The Amazing Acro-Cats will be celebrating Christmas (or Catmas) by jumping through wreaths, rolling an ornament, pushing a sleigh and performing an array of other seasonal tricks.

There will also be a special appearance by The Rock-Cats playing seasonal carol selections such as A Cat in a Manger, Catnip Roasting on an Open Fire and God Rest Ye Merry Kittens.

These special performances have a holiday twist on what has already proven to be a fun-filled and one-of-a-kind show for audiences and cat lovers of all ages.

Watch these not so ordinary Santas Kittens disprove the notion that cats cant be trained, as they perform a variety of Christmas themed tricks.

These festive felines all live with Ms. Martin, owner of Amazing Animals by Samantha.

The little Kat Kringles spend their days playing and training in rooms converted from a humans habitat into a cat playground of props, perches and platforms.

Most of the Acro-Cat Performers are former shelter kitties Samantha has adopted and clicker trained.

PLEASE COME OUT TO HELP THESE KITTIES FIND HOMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

A show that doesn’t fit into any other cat-egory…The Midwest’s only trained domestic cat show!

Our fantastic felines will amuse and amaze your guests as they ride skateboards, ring bells, roll barrels, walk the high wire, climb ropes, push a shopping cart, jump through hoops, and even run a cat-size agility course.

To arrange for an appearance of Samantha’s Amazing AcroCats and The RockCats or for more information, please call 773-391-3357 or email us at contact@amazinganimals.biz.

Visit our website www.circuscats.com
and our MySpace page www.myspace.com/therockcats

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“Clicker training” is the popular term for the training or teaching method based on what we know about how living organisms learn.

Research has shown that any creature—whether a dog, cat, dolphin, parrot, fish, horse, llama, or person—is more likely to learn and repeat actions that result in consequences it desires and enjoys. So clicker trainers provide consequences desired by their animal in exchange for actions or behaviors desired by their trainers.

We call these consequences “rewards” and the process is called “reinforcement.” Clicker training, therefore, is a positive-reinforcement-based system of training.

First widely used by dolphin trainers who needed a way to teach behavior without using physical force, operant conditioning (the scientific term for clicker training) can be and has been successfully employed with animals of all sizes and species, both domesticated and wild, young and old; all breeds of dogs and puppies, cats, birds, leopards, rats, rabbits, chinchillas, fish, and more.

Clicker trainers who learn the underlying principles have at their disposal a powerful set of tools that enable them to analyze behaviors, modify existing methods for individual animals, and create new methods where none previously existed. This flexibility allows the tools of clicker training to be re-invented in new forms that work in a range of situations, and for an infinite variety of animals.

The same principles have also been applied to training for athletes, dancers, skaters, and other people. Called “TAGteach,” this form of training uses a click as a marker signal to teach precise physical motions quickly, accurately, and positively.

More information can be found at http://www.clickertraining.com

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***The music contained in this video is the work of Jason Shaw, whose music can be found at the following website: http://www.audionautix.com/
All of Jason Shaw’s music is under the following Creative Commons License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/
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Have you considered training your own assistance or service dog? Or trying out a new trick to impress friends?
Clicker training is the best way I have found to successfully train almost any dog.

I have been asked several times for footage of a dog learning a task or being shaped for the first time so new trainers could see the actual process and know what to expect. So here it is! Lots of repetition. Note she doesn’t get clicked for any behavior she offers that I don’t want later on such as pawing, stepping on or scratching the switch plate.

The only editing was for slow periods where she scrambled for food, when I repositioned myself as I was uncomfortable or when I turned on and off the camera.

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