Hi,
We have two kittens, Calvin & Hobbes, who are litter-mates at 4.5mo. We take them up to the cottage with us where we are boat access only and the play outside for hours on end.
At home, however, we are worried about them introducing themselves to a car or truck on the road. Our previous cat had free reign of the outdoors, and although in her later years she just hung out in the back yard, in her younger days she used to romp all over the neighborhood, but thankfully never managed to meet a car.
We don't have the means to enclose the kittens in our backyard, but at the same time we are loathe to make them indoor cats for the 8 winter months of the year, only letting them outside at the cottage.
How can we teach them to avoid the road and/or to be afraid of cars and trucks on the road?
-Scott
We have two kittens, Calvin & Hobbes, who are litter-mates at 4.5mo. We take them up to the cottage with us where we are boat access only and the play outside for hours on end.
At home, however, we are worried about them introducing themselves to a car or truck on the road. Our previous cat had free reign of the outdoors, and although in her later years she just hung out in the back yard, in her younger days she used to romp all over the neighborhood, but thankfully never managed to meet a car.
We don't have the means to enclose the kittens in our backyard, but at the same time we are loathe to make them indoor cats for the 8 winter months of the year, only letting them outside at the cottage.
How can we teach them to avoid the road and/or to be afraid of cars and trucks on the road?
-Scott