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very approachable book on cat clicker training, I would have liked to see more structured content like in a "howto" book, There is an appendix at the end with a basic one page summary of the content, Easy read , short . now I just have to put it into practice! Some great concepts here, we are definately going to give it a go with our two new additions!! It's ok,
It could have been summed up in a few pages and may be more fitting for a little pamphlet at your local Petsmart.
I am SO going to do this! Some fair ideas, but the general idea here is more about shaping from spontaneity rather than shaping.
I like the other clicker Clicker Training for Cats's approach better, It does give you some basic ideas of how to start clicker training, However, I wish it also went into explaining how to do tricks such as sit, paw, or sit with the cat, With the help of this book I seriously have found clicker training my cat even easier than clicker training a dog, You don't have to hold a leash at the same time that is unless you go to the chapter that teaches you how to clicker train your cat to walk on a leash! Lots of helpful hints for how training sessions might differ from those with a dog as well as specific hints as to how clicker training can be leveraged for particular behavioral concerns.
Also shares just some really neat tricks cats can learn to do to make you ooh and aww, Above all, this book was an easy, short read that got straight to the point, which as a mom of young kids, an energetic cat, in the middle of a pandemic was very useful.
Highly recommend personally and as a veterinarian will be recommending to my clients, For the most part, this was a great little book! I appreciate that it is a slim volume this makes reading it less intimidating and timeconsuming, and hopefully more appealing for folks considering cat training books.
I also liked Karen Pryor's tone and method of writing: it was conversational and easy to understand, This book isn't "technical," and the marketing for beginners was appropriate the information would be accessible for newbies, The information in the book was well organized into chapters and then subheadings that made logical sense, Pryor wrote of standard, useful behaviors, fun tricks, and addressing more problematic behaviors, as well as the basics of clicker training and its benefits.
Pryor also included many examples/anecdotes of her own cats, which were interesting and relevant, One annoyance with this book was its many typos, but I still valued the majority of the instruction the manual provided, A few of the training instructions caused me to pause, however they were not what I would have expected Pryor to teach, nor what I would feel comfortable doing.
For example, Pryor advocates for what I believe is negative reinforcement or perhaps positive punishment which becomes negative reinforcement when teaching a cat to accept handling and husbandry behaviors.
Pryor instructs pet parents to hold onto their cats' paws until the cat relaxes, and to then remove their hands, Pryor says that the cat will learn that relaxing will remove the human's hands the aversive, Why not instead teach the cat using positive reinforcement For example, human lightly taps paw, cat gets delicious treat And so on, building up to where the cat feels comfortable having its paws held and even wants to have its paws held because it associates the act with delicious treats or something else reinforcing.
Pryor also confused my a bit when discussing working with two cats that did not get along, She instructed pet parents to click and treat the cat for eye contact with the pet parent, While it is true that eye contact with the pet parent makes it less likely that the cat will, at that specific moment, exhibit aggression towards the other cat, will it change how the cat feels about the other cat There can be a classical counter conditioning effect happening with the operant conditioning of eye contact, but it may not happen as quickly or effectively as, say, clicking and treating for looking at the other cat which I have been taught to do regarding my dog and its triggers of strange people and dogs, which aims to associate the trigger's presence with delicious food as opposed to eye contact with delicious food, at least as a first step until the animal no longer is anxious, stressed, or aggressive in the presence of the trigger, and then other behaviors can be asked for and reinforced with operant conditioning.
This book is a bit older and I might even be reading on older edition, so perhaps then some of my concerns with this book have been revised in any newer editions, or if not, perhaps Karen Pryor has revised her approach to these issues in her current training and writing projects.
While I do have concerns regarding the situations I described above, fortunately I am fluent enough in animal behavior and training so that I would not take Pryor's advice in those two circumstances, and aside from those sections, I was able to enjoy and learn from this book.
This book had some great methods on how to clicker train cats, Ive had a couple of practice sessions with my cats, but I need to be more consistent, A fun read with a lot of tips I may never put into action but I do respect the safety of training your cat to come when called.
You never know when quick action may he needed! I can see clicker training working for this if nothing else, My two kittens are pretty food oriented particularly the baby girl, the only thing holding them back is their handler! Loved this easy to read and understand book.
