Getting Cats Into the Carrier

Kim Pierce has once again provided us with a great topic: Getting Your Cat Into the Carrier - without traumatizing one or both of you. She asked us to cover how to get the cat into the carrier quickly if there is an emergency situation, and also how to train your cat to become acclimated to the carrier and enter upon request. Sounds impossible? Molly shares a story of a shelter cat who had a fear aggression response to being inside a carrier; they clicker trained him into being comfortable with carrier rides. She describes the detailed steps they used to overcome his fear.