In training animals, as anyone who has ever tried to train their pets will tell you, it is far easier to train a dog than any cat. While many people think that cats are the smarter of the two, they’re also very stubborn and finicky in many cases, having almost a ‘holier than thou’ attitude. When you are going to start training your cat so that it will do more than just eat and fill up a litter box, you will have to work with them and be willing to spend more time with them to get the desired results. There are many different ways to train animals, but cats seem to best respond when you actually reward them for doing what you want them to.
If you want your cat to do a specific action, trick, or just to behave in a certain way, you should show them what you want them to do, and then reward them for doing it. Keep this up until they do it on their own, and continue to reward them until they produce the desired result regularly. This can be a tedious and time consuming process, but it’s not something that you should give up on. If you are truly committed to getting results, you can as long as you are willing to stick with the program.
There are many other alternative methods to cat training also, specifically when it comes to curbing their unwanted behaviors. One of the most popular and effective ways to keep cats from doing things that you don’t want them to do is with a water squirt gun. You should not go out and buy a heavy duty super soaker type of gun, but you can get a simple one dollar squirt gun and fill it with water (or vinegar and water for a more stubborn cat).
A common problem seen is having the cat jump onto the counter space, or perhaps you want to keep them out of the Christmas tree, you squirt them once when they are where they shouldn’t be. They should respond by immediately stopping what they are doing, and you can keep using this technique until they get the message.
Training your cat is not an easy task, and there are many more effective ways that you can train your cat to do what you want them to, or to avoid doing things that you do not want them doing. As long as you take the time to find what works for your cat, though, cat training can be less stressful than you might think. Just stick with the program and feel free to try different things until you find what works best for your cat training.
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