With this book as our guide, we have trained our cats and they enjoy doing tricks to get what they want, They are more active now and appear happier, This has helped get our cats out of places they shouldn't be as well, Now my cat obeys my every demand,
Ok, most of my demands,
Sometimes.
If she feels like it,
But still, . . Lots of good information, though also lots of grammatical errors or typos, I got some great ideas for things to work on with my cat, but I was hoping for more, Definitely a great read for someone that is unfamiliar with clicker training and has a desire to train their cat not just party tricks, but ways to make living together easier.
It left me feeling motivated and looking for Phillip so I could teach him a new trick, Train a cat Yes, you can! Clicker training, the new way of communicating with animals,is quick and easy for you and it's fun for your cat.
Clicker training can improve your cat's health, activity and attitude toward life, It can make your cat happier and more affectionate,
I taught my cat to wave using methods I learned in this book, Cats are naughty when they get bored and training gives them the mental stimulus they need not to mention a bunch of treats!
ed by: Meg After taking classes on Behavior Modification amp Clicker Training at the Cornell Shelter Medicine Conference, I picked up this book and a few others on clicker training for cats.
This book offers a direct, practical approach to training, and I found it very informative,
Now I just need to make the time to put what I learned into practice, : Excellent ideas. Just waiting for the clicker I ordered to come in the mail and then Sprout and I are ready to have some training fun! Really, Karen Pryor really seems to know what she's talking about.
She started as a dolphin trainer and has trained dolphins, dogs, cats, horses and more with the clicker training method, All positive reinforcement. No punishment. Just ignore behaviors you don't want and reward those you do
want, I picked up this book after reading Pryor's book, "Don't Shoot the Dog", which was also really great, I haven't really had the time to invest going all out with clicker training our cats, but the little I've done has worked beautifully.
It really teaches how important associations and habit are in determining behavior for both animals and humans, The best part about clicker training pets is how mentally stimulating it is for them and for you because you have to be so creative in your methods for teaching them new things.
I would definitely recommend this book to cat owners, or even for people who just want a brief overview of how clicker training works.
After reading sitelinkClicker Training for Dogs and seeing that there was a version for cats, my interest was piqued, Seriously Training cats to do things On command Well, I'm planning to give it a shot, Basil already knows that if she's on our bed making noise at night, psst, psst means "lay down and get settled," and she does it pretty reliably.
If I can get her to shut up between my walking through the door after work and my feeding her dinner, I might have to up this tostars.
. . Pioneer book on clicker training for cats, It is very short book written a while ago but great for beginner to get the concept of clicker training, There are some other more detailed books these days but this one is still a very clear, short, simple book for beginners if someone wants to start clicker training.
Can't wait to start
Just got new kittens and this seems like such a great positive way to train them.
Found this book recommend in The Inner Life Of Cats, Karen Pryor is the CEO of Karen Pryor Clicker Training and Karen Pryor Academy, Karen is an active, leading spokesperson and teacher for effective force free training across the globe, Her work with dolphins in thes revolutionized animal training by pioneering and popularizing force free training methods based on operant conditioning and the conditioned reinforcer.
Karensyear career working with and educating scientists, professional trainers, and pet owners has changed the lives of countless animals and their caretakers in zoos, oceanariums, and pet owning households.
She is the author of six books, including Dont Shoot the Dog!, the bible of training with positive reinforcement, Her most recent book, Reaching the Animal Mind, de Karen Pryor is the CEO of Karen Pryor Clicker Training and Karen Pryor Academy.
Karen is an active, leading spokesperson and teacher for effective force free training across the globe, Her work with dolphins in thes revolutionized animal training by pioneering and popularizing force free training methods based on operant conditioning and the conditioned reinforcer.
Karensyear career working with and educating scientists, professional trainers, and pet owners has changed the lives of countless animals and their caretakers in zoos, oceanariums, and pet owning households.
She is the author of six books, including Dont Shoot the Dog!, the "bible" of training with positive reinforcement, Her most recent book, Reaching the Animal Mind, describes how to bring out the undiscovered creativity, intelligence, and personality of the animals in our lives.
Karen lives outside Boston, Massachusetts, sitelink.
