Trick Training for Cats: Smart Fun with the Clicker

by Christine Hauschild

The perfect resource to nurture the talents and relieve the boredom of your tame little tiger Cats are clever animals and are often hopelessly under-stimulated in indoor life. This book shows cat owners how to nurture their cat both in body and mind and how to teach them a variety of different tricks and exercises using clicker training in a cat-friendly way. Great fun for owner and cat, this guide walks owners through planning and preparing training; explains the three paths to the perfect trick: shaping, luring, and capturing; and demonstrates how to smooth the path to the first tricks. It covers such easy tricks as begging, jumping over an obstacle, rolling over, and washing; offers solutions to possible difficulties, and includes directions for trick training with more than one cat.

Genres: Cats

96 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2010

Reviews

[Jimmie · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Most important concept offered here is that you must train yourself before you can train your cat. I did not like the lack of an index or table of contents. My cats sit, stand, jump up, jump down, jump through a hoop, walk on a leash, roll over, high five, low five and turn around on command. But not because of what this book showed me. It all comes down to making yourself disciplined, working with what the cat gives you, and patience.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Das war mein zweites Buch zum Thema und weil es dem ersten zum Teil widerspricht, hat es mich eher verwirrt und zurück geworfen. Aber das ist natürlich meine eigene Schuld. Was mir gut gefällt sind die vielen Tricks mit Anleitungen. Das werde ich mir sicher nochmal anschauen, sollte ich je über das Stadium der Konditionierung hinaus kommen.