What affects us affects cats
Although this refers to dogs it is actually about punishment as a way of training animals including cats. Lots of people including cat behaviorists recommend punishment as a way of training a cat. Squirting water at a cat is an example. You can buy devices that scare cats. Even shouting at a cat or …
Does your cat make incessant, meowing demands for food or something else that you find irritating? Bengal cats have a demanding sort of meow that is similar to the Siamese meow. It is general accepted that Bengal cats can be more demanding than the typical random bred cat. It is the wild cat blood …
This is an interesting video, which, I believe, was made in Israel. All I know is that the person who made the video wrote something about it in Hebrew! That’s Israel, isn’t it? Also, the architecture and building materials indicate, to me, that this is Israel but I could be wrong. There are lots …
There is one aspect of cat training that is practical, useful and fair: training your cat to “come” on command. In general, I don’t really believe in cat training. I don’t think we have the right to train our cat. However, cats train us to a certain extent and they certainly get us to come …
Temple Grandin, in association with Catherine Johnson, in their book “Animals Make Us Human” agrees with me and other PoC supporters and regulars (who are very important to this website in getting the message across) that.. “…you can’t train a cat using punishment and negative reinforcement….” Click on this link if you’d like to …
This is surely a case of a cat learning by observing his/her human companion and then employing what he has learned to good effect. It is a cat behaving very much like a person, actually, and I think it puts the cat in a new light. It reminds me of the cat who is …
By Elisa Black-Taylor Clicker training your cat is an activity that brings enjoyment to your cat through a reward, plus in a dangerous situation, it may even save your cats life. Many of you are likely clicker training your cat and don’t even realize it. While true clicker training involves, well, a clicker, other …
Does your cat come to you when you call her? Do you want to have that ability as part of your cat caretaking duties? I’d like to know if you have trained your cat and if so, how. In this post I explore the possibility of training your cat to come to you when …
