Clicker training for cats
Successfully train cats with cat clicker Training for a gentle cat education
By Thorsten Hawk
contents
Foreword:
1. Prerequisites and Training Accessories
2. Strengthen relationship
3. Why click?
4. Is every cat suitable for clickers?
5. Does age matter?
6. How can cats benefit?
7. What should man learn beforehand?
8. Ritual around training
9. Which treat as a reward?
10. When is the best time to click?
11. Conditioning on the clicker
12. Training with the target stick
13. Shaping principle (shaping behavior)
14. Principle of capturing (capturing behavior)
15. Use chains of behavior / learn signals
16. Learn to jump
17. Climbing and balancing
18. Exercises for everyday life
19. Transport box
20. The "come" exercise
21. Get brushed
22. Touch and have someone pick you up
23. Collar and Clearance
24. Sharpening claws on the scratching post
25. Clipping of claws and checking of teeth
26. Dealing with a shy cat
27. The mirror trick
28. Training diary
Successfully train cats with Katzenklicker Training for a gentle cat education.
Whether it's just about strengthening the relationship between you and your cat or whether you want to teach your gentle paw tricks and commands, clicker training, or "clickers" for short, is a great way to teach your cat new things and train it to behave in a certain way.
When it comes to clicker training, however, there are a few things you should know in advance and pay attention to. Not only so that the training brings results as quickly as possible, but also so that your cat is not overwhelmed.
We will go into all this and much more in detail in this guide to clicker training, so that no questions should remain unanswered and you can start clicking right away.
Basically, before you start clicker training, you should make sure that both you and your cat are relaxed and want to clicker.
The room in which you want to do the clicker training is also important. Here you should make sure that you don't leave too many small objects lying around so that they constantly distract your cat while clicking. Unnecessary noise should also be avoided during clicker training, so it is better to turn off the television or the radio, for example.
You should simply try to create as relaxed an atmosphere as possible, and then you can start clicker training at what feels like the right moment when both you and your cat appear relaxed and motivated.
You really don't need a lot of equipment and accessories for clicker training, apart from the clicker itself and of course the absolutely necessary treats. Simple clickers can be bought in every pet shop and usually come with a loop so that you can simply hang them around your neck.
In theory, however, other objects can also be used, provided they emit a clearly audible but short acoustic signal. Examples of this are, for example, whistles or a bell. However, you should make sure that the noise is new and unusual to your cat.
The noise shouldn't be a constant feature of the environment, as the goal of clicker training is, of course, to condition your cat to the specific acoustic signal from your clicker. If you have the right clicker ready and enough treats ready, the clicker training can begin.
As we briefly mentioned in the introduction to this clicker training guide, clicker training is used to try to achieve various goals, such as training or reinforcing a certain behavior in the cat, or training it to stop unwanted behavior.