Thank you for the video! We tried this and our cat started to make progress, but all of the sudden, she seems to hate the target stick. Whenever we try to use it, she turns away or just lays down. I assume we progresses too quickly and it was too much for her. Any way to motivate her to start again? Thanks!
I recently started this after video but my cat just likes to chase / bite the target stick LOL what should I do to tell it to like yes chase but no bite?
on her site, she says: "My cat thinks the target stick is a toy (pawing, playing with it): Go back a step and build their food motivation, finding a treat they LOVE. You can also work on jumping using the target stick - use the target stick to point to a chair or platform you want your cat to jump on, which forces their paws to be on the ground when they are near the target stick."
If you have our kit, I recommend using the smaller (quieter) clicker to "click" while your cat learns to touch the target stick. Once they are comfortable with the quieter clicker, introduce the louder one. If that doesn't work, please reach out for more assistance.
I think you are responding to the fact that Jones did not do a perfect nose touch for the last one? It's important to know that you don't need to click only perfect behaviours, especially when you are teaching something new. I raised the stick, and he went towards it, so I clicked. I can fine tune it moving forward, but when I raise criteria, I often reward effort and successive approximations towards the final goal. If you don't reward effort, you may find that your cat gets frustrated. With cats, it's essential to keep reinforcement high.
You're an excellent teacher! Poppyseed and I are working through this playlist and having so much fun
Thank you! That's excellent to hear :)
Great video! I tried out this method and it works for my 4 month old kitten 🐱
so far my cat has learned to high five and jump through hoops, but your channel is giving me so many ideas!!1
I love your training and how train the cats
Helped me! I'm going to teach my cat! Thank you 😄
Awesome!
Who is this kitty so cute❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you for the video! We tried this and our cat started to make progress, but all of the sudden, she seems to hate the target stick. Whenever we try to use it, she turns away or just lays down. I assume we progresses too quickly and it was too much for her. Any way to motivate her to start again? Thanks!
I recently started this after video but my cat just likes to chase / bite the target stick LOL what should I do to tell it to like yes chase but no bite?
on her site, she says: "My cat thinks the target stick is a toy (pawing, playing with it): Go back a step and build their food motivation, finding a treat they LOVE. You can also work on jumping using the target stick - use the target stick to point to a chair or platform you want your cat to jump on, which forces their paws to be on the ground when they are near the target stick."
Oh, my kitten is too active, she attacks the target stick)))))))))))))))
How do you make it sound so quiet my cats scared of the sound
If you have our kit, I recommend using the smaller (quieter) clicker to "click" while your cat learns to touch the target stick. Once they are comfortable with the quieter clicker, introduce the louder one. If that doesn't work, please reach out for more assistance.
My cat started training 5 days ago
Doesn’t touch the target stick？
I think you are responding to the fact that Jones did not do a perfect nose touch for the last one? It's important to know that you don't need to click only perfect behaviours, especially when you are teaching something new. I raised the stick, and he went towards it, so I clicked. I can fine tune it moving forward, but when I raise criteria, I often reward effort and successive approximations towards the final goal. If you don't reward effort, you may find that your cat gets frustrated. With cats, it's essential to keep reinforcement high.
@@CatSchool oh you mean NOSE touch! lol sorry, i thought you mean the paw touch! I got it now!
@@CatSchool I was confused also....I wasn't sure whay the desired effect was for "slowly raise the stick"