How To Teach Cat Tricks

There are a couple of ways to teach your cat tricks.

The first thing you're going to need to do before you can teach your cat anything is to get her to focus. That's where the first method comes in. Method #1 is called "Target Training". Basically, you use an object to capture your cat's attention. The best thing to use is a short stick with a little tuna oil on the end of it. If you wave that around in front of her, she'll take notice.

Once you've got your cat's attention, you need to make her understand that doing what you want her to do will earn her a reward. Method #2 is "Clicker Training". With clicker training, you use a small noise maker to make a clicking sound whenever your cat performs the action you want her to perform. You then give her a treat. Eventually, she'll learn to associate the desired action with the noise and the noise with the treat.

In most cases when you teach your cat tricks, you'll use a combination of both methods. You'll be amazed at how effective they are and how well your cat can learn.

Most of the time when you tell a cat to do something-"Fluffy, sit!", she'll just stare at you like you're crazy. You might try pleading with her: "Fluffy, please sit." This will cause her to look away like she doesn't hear you. You could bribe her: "Sit and I'll give you a treat." Then she'll actually snub you by turning her back to you. Next you could demand her obedience: "Fluffy, sit now!" After all, you are the boss, right? At this point, she'll simply walk away from you, swishing her tail back and forth and smiling at how cute it is that you think you're in charge.

It doesn't have to be this way. You can have her eager to sit (or do any other trick) as soon as you tell her to. This is accomplished by using a combination of Target Training and Clicker Training as described above.

First, you hold the tuna scented stick above her head. Then slowly move the stick back towards her rear end just a little. In order to keep her eyes on the stick without loosing her balance, she'll naturally lower her butt to the floor. As she starts to lower her back end, say the word sit. As soon as she is actually sitting, click the clicker. After you use the clicker, give her a treat.

Repeat this process a few times and eventually your cat will learn to sit whenever you ask her to. Once you and your cat have mastered this trick, you can move on to others like stay or beg or high five.

"Cat Training Secrets" is a wonderful guide that will give you very detailed instruction on not only teaching your cat to sit but on lots of other tricks to teach your cat.

"Cat Training Secrets" isn't just about cool cat tricks. It's also a great reference for anyone whose cat has behavioral problems such as being aggressive or spraying.

Whether your cat is actually having problems or you just want to have the coolest kitty on the block that can sit, stay and roll over, give this guide a try for all of the best tips about cat training.

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