]

No-one who has a life has time to play click and reward with the cat for 3 months.

[@DustyGus]

7:06 I have a playlist of my cat's favorite songs for when she's having a hard time. She really likes "Katey Moss Catwalk" by David Teie, "Ghosting" by Mother Mother, and a lot of classical opera songs.

[@mayday2953]

question: what if the carrier in question is a backpack (specifically for cats not JUST a normal backpack haha)? do these steps still apply and are backpacks even safe transport for (short) trips?

[@QKinzerzQ]

“Show us what your cat has learned” She has invented 7 different ways to kill a human

[@GrafindeKlevemark]

I have 2 rescue cats. Both, when ill, would "willingly" go into their carriers and I have 3 carriers. But when full of heath just for a vaccination, no way can I get one of them in a carrier. And they hate me afterwards if ever I get one in a carrier. I have one old carrier (very fancy about 20 years ago) I haven't tried it yet (it's a sort of hard rafia basket) and worked well for my first 2 rescue cats. Hope, hope, hope !!!!

[@seanmartinez2332]

My cat is a old, once feral cat and she won't let me pick her up at all. She'll jump, sleep and love on me but if I try and pick her up, all hell breaks loose. Even if get her used to the crate, she will destroy a vet. What do vet do to cats that won't let you pick them up?

[@oravavaara]

Vets are used to this. They have magic. My vet sprays herself with calming pheromones, for example

[@Montecore827]

Have a large , hard plastic carrier. Feed her in the carrier for a few weeks before vet visit. Or make it a permanent feeding station. Tie the door open with a shoe lace. Start the food fish near the front ooening or even on the floor in front of the opening. Every couple of days move the dish a few inches back till you can regularly put the dish at the back…. Gabapentin 2 hours before vet visit. Powdered kind hidden in Fussie Cat fishy cat food tuna/ shrimp often a big winner. Make sure cat is real hungry and the gab is in a very small amount of food, so it’s gobbled up. May want to give smaller dose of gab night before vet visit, then a full dose 2 hrs before apt. Verify this with your vet.

[@daneyd8401]

This happened to me with my wild feral cat. I had to cancel the vet appointment

[@DustyGus]

Can older cats still be trained to tolerate carriers?

[@shellynevard5089]

My cat gets a treat in her carrier every day. If I point to it she will go in. She still throws up in the car though so I put down an old towel.

[@donnawygal4328]

How many months did it take to train the cat to go into the carrier without a struggle?

[@funwithmary-ann7345]

Does this also work for material carryer

[@dfjulesful]

Should this be done over a certain period of time or within one day?

[@sleeks9939]

None of those treats work for me hahaha

[@andreafelton689]

6:27 😷👎👎👎👎