Cat Clicker Training In Action

As Karen provides commentary on a cat training video, she reviews many of the basic clicker training ideas. Watch as clicker trainer Catherine Crawmer goes through these basics of clicker training with a rescued cat.

Clicker Magic has long been a classic video for learning the concepts of clicker training. Karen Pryor teaches you all the techniques and essentials you need in order to have your pet clicker trained in no time! There are 20 live demonstrations by Karen and other top trainers. See how it works with young and old dogs, cats, a mule, and even a fish! Long considered the standard, Clicker Magic provides a solid introduction and inspiring, fantastic footage.

"Clicker training" is the popular term for the training or teaching method based on what we know about how living organisms learn.

Research has shown that any creature—whether a dog, cat, dolphin, parrot, fish, horse, llama, or person—is more likely to learn and repeat actions that result in consequences it desires and enjoys. So clicker trainers provide consequences desired by their animal in exchange for actions or behaviors desired by their trainers.

We call these consequences "rewards" and the process is called "reinforcement." Clicker training, therefore, is a positive-reinforcement-based system of training.

First widely used by dolphin trainers who needed a way to teach behavior without using physical force, operant conditioning (the scientific term for clicker training) can be and has been successfully employed with animals of all sizes and species, both domesticated and wild, young and old; all breeds of dogs and puppies, cats, birds, leopards, rats, rabbits, chinchillas, fish, and more.

Clicker trainers who learn the underlying principles have at their disposal a powerful set of tools that enable them to analyze behaviors, modify existing methods for individual animals, and create new methods where none previously existed. This flexibility allows the tools of clicker training to be re-invented in new forms that work in a range of situations, and for an infinite variety of animals.

The same principles have also been applied to training for athletes, dancers, skaters, and other people. Called "TAGteach," this form of training uses a click as a marker signal to teach precise physical motions quickly, accurately, and positively.

More information can be found at http://www.clickertraining.com

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• Cats
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• Training

[susanmann]

clicker training works great for cats. Cats won't starve themselves to death, but you can stack the odds in your favor by feeding at regular times instead of leaving food out all the time, and doing your training before a mealtime. You can also use treats instead of the cat's regular food, or use canned food and put it in a cake decorating tube.

[daughterofthestars08]

I love how she tries to go "over" the "tunnel" and ends up hitting her head on it. XD

But this is such an awesome video. It gives me hope that maybe one day I can train my very shy cat.

[smhermione]

Try Turkey baby food without any seasonings or additives. She can eat it quickly and most cats seem to love it.

[sorsaria]

this was a great video. that cat was great at the agility course

[dogtraining101today]

Very nice video, I never thought of training cats.. but nice work in doing so :-)

Oh oH has anyone read down the right hand side of this video?

Even a fish... :-)

[Nitah89]

I know your problem, my miniature poodle is exactly the same way. I found out that she becomes a completely different dog around tennis balls, though ... so toys can actually mean more to your pet than food does!

[dnarii]

You can see this is not the case if you watch the cat's behavior. She's focused on finding that object and tagging it, actively looking for it. An untrained cat will maybe pat something you wave in front of her face, but it takes communication to establish that she gets "paid" for tapping that particular object, that she must seek it out.

[rockero1590]

the cat will be fat soon hahahaha, clicker system....

[saraswati81]

have you tried using treats? if you use the same food as the one it's already receiving "for free" in a bowl, it won't see any reason to work for it. it needs to be something worth it's attention. also maybe there's other things it likes. like being pet or playing with a certain toy.

[HarrieStruisvogel]

good luck!