Training the Best Cat Ever: 18 Cat and Kitten Clicker Training Tricks
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Have you ever wanted to teach your cat to perform tricks? Using clicker training and classical conditioning, you can teach your cat these 18 fun tricks, have fun and bond with your cat.
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Training the Best Cat Ever - Dale Galiniak
Training the Best Cat Ever: 18 Cat and Kitten Clicker Training Tricks
Copyright 2013 Dale Galiniak
Published by Dale Galiniak at Smashwords
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Basis of Cat Training
Primary and Secondary Reinforcers
Bridging Stimulus
Building a Bridge
Shaping Techniques
The Process of Shaping
Criteria
Regression
Length of Session
Structure of Session
Superstitious Behavior
Cues
Varying The Bridge’s Timing
When is a Trick Fluent?
Least Reinforcing Stimulus
Desensitizing
Introducing Your Cat to New Cats
1. Building a Bridge
2. Target
3. Stand
4. Sit
5. Spin
6. & 7. Up and Down
8. High Five
9. Bad Kitty
10. Bang
11. Jump
12. Meow
13. Come
14. Go to Location
15. Clip Claws
16. Clean Out Eyes
17. Open Mouth
18. Harness Training
About Dale Galiniak
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Acknowledgements
I would like to thank my girlfriend Vickie, without whose help and encouragement, this book would never been a reality. I would also like to thank my roommate Jordan and his cat Pipsqueek, who was the second cat I tried a lot of these tricks with, the Shedd Aquarium’s Marine Mammal department, who seemed to never get annoyed by a volunteer asking a million questions about animal training, and because of which, whose lingo make up a large part of this book, and the readers of the /r/dogtraining and /r/cattraining subreddits, who were always willing for me to bounce ideas off of.
And most of all, Puck, who really is the best cat ever.
Introduction
People will enjoy telling you that training a cat is impossible. They will say that it’s a pointless endeavor and a waste of your time. And if you attempt to train a cat the way most people attempt to train their dogs, using outdated techniques that are based on fear and punishment,