Teaching a cat to do tricks creates a great opportunity for bonding. Train cats to do tricks with tips from a cat behaviorist in this free video on pets and cat care.
Expert: Diana Korten
Contact: www.thecatbehaviorist.com/
Bio: Diana Korten is certified in Pet First Aid by the American Red Cross, and is a member of The National Association of Pet Sitting Professionals and The Cat Writer’s Association.
Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge
Duration : 0:2:34
thats just animal …
thats just animal abuse. i mean A HOOP??!! i mean who does she thing she is??!! a ringmaster!?
how old is the cat ?
how old is the cat ?
thank you for this …
thank you for this video
good human for …
good human for holding the hoop
I think this is …
I think this is Spike’s personality alone, but, he’s doesn’t really try hard to please me. I get treated like a litter mate/sibling. I get chewed on, scratched, tackled (don’t let the fact that is below the average size for a domestic cat fool you. He can jump over my head), and sought out for constant play related attention all the time. Like you said before, cats tend to have short attention spans, especially if they are spotted breeds (Egyptian Maus, Bengals, Savannah’s, etc…)
Spike can learn …
Spike can learn tricks, he learns them incredibly fast and has a knack for it. But if his choices are A) do tricks for a while or B) run around the house and play tag with me, he almost always chooses the B option. Training is boring for him, no matter how enthusiastic I am. If I had the space and equipment, I’d teach him something involving running and jumping. Sit, stay, and all those basic dog tricks aren’t up to his brain power.
That’s only half of …
That’s only half of it. Animals are much more interested in pleasing their humans than we think they are, cats included. If you begin teaching animals tricks you’ll find that it’s much simpler than most people suspect. Most of the time even the most complex-looking tricks are just a simple matter of getting an animal to follow food.
I agree with SRNF …
I agree with SRNF that it might be a bond thing. Cats are similar to any other animal in that they’re very interested in pleasing humans so long as they’re treated well by humans. However, they’re different because they’re not pack animals and they behave in a more solitary manner. They also have a much shorter attention span for that sort of thing.
im positive the cat …
im positive the cat doesn’t give a rats about the clicker if you take away the treat…cats are smarter than that and knows that just clicker sound doesn’t get them any reward.
i mean i can do the same “trick” with the chair with a bit of cheese in my hand tempting my cat.
I have four cats, …
I have four cats, and only one of them likes a specific kind of treat. But when I tried to teach him a trick he wasn’t focused at all. And as for the other cats what could I use to motivate them? And once they learn a trick will I have to give them a reward every time?
Some cats don’t …
Some cats don’t have the attention span to pay attention to a target stick. For you, the target stick might have to be your hand. Your cat certainly knows food comes from you.
If it’s possible, …
If it’s possible, that’s really not a bad idea. Dog bites hurt, but I’ve seen the aftermath of people who have been mauled by cats. It’s not pretty… People tend to be more afraid of being bitten or scratched by a cat than a dog, nowadays.
Well, that was …
Well, that was offensive. He’s an Egyptian Mau. I get to be his favorite person whether I like it or not. Even so, cats are not into pleasing their human companions, that’s the point I was trying to make. It’s only fun if they get food, or any other kind of self-indulging reward from it. Part of why I like cats so much. No bullshit with them.
my cat does…you …
my cat does…you just dont have a good bond with your cat. No offence.
That’s how all cat …
That’s how all cat tricks have to be… Cats only want rewards. Granted, I’ve taught my Mau some tricks on my spare time (without a target stick or props), but he doesn’t walk up to me begging to practice his tricks like a border collie would.
Hoops are all well …
Hoops are all well and good, but I’m trying to get my cat to attack on command. any Ideas?
this isnt a trick …
this isnt a trick this is just a cat following food sorry but its true.
make a video about …
make a video about training a mouser >.>
lamo
lamo
do you have to have …
do you have to have a clicker and a target stick???
where do you buy them from and what type of treats are they …. do every cats like them… can you buy them from any food store???
The is the …
The is the clicker for?
Cats are as easy to …
Cats are as easy to train as dogs! My mother always taught all our cats to roll over. I also have taught our cats to roll over. After about 2 years of not rolling over one of our cats remembered how to do it! I was shocked. Cats are a lot smarter than people give them credit!
Cats can do one …
Cats can do one important job, They can keep mice out of a house, and mice carry many nasty things and ruin food stock. I call that a useful job.
The clicker is …
The clicker is given meaning by clicking & treating over & over. It’s like saying “good boy!” only it’s a neutral sound, that can be consistently repeated & 1 they don’t hear everyday. it knows it will get a treat when you click & quickly links what it was doing the moment you clicked with getting the treat the click promises. This leads him to repeat the behavior. Once they grasp this they try very hard to get you 2 click. Add a command word phase out the “tools” & you’ve got your trick!
To phase out the …
To phase out the treat you slowly start to only reward every other time and then only every so often. Even if you didn’t give them a treat the last time they did it, They know that there is a possibility of you giving a treat the next time you ask for a behavior and so they keep trying. This is know as “the gamble” in food based training. If the animal stops responding every time, there is nothing wrong with giving a treat to refresh their memory and get them to start gambling all over again.