| Many people ask the question 'what is | | | | social environments. By being the pack |
| the best cat training technique?' and | | | | leader you are already half way to |
| are met by the usual answer of 'you | | | | training a dog. Cats on the other hand |
| can't train a cat!'. While cat owners | | | | don't care what you think you are thank |
| have a good laugh at this because they | | | | you very much and go about their |
| know just how willful and stubborn the | | | | business however they want. The only |
| average cat is and they know just how | | | | truth most people get when trying to |
| much it seems cats train humans rather | | | | train their cat is they learn fear very |
| than the other way around there is | | | | quickly which is a very bad thing. |
| plenty of evidence to suggest that cats | | | | So first of all never use penalties with |
| can indeed be trained and it does not | | | | cats, dogs may see a penalty as being |
| need to be overly complicated either. | | | | reprimanded by the pack leader by a cat |
| The first problem many people face when | | | | will simply not trust you afterwards. |
| training a cat is that they treat their | | | | So what is the best cat training |
| kitty like a dog! Dogs are a completely | | | | technique then if those are the worst? |
| different animal with a different social | | | | What do cats respond to? The simple |
| structure a different brain and many | | | | answer is cats respond to what works |
| other differences that make them quite | | | | well for them, they are very self |
| far apart from cats. Dogs learn through | | | | dependant creatures and any training |
| repetition and being given treats a lot | | | | that goes along with their nature will |
| of the time and the key to their | | | | stick rather than be discarded. Be |
| training is that they are social | | | | positive with cats and appeal to their |
| creatures at their core and thrive in | | | | nature instead of fighting against it. |