Cat Clicker Training - Teaching Muesli the Kitten to SIT

www.bighoneydog.com / Muesli the Kitten is introduced to clicker training and taught to Sit on command...

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Pets & Animals

Tags:

• cat training
• clicker training
• reward-based training
• positive reinforcement
• marker signal
• teaching Sit
• training kitten to Sit

[TVNDanes]

Honey is like the female version of my male fawn dane, Sampson and Muesli is like the female version of my ocicat mix, Atreyu... Too cute. :o)

I do have a question though. I've always pinned my other dogs up in another room while clicker training one at a time as I fear the clicker will lose it's importance if the other dogs hear the click and do not get the treat. Does clicker training Muesli confuse Honey at all or is there a command you use to let her know the click is not for her?

[hsinyicohen]

@TVNDanes You're probably doing the right thing - I'm just lazy! :-) Actually, although she does get very excited and comes to investigate she hears the clicker, Honey does seem to understand when the training is not directed at her. Maybe because she has been in training classes where other dogs are being clicker-trained too and so you can hear clicking everywhere!

[hsinyicohen]

@TVNDanes - I think once the clicker has been properly introduced to a dog, it shouldnt get confused. I have never had trouble with the CLICK losing it's importance because Honey hears it for other animals but then I only use it as an initial training tool, to mark a behaviour & communicate what I want - I try to phase it out ASAP so I'm not relying on it to get the dog to do things. I think as long as Honey has regular CT sessions of her own, the marker signal will remain important

[MrsKel1]

Can you do a video on what you feed both honey and your new kitten!

[hsinyicohen]

@MrsKel1 If you go to Honey's website/blog (the URL is in the video), you will find all the information there.

[10vball01]

does honey actually ALWAYS stay out of the other side of the "Tape" that you set up a long time ago because our dog just doesnt want to lol she stays out for most of the time but then if ur in the kitchen she will just come in you tell her out she leaves then 2 min later comes back in:/ shes stil only 10 months so what do you think?

[hsinyicohen]

@10vball01 Your dog is still very young and in 'canine adolescence' when they're still testing you so just keep being consistent in enforcing the "OUT" rule. Don't let her ever get away with it (eg. are you sure she stays out when you're out of the house? We used to put up a babygate when we couldn't supervise Honey to make she was never successful.) Also, be careful not to reward her in any way when she comes in the kitchen(excited attention can also be reward) - just calmly tell her "OUT"

[Fatal616]

Nice, i need to get a clicker and try it with my cat.

[TVNDanes]

@Happynr12~ I'm 5ft and my 3 adult danes total 3x's my weight. I can control their behaviors with voice commands and body language. I can also walk all three on-leash at a heel at once. Often times, danes are too lazy to rebel. I have found it much easier to stop a dane from doing something I don't want them to do rather than get them to do something I want them to do. They don't like wasting energy. Persistence is key and starts from day 1. :o) The things Hsin-yi gets Honey to do is amazing.

[TVNDanes]

Yes, absolutely! I clicker train for one command at a time and once they have learned the command word for the action and respond to the actual word itself, I phase out the clicker for that command. Rinse and repeat. I was just curious how she responds when the click is not meant for her. I've yet to test my danes out on it. It would be nice not to have to pin them but I'm afraid they would all be confused with the extra clicks. :o)

[happynr12]

I´m planning on getting a Great Dane. But I´m very small so I am very afraid that the dog will "boss" me around. I´m always nervous but it´s just that if I don´t train it properly I´m afraid it will be a terrifying dog to be around. Just needed to vent.

[LunatheMutt]

aw! meusli is already so big!

[tmickey05]

you are the best trainer, i look up to you =)