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This is what worked for me when I was training my last cat Puddy Kat who passed away in August 2016 and now I am using the same methods with Symba, a stray that was given to me. Read it , all comments welcome and of course other cat owners should add to this manual.
You can train your cat to the words "bed time". First he must know where his bed is if so equipped. Show him that and when he lies down, use the visual image of the cat asleep and say bedtime.
No hesitation between words - they must flow together, short words first, the more simple worded the better. Then you have to also figure out what does the cat respond to the best?
Sound? (further reference to sound in the rest of this will be the letter "S"
Visual? (further reference to visual in the rest of this will be the letter "V"
Mental? (further reference to mental in the rest of this will be the letter "M"
That should be the first part of the command. Your commands consist of the following:
Once you know the first thing that opens the door to your cat listening to you either S V or M.
Still use all forms of communication with the strongest responding one first then the other two. Of course with a hand action to go along with this.
Many people do not dish train their cats, by this I mean is simple: never fill the dish - start this the first time you feed him/her. Hand actions are vital here as this is how the cat is going to remember what you told him. The first time he is in front of is dish he will take a image of that dish and its location, after all he has to know where the food is.
The first stored image of that dish with the food in it, is the "base code" for food and how much there is of it. The cat first remembers where the dish is and then how much food was in it.
So if the first dish is full he/she will expect that EVERY TIME it is time to eat. It always goes back to that first image of that dish.
Find out what kind of cat food that agrees with the cat, try all the different flavors and see what he/she eats or not. If he/she likes all the flavors. Cat food shopping finished. Buy all flavors and the brand every time, now you can change flavors and know that your car is going to eat it.
Cats are very visual/voice communicates, so in order to get you cat to do certain things before you say something to him, send a visual picture first then the "command", once you have gotten good at this because it takes lots of practice. Use you hands and think of them as paws, point to whatever you are talking about etc. I learned this when I was doing dolphin research, cats and dolphins together are beyond words.
After awhile you can just send the command mentally and there should be some kind of hand or finger movement, hands are better than fingers unless you are playing.
How do you train a cat. THINK LIKE A CAT not a human.
A cat’s brain is 90% similar to a human’s, which is much more similar to us than a dog’s brain. That’s probably why they get along so well with highly intelligent people.
Cats and humans have nearly identical sections of the brain that control emotion. Cats just tend to use that section much more frequently than humans.
Cats have inferior daytime sight, but they need seven times less light than humans to see at night. That is why the eyes "shine" at night, it is part of the eye reflection process that helps them see, our eyes operate in a different spectrum than cats, so using colors for training does not improve the process.
Cats have 1000 times more data storage in their minds than an iPad. What do they "store"? All depends if your cat is indoors or outdoors or both. Indoor cats store the layout of the house when they go on "patrol". Males more so than females. Places to hide are also stored for reference. Cats are creatures of habit to some extent. Remember that in your training sessions.
You can train your cat to the words "bed time". First he must know where his bed is if so equipped. Show him that and when he lies down, use the visual image of the cat asleep and say bedtime.
No hesitation between words - they must flow together, short words first, the more simple worded the better. Then you have to also figure out what does the cat respond to the best?
Sound? (further reference to sound in the rest of this will be the letter "S"
Visual? (further reference to visual in the rest of this will be the letter "V"
Mental? (further reference to mental in the rest of this will be the letter "M"
That should be the first part of the command. Your commands consist of the following:
Once you know the first thing that opens the door to your cat listening to you either S V or M.
Still use all forms of communication with the strongest responding one first then the other two. Of course with a hand action to go along with this.
Many people do not dish train their cats, by this I mean is simple: never fill the dish - start this the first time you feed him/her. Hand actions are vital here as this is how the cat is going to remember what you told him. The first time he is in front of is dish he will take a image of that dish and its location, after all he has to know where the food is.
The first stored image of that dish with the food in it, is the "base code" for food and how much there is of it. The cat first remembers where the dish is and then how much food was in it.
So if the first dish is full he/she will expect that EVERY TIME it is time to eat. It always goes back to that first image of that dish.
Find out what kind of cat food that agrees with the cat, try all the different flavors and see what he/she eats or not. If he/she likes all the flavors. Cat food shopping finished. Buy all flavors and the brand every time, now you can change flavors and know that your car is going to eat it.
Cats are very visual/voice communicates, so in order to get you cat to do certain things before you say something to him, send a visual picture first then the "command", once you have gotten good at this because it takes lots of practice. Use you hands and think of them as paws, point to whatever you are talking about etc. I learned this when I was doing dolphin research, cats and dolphins together are beyond words.
After awhile you can just send the command mentally and there should be some kind of hand or finger movement, hands are better than fingers unless you are playing.
How do you train a cat. THINK LIKE A CAT not a human.
A cat’s brain is 90% similar to a human’s, which is much more similar to us than a dog’s brain. That’s probably why they get along so well with highly intelligent people.
Cats and humans have nearly identical sections of the brain that control emotion. Cats just tend to use that section much more frequently than humans.
Cats have inferior daytime sight, but they need seven times less light than humans to see at night. That is why the eyes "shine" at night, it is part of the eye reflection process that helps them see, our eyes operate in a different spectrum than cats, so using colors for training does not improve the process.
Cats have 1000 times more data storage in their minds than an iPad. What do they "store"? All depends if your cat is indoors or outdoors or both. Indoor cats store the layout of the house when they go on "patrol". Males more so than females. Places to hide are also stored for reference. Cats are creatures of habit to some extent. Remember that in your training sessions.
