train a kitten: Question by curiouszoey01 : How do I train my cat not to climb the screen door? We found a young kitten outside our home and let it come in and out of the house. Recently we've been shutting the doors and the kitten learned to climb up the screen door to get our attention to let it in. How do I retrain it not to climb/destroy our screen door? for clarification... the cat climbs up the outside door got the impression some of you didn't get that You can buy one of those plastic shields that u put halfway up the door, or my mom has 3 cats and just uses a spray bottle with water in it to get them to stop doing things, doesnt hurt them, but they dont like it When ever your cat jumps up on the screen, take a cup of luke warm water and throw it on the screen....it may sound cruel but it does not hurt the animal, it only gets him wet. Seeing as how cats hate getting wet, he will discontinue doing this shortly spray it with water every time you catch it climbing the screen. you've got to do it while the kitten is actually doing what you don't want it to do, otherwise it won't work. don't let the kitten in when it climbs the screen though, then it will think that it works! you can also try spraying the screen with a commercial product like