It could have been summed up in a few pages and may be more fitting for a little pamphlet at your local Petsmart.
I am SO going to do this! Some fair ideas, but the general idea here is more about shaping from spontaneity rather than shaping.
I like the other clicker Clicker Training for Cats's approach better, It does give you some basic ideas of how to start clicker training, However, I wish it also went into explaining how to do tricks such as sit, paw, or sit with the cat, With the help of this book I seriously have found clicker training my cat even easier than clicker training a dog, You don't have to hold a leash at the same time that is unless you go to the chapter that teaches you how to clicker train your cat to walk on a leash! Lots of helpful hints for how training sessions might differ from those with a dog as well as specific hints as to how clicker training can be leveraged for particular behavioral concerns.
Also shares just some really neat tricks cats can learn to do to make you ooh and aww, Above all, this book was an easy, short read that got straight to the point, which as a mom of young kids, an energetic cat, in the middle of a pandemic was very useful.
Highly recommend personally and as a veterinarian will be recommending to my clients, For the most part, this was a great little book! I appreciate that it is a slim volume this makes reading it less intimidating and timeconsuming, and hopefully more appealing for folks considering cat training books.
I also liked Karen Pryor's tone and method of writing: it was conversational and easy to understand, This book isn't "technical," and the marketing for beginners was appropriate the information would be accessible for newbies, The information in the book was well organized into chapters and then subheadings that made logical sense, Pryor wrote of standard, useful behaviors, fun tricks, and addressing more problematic behaviors, as well as the basics of clicker training and its benefits.
Pryor also included many examples/anecdotes of her own cats, which were interesting and relevant, One annoyance with this book was its many typos, but I still valued the majority of the instruction the manual provided, A few of the training instructions caused me to pause, however they were not what I would have expected Pryor to teach, nor what I would feel comfortable doing.
For example, Pryor advocates for what I believe is negative reinforcement or perhaps positive punishment which becomes negative reinforcement when teaching a cat to accept handling and husbandry behaviors.
Pryor instructs pet parents to hold onto their cats' paws until the cat relaxes, and to then remove their hands, Pryor says that the cat will learn that relaxing will remove the human's hands the aversive, Why not instead teach the cat using positive reinforcement For example, human lightly taps paw, cat gets delicious treat And so on, building up to where the cat feels comfortable having its paws held and even wants to have its paws held because it associates the act with delicious treats or something else reinforcing.
Pryor also confused my a bit when discussing working with two cats that did not get along, She instructed pet parents to click and treat the cat for eye contact with the pet parent, While it is true that eye contact with the pet parent makes it less likely that the cat will, at that specific moment, exhibit aggression towards the other cat, will it change how the cat feels about the other cat There can be a classical counter conditioning effect happening with the operant conditioning of eye contact, but it may not happen as quickly or effectively as, say, clicking and treating for looking at the other cat which I have been taught to do regarding my dog and its triggers of strange people and dogs, which aims to associate the trigger's presence with delicious food as opposed to eye contact with delicious food, at least as a first step until the animal no longer is anxious, stressed, or aggressive in the presence of the trigger, and then other behaviors can be asked for and reinforced with operant conditioning.
This book is a bit older and I might even be reading on older edition, so perhaps then some of my concerns with this book have been revised in any newer editions, or if not, perhaps Karen Pryor has revised her approach to these issues in her current training and writing projects.
While I do have concerns regarding the situations I described above, fortunately I am fluent enough in animal behavior and training so that I would not take Pryor's advice in those two circumstances, and aside from those sections, I was able to enjoy and learn from this book.
This book had some great methods on how to clicker train cats, Ive had a couple of practice sessions with my cats, but I need to be more consistent, A fun read with a lot of tips I may never put into action but I do respect the safety of training your cat to come when called.
You never know when quick action may he needed! I can see clicker training working for this if nothing else, My two kittens are pretty food oriented particularly the baby girl, the only thing holding them back is their handler! Loved this easy to read and understand book.
With this book as our guide, we have trained our cats and they enjoy doing tricks to get what they want, They are more active now and appear happier, This has helped get our cats out of places they shouldn't be as well, Now my cat obeys my every demand,
Ok, most of my demands,
Sometimes.
