Train your Ragamuffin Cat

A Ragamuffin is a breed of domestic cats. It is a variant of the Ragdoll cat and has been considered as a separate breed since 1994. Ragamuffins are friendly cats and have a thick fur coat. Ragamuffin cats have rectangular, broad chest and a short neck. They come in various coat colors and patterns, with a medium-length fur coat that grows rapidly. Although the coat is thick, it is not prone to shedding. This breed is known for their docile nature.

The Ragamuffin cats are friendly, attentive and affectionate. They enjoy playing ,climbing, scratching posts, and some will even run after and retrieve toys. They greet family members at the door and will follow familiar people around the house and if left alone, they are going to panic and get anxious and an anxious ragamuffin will whine, meow, scratch and create havoc. If proper training is given, the cats can become perfect human companions.

Importance of a Ragamuffin Cat Training

Ragamuffin Cats are over friendly cats, but it still poses a challenge to train them. Ragamuffin cats adore and love his pack and do not like being left alone. They only communicate with strangers whom they consider trustworthy and if not trained properly this might lead to socialization issues. Your cat does need to exercise and play a lot in order to lead a healthy and active life. A well behaved cat is our long term goal and we do not want our cat to lose his basic nature. Ragamuffin cats are very playful and need loads of exercise for a healthy life.

Useful Training Equipment and Accessories for The Ragamuffin Cat

Pet Market these days is filled with a huge variety of pet training equipments and accessories these days. Before commencing training sessions with your Ragamuffin cat, it is suggested to check out the available options and select an appropriate training equipment. These equipments help you a lot while training your cat and also makes training fun. It is really important for your cat to enjoy his training sessions.

Clicker Training

A clicker is a device that makes a click sound and you need to train your Ragamuffin cat to that click.  A click means a reward for your cat.  Clicking generously during training will motivate your cat.

Positive Training

Your Ragamuffin cat should be rewarded with what he likes. You should analyze your cat’s behavior and reward him with whatever he likes. You will have to teach him desired response and he will be very quick in learning them in order to get rewards.

Fetching and Retrieving

This is not the traditional gruesome training session for your Ragamuffin cat.  He is going to have a lot of fun learning this and much more playing it.  It is a very good way to spend quality time with your cat.

Different Trainings required for a Ragamuffin cat

Litter Training

• Choose an appropriate litter box and its position.
• You will have to take your cat to the litter box in the beginning.
• He will learn and find its way to the litter box on his own.

Leash Training

• Begin by selecting a lightweight, soft leash.
• Give your cat time to get familiarized with it by keeping it in his space.
• Be gentle while using leash for the first time as it might scare your cat away.
• You are now ready to take your Ragamuffin cat for daily walks.

Obedience Training

• Obedience Training should begin as soon as you get Ragamuffin to your home.
• Be gentle and yet stern with your cat. He should know who is in command.
• Over pampering cats will lead to behavior issues.
• Basic Obedience Training is very important as Ragamuffin cats might get into dominant mode and it will create havoc by never obeying you.

Do’s and Don’ts in Providing Training to a Ragamuffin Cat

You should take care of following minute yet critical points while training your Ragamuffin cat.

Tips to Make the Training Task Easy for a Ragamuffin

Certain tips can help in training your Ragamuffin cat in an easy manner:

• Every cat is unique, try to understand him.
• Ragamuffin cats like to have people around them.
• Cat’s kindergarten is a good option for ragamuffins.
• All family members should take turns to feed them and spend time with them.