Considerations When Training Your Dog Some Tricks
Did you hear people say one can teach an old dog new tricks but not so the cats? Well this is because the cat owners have almost given up on the idea that their beloved felines can ever be taught anything successfully. The truth which most of them do not know is that cats can actually be taught many things.
You will need to use the simple rules of behavioral training where by rewards and punishments are used either to reward the good behavior or to punish disobedience. So all it means is to reward the cat each time it obeys an instruction.
The next step would be to choose what you want to get the cat to do. If you want to be able to walk the cat on a leash for example, you would just go purchase a collar and put it by the cat’s bed.
It will soon get used to seeing that collar constantly, so the next thing is to put the collar around its head before you give it food. Next step follows when you start allowing it to remain with the collar on its neck for a few days. It will definitely get used to wearing it and so when the time comes for the walk, just slip a leash on the collar and voila, ready to go.
Another hurdle is how to get the cat to use the toilet. Here you will need a litter box which you place next to the toilet on the floor, and raise the toilet lid.
You would then use a pile of newspapers to move the litter box higher and higher till it reaches up to the toilet bowl.
Keep the litter box secured by a metal bowl for some time till the cat becomes used to it. Later remove the box and before you know it, the cat will be using the toilet automatically.
This exercise requires a lot of patience and time but eventually it will pay off when the cat begins to do exactly what is expected of it.
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Sep 06, 2010 | | Dog Behaviour Training

