A Michael Broad Blog
Although we know that cats can be trained to do things, in this video you will see a charming cat copying their owner carrying out some relatively complex movements. The owner demonstrates the movement that she wants her cat to do and then asked her cat to do it. The cat carried out the …
Domestic cats don’t understand “No”. However, they will understand that you are making a certain sound in a stern voice. You’re using a stern voice because you want your cat to stop doing something which displeases you. You may even shout or raise your voice. You want to drill the message home into your …
This is the first time I have seen a record of this sort of behaviour in a picture. Training cats to use human toilets is fairly common these days but in this instance the white-and-black cat joins the black-and-white cat on the toilet and they go together. It looks a bit cramped. The first …
It could be any distinct sound but the originators of clicker training Marian and Keller Breland (in the 1940s) choose a clicker probably for convenience. The purpose of a clicker in cat or dog clicker training is to create a ‘bridge‘ between the cat’s desired behaviour and the treat that you give him/her as …
You have probably heard of Pavlov’s dog experiments on classical conditioning. At a simplistic level they proved dogs (and other animals) can be conditioned (trained) to respond to certain stimuli. This amusing video on the Daily Mail website shows us a cat version. They are conditioned to jump up when they hear the sound …
If you want to see a good example of reward based cat training (operant conditioning or instrumental learning), this cat video should satisfy you. The rewards is normally a piece of food and in this example the cats have been trained to tap on the bell to give the impression that they are calling …
Lesley on Quora.com asks how she might be able to ensure that her cat relates to her as the boss and that he’s obedient towards her. Misplaced It’s an interesting question. Without being critical of Lesley, it’s a misplaced question. She doesn’t want to be her cat’s boss. That’s not the kind of relationship …
Haikou City, Hainan Province, South East China: This cat acted like a human in putting her paw through the bars, lifting the latch to the door locking mechanism and then pushing the door open. The cat looks like a blue British Shorthair, a classic purebred cat and one of the long established cat breeds. …
