I have huge news. I decided to go back to a regular litter box two days ago. That's right I quit toilet training!
The entire house is now breathing a sigh of relief.
- No more kitty litter on the bathroom floor
- No more cleaning & scooping & cleaning the toilet 4+ times a day
- No more listening to my poor kitties crying each time they need to go potty
- No more accidents to be cleaned
- No more special diet
- No more expensive kitty litter
- I can actually use my toilet & not have to clean the seat or move the setup!
- The rugs can be on the floor again
- Doors to other rooms can be open
- Scooping kitty litter from a litter box isn't so bad after all
- No more worrying about how the Yahoo CatsT-Training Group feels about online blogs
- and the most important... my cats are happy again
I don't want to deter anybody else's efforts though. I believe it can be done.
- It is easier if you have more than one toilet
- It is easier if you have just one cat
- Join the Yahoo CatsT-Training Group. They are the only ones with the most information.
- If you have an online blog- keep it private or never post anything you have seen or read or resembles anything that you've seen or read from the Yahoo Group. This is my first blog & it was a great experience for me. It helped me keep track of my progress and I met some great online friends. And remember to PLEASE be careful of your blogs if you are part of the Yahoo Group. Two of my good friends have been kicked out of this group because of their blog. This was one of the reasons that I quit toilet training because I use my blog as a tool in my training and I don't want to worry each time I post if I made a faux pas that might get me kicked out of the Group.
8 comments:
Hi Shelly,
First, I'd like to say that I'm very proud of you. I know it was a big decision to quit toilet training--especially after putting so much time and effort into it. Nevertheless, I completely agree that you have to do what you think is best for you, your household, and your cats. I'm really glad that you and your kitties are happier.
Second, I'm very disappointed and sad that the Cats T-Training Yahoo Group contributed to your quitting. I had my own bad experience with them concerning my blog, so I know how you feel. The moderators act like they own all the cat toilet training information. They do not. Their mistrust and suspicion of bloggers is tarnishing their image.
Anyway, I know you will move on and continue to enjoy your cute kitties. Please keep in touch.
Z
Hi Shelly,
It is okay not to be toilet traineds, too! We hope your kitties enjoy their litter boxes...I am sure they will :)
I hope you do not get too stressed about a yahoo group, it is just an online group! For example I just joined the cat blogosphere http://www.blog.catblogosphere.com/ and met some more kitties who blog. Kitties who blog are so much better than peoples, they have better opinions on life. Peoples opnions on what you can blog about what what you can't are not as usefulness.
Veronica :)
pees out, keep in touch.
shelly,
i don't know what to say. i've enjoyed your blog and the adventures with eleanor & sunshine, but i know it was a difficult decision and i fully support you on it. i'm sorry the moderators got to you too. it seems they are doing a terrible job and now they have even contributed to their own member quitting altogether. i'm glad you beat them to the punch and just quit on your own. know that we are always here for you if you decide to embark on this adventure again. we can do this on our own w/o their constant harrassment. good luck and please keep checking in with hello & mimmy.
best,
jenny
http://www.freewebs.com/myhellokitten
Hi. Black Sunshine is gorgeous. So is Eleanor.
Come over an join us on tha Cat Blogosphere. we's haf parties an contests an all kinds of fun stuffs. there's no moderators, whatever that is. We's help each other whenever we can, it's a furriendly & fun group of grrrreat cats (and woofies and buns and other critters, too). Look furrward ta seeing you there.
Purrs, KC
Offishul Reepurrter fur tha Cat Blogosphere
Hi Shelly,
A big decision! I'm happy to think of you and the
cats enjoying a nice peaceful time together
without all participating in a stressful project.
(And if you ever change your mind, you can always
start over. I'm sure that encouraging friends who
read your blog would help and that you wouldn't
need to venture back into any accusatory online
groups.) But for now, you and Eleanor and Sunshine
will get to live together in comfort. How nice
for all of you!
I almost gave up, too, two days ago! I felt like
things were never going to advance, since my one
slower learner would never acquire the basic
skills our other cat learned weeks ago. Like you,
I bet it would be *much* easier training one cat
instead of two! By installing a Litter Kwitter on
Saturday, I have bought back some optimism for the
time being. I'll keep my blog up to date on how
that goes.
You are totally right about having more than one
bathroom! We would have given up ages ago if we
had to share the toilet with our various setups
and all the rubble of the learning situation.
Hi to Eleanor and Sunshine,
Lia
I wrote: "I'm sure that encouraging friends who read your blog would help and that you wouldn't need to venture back into any accusatory online groups."
Just to clarify, I meant that friends who read your blog would be encouraging and would help you back into the wild realm of cat toilet training if you ever want to go there again. I don't think I need to clarify which accusatory online groups I mean. :-)
hey shelly,
do you miss blogging? even though you aren't t-training anymore, we would still love to hear about the kitties!
jenny
Hi, I know it's a long time since you quit the toilet training...But when I read that the Yahoo toilet training group was part of the reason I just wanted to let you know that I'm a part of that group and the moderaters have been pretty rud to me a couple of times + I really haven't learned much from them anyway. I am also a member of the LK forum where members help each other and that has been very helpful to me. I have successfully trained three cats and now I try to help other people on that forum aswell. I'm afraid to help on the Yahoo forum because I always do something against their stupid rules...
That aside I completely understand that you did quit because toilet training is definetively not an easy job...
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