Cat Training Newcastle

There are many things you can do to help your feline friend. Our qualified feline behavioural trainer is an excellent detective who can help to investigate why your cat is behaving the way he/she is and put into place a number of strategies to help modify this behaviour.

Here are some issues we can help with:

• Litter training
• Destruction
• Vocalising
• Litter box issues
• Urine marking
• Inter-cat aggression
• Fearful, timid or shy cats
• Scratching in inappropriate places
• Aggressive behaviour towards people
• Meowing and yowling
• Enrichment and meeting your cat’s needs

In these private consultations, we first start off by taking a history of your cat to obtain information that will help us to determine the cause of your cat’s behaviour and how to then help your cat. We will ask lots of questions!

We then discuss a treatment plan and give you strategies to implement when we leave.

It is important that you are able to dedicate the time and effort to implement these strategies consistently at home so that you can see improvements in the behaviour of your cat.

Changing your cat’s behaviour requires you to change your behaviour first so it is important that you are committed, willing and able to implement these strategies.

• Before you book, it is important that you have realistic expectations about what we provide. We do NOT have a magic wand to fix your cat. Our consultations are about helping you to understand why the behaviour is happening and then how to help your cat. How we propose that might be different to your expectations and that is ok. As long as you keep your mind open to learning new information, that is all we ask of you.
• It is important that you are able to dedicate the time and effort to implement you plan so that you can see improvements in the behaviour of your cat. We are not responsible for the outcome as we do not live with your cat and we are not implementing the training on a daily basis with your cat. It is our responsibility to provide you with the most up-to-date, scientific based, positive reinforcement information in regards to training and behaviour. It is your responsibility to implement it when we leave.
• We also discuss your expectations as many times, pet parent expectations of their cat and their behaviour are unrealistic. Expectations are disappointments waiting to happen so shifting your expectations can go a long way in improving your bond with your cat. Your expectations of what we can provide also need to be address as many people come to us expecting we will magically fix their cat. This is not the case just like when you go to a psychologist who cannot magically fix your behaviour.
• Changing your cat’s behaviour requires you to change your behaviour first so it is important that you are committed, willing and able to put into practice what you have learnt in our private sessions/consultations.
• As much as we would like to have a magic wand and solve all your cat’s behaviour issues immediately, behaviour change involves time and involves many factors.
• Many times, we also educate the pet parent as a lack of knowledge and understanding of the feline species can impact the relationship you have with your cat.
• Depending on your cat’s training and behavioural challenges, you will need to understand that you may need several sessions before you gain the knowledge and understanding as well as the skills to help your cat.

1. On the day of your appointment, make sure you are prepared by having some food ready to be used for training your cat. Cooked meat is our preferred healthy option for your cat. Remember to cut the food up into small pieces. NO DRY TREATS OR DRY FOOD PLEASE.
2. We will arrive ON TIME. PLEASE be home at the allocated time of your appointment. We have clients before and after you and if you are late, we cannot run into the next client’s appointment time. This means if you run late, your consultation will end at the allocated time and you will not receive your full allocated time. Please respect our time.
3. CANCELLATIONS OR RESCHEDULING: We require 3 business days notice for cancellation or rescheduling otherwise the full consultation fee will be charged.
4. NO SHOWS: If we turn up and you are not home and you have not told us or given any notice, the full consultation fee will be charged. Please be respectful as we have set aside time for your consultation that others could have taken.

If you cancel or re-schedule your consultation with us within 3 business days of your scheduled appointment time, the full fee will be charged.

Please understand that we have other people waiting to see us and we also need to pay our bills and run our business.

We are happy to re-schedule or cancel your appointment time if more than 3 business days notice is given. This must be done in writing to us via e-mail.