If she feels like it,
But still, . . Lots of good information, though also lots of grammatical errors or typos, I got some great ideas for things to work on with my cat, but I was hoping for more, Definitely a great read for someone that is unfamiliar with clicker training and has a desire to train their cat not just party tricks, but ways to make living together easier.
It left me feeling motivated and looking for Phillip so I could teach him a new trick, Train a cat Yes, you can! Clicker training, the new way of communicating with animals,is quick and easy for you and it's fun for your cat.
Clicker training can improve your cat's health, activity and attitude toward life, It can make your cat happier and more affectionate,
In the easytoread beginner's guide, Karen Pryor, the world's leading clicker training expert, tells you how to teach your cat:
to come when called
to play without biting or scratching
to stay off the table
to get along with dogs
to walk outside on a leash
to do cute tricks and games!
All with a click and a treat!
Yes, cats can be trained.I taught my cat to wave using methods I learned in this book, Cats are naughty when they get bored and training gives them the mental stimulus they need not to mention a bunch of treats!
ed by: Meg After taking classes on Behavior Modification amp Clicker Training at the Cornell Shelter Medicine Conference, I picked up this book and a few others on clicker training for cats.
This book offers a direct, practical approach to training, and I found it very informative,
Now I just need to make the time to put what I learned into practice, : Excellent ideas. Just waiting for the clicker I ordered to come in the mail and then Sprout and I are ready to have some training fun! Really, Karen Pryor really seems to know what she's talking about.
She started as a dolphin trainer and has trained dolphins, dogs, cats, horses and more with the clicker training method, All positive reinforcement. No punishment. Just ignore behaviors you don't want and reward those you do
want, I picked up this book after reading Pryor's book, "Don't Shoot the Dog", which was also really great, I haven't really had the time to invest going all out with clicker training our cats, but the little I've done has worked beautifully.
It really teaches how important associations and habit are in determining behavior for both animals and humans, The best part about clicker training pets is how mentally stimulating it is for them and for you because you have to be so creative in your methods for teaching them new things.
I would definitely recommend this book to cat owners, or even for people who just want a brief overview of how clicker training works.
After reading sitelinkClicker Training for Dogs and seeing that there was a version for cats, my interest was piqued, Seriously Training cats to do things On command Well, I'm planning to give it a shot, Basil already knows that if she's on our bed making noise at night, psst, psst means "lay down and get settled," and she does it pretty reliably.
If I can get her to shut up between my walking through the door after work and my feeding her dinner, I might have to up this tostars.
. . Pioneer book on clicker training for cats, It is very short book written a while ago but great for beginner to get the concept of clicker training, There are some other more detailed books these days but this one is still a very clear, short, simple book for beginners if someone wants to start clicker training.
Can't wait to start
Just got new kittens and this seems like such a great positive way to train them.
Found this book recommend in The Inner Life Of Cats, Karen Pryor is the CEO of Karen Pryor Clicker Training and Karen Pryor Academy, Karen is an active, leading spokesperson and teacher for effective force free training across the globe, Her work with dolphins in thes revolutionized animal training by pioneering and popularizing force free training methods based on operant conditioning and the conditioned reinforcer.
Karensyear career working with and educating scientists, professional trainers, and pet owners has changed the lives of countless animals and their caretakers in zoos, oceanariums, and pet owning households.
She is the author of six books, including Dont Shoot the Dog!, the bible of training with positive reinforcement, Her most recent book, Reaching the Animal Mind, de Karen Pryor is the CEO of Karen Pryor Clicker Training and Karen Pryor Academy.
Karen is an active, leading spokesperson and teacher for effective force free training across the globe, Her work with dolphins in thes revolutionized animal training by pioneering and popularizing force free training methods based on operant conditioning and the conditioned reinforcer.
Karensyear career working with and educating scientists, professional trainers, and pet owners has changed the lives of countless animals and their caretakers in zoos, oceanariums, and pet owning households.
She is the author of six books, including Dont Shoot the Dog!, the "bible" of training with positive reinforcement, Her most recent book, Reaching the Animal Mind, describes how to bring out the undiscovered creativity, intelligence, and personality of the animals in our lives.
Karen lives outside Boston, Massachusetts, sitelink.
Karen Pryor