Can You Train A Cat?
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So, not too long ago we went to a cat comedy acrobat show at the University of California, Irvine campus called the Popovich Comedy Pet Theater. The show was pretty cool and didn’t just star cats, but other animals as well. However, after the show it got me wondering can you train a cat? In particular I was thinking can you train a cat to do tricks?
Can You Train A Cat To Do Tricks?
If you’ve been to this show then you’ll realize that apparently you can teach a cat to do tricks. However, I don’t think it’s an easy task. My mother was quite inspired after the show and even went as far as to purchase the cat training DVD as we were walking out of the theater.
My mother has three cats and I bet you’re thinking she mus have a regular circus in her house now. Quite the contrary…I think after watching the DVD and working with her favorite cat “Ninja” she found it much more difficult then she initially realized.
Unfortunately I have not had the chance to watch this Cat Training DVD, but during the Popovich Comedy Pet Theater I remember the star, Greg Popovich mention that you can train a cat to do something they already enjoy doing. Once you find what your cat enjoys you reinforce the behavior and teach them to do it on command. So, basically you can’t teach a cat something new, but instead just teach the cat to do something he already knows. I’m not an animal behaviorist or a cat trainer so I don’t really know the truth behind any of this.
After hearing this I realized that my mother actually was successful in training her cat. She taught him to high five with his head…something the cat already enjoyed doing. Other things I’ve seen cats enjoy that are unusual are sitting on top of a dog, jumping into someone arms, and rolling onto their back. If you could teach your cat to do these things on command I would consider it a trick.
Therefore I can conclude that you can train a cat? and furthermore you can train a cat to do tricks!
How about you? Have you trained your cat to do any tricks?
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Yeah one of my friends used to have a cat that would his slippers in the morning. No joke. The cat would actually do that for him which was unheard of. And this was in the days before cat training dvds and such
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