Breeds of domestic cats, and especially care for them

is well known that in training wild animals to use negative reinforcement is ineffective, and in most cases they are trained using a reward system - positive reinforcement.

for training of domestic animals, in contrast, can be used in the method of negative reinforcement. Keep on a strict dog's collar or chuck to get them to go - these are examples of negative reinforcement. Once the dog begins to walk with the master, the unpleasant effects of strong spikes collar stops. Cats to the method of negative reinforcement in training are almost as negative, like wild animals. Any cat you can not train for a walk, if you drag her by force, although it will gladly walk with you for a fee.

Cats are clearly responding to the attention and the attitude of the person who deals with them. For one, they have complete trust and obey with pleasure his commands, and another wary or even ignore his orders. This, in particular, the cat differs from the dog, which, being trained a team performs it independently of who is a member of the family gives her. If the cat is afraid of people or treats him with hostility, he will never be able to teach her the most basic things. Will not help and tidbits: the cat can not be bribed, it is possible only by his behavior and attitude toward her win her trust, affection and love.

It should be borne in mind that a cat, even a very obedient person to whom feel sympathy and affection, always learns only what she wants to learn, which corresponds to its needs and gives her pleasure.

Education in some techniques and tricks to start with the observation of the cat. The natural tendency of cats, and what games she likes, we can consider how tricks and exercises you can teach her. If, for example, she gladly jump off the table on the cabinet and back, then it can easily be trained to jump on command on your shoulder or on any stand that you hold in your hands. With the help of incentives such a cat can be trained to overcome the barrier, jump through the hoop. If the cat likes to wear in the teeth of their toys, it can teach you to bring the abandoned items. Some cats like on their own initiative to rise on his hind legs, the other to get into boxes and bags, and others - take unexpected cat posture. After watching my cat enough time and inclination to defining it, we can start by encouraging increase the quality inherent to her.

Training should be conducted in phases, with the first phase the main factor that determines success is the patience of the trainer: the man must patiently wait for the cat, sometimes by accident, do not perform the action that it is expected. As soon as this action will be committed at this moment should say pre-selected team so that the cat were combined and the action to the sound, then the cat should immediately praise and reward.

It should be borne in mind that cats react very well and sound signals, they can perceive up to 50 human words. Of course, they do not understand their meaning, but perfectly assimilated, what word they are invited to walk, play, eat name, and what words mean a ban and resentment owner. Many cats love to be praised. They capture the appropriate tone of speech rights. And if the praise is complemented by gentle touch, then this is more than enough to arouse a cat's desire to again and again the host to execute commands.

Some cats as awards recognize only a treat. In this case, the most delicious pieces should be divided into small pieces. The smaller piece of goodies to be used for promotion, the more time you can force your cat to do actions that you are teaching her. As the goodies you can use the following: vitamin pill, a piece of food from the usual diet, a small cube of cheese, meat ball, a piece of hard-boiled eggs cooked, a piece of boiled fish without bones, a piece of boiled chicken without skin and bone. But any cat sooner or later begins to refuse food, because she is a natural gorge.

should take into account the fact that cats are very quickly get tired of repeating the same action, so the duration of training should be only a few minutes at a time. Otherwise, the cat quickly develop into an aversion to perform tricks, and then incentives of any kind will not force them to perform. By teaching the kittens, do not train them more than 2 - 3 minutes at a time, then let go of their students free. Adult cats are capable of longer classes, though some of them may occur as the individual did not amenable to any method of training, as well as natural-born actors are capable of with undisguised pleasure over and over again to repeat their favorite tricks.

The entire training period, no matter how much he continued, should be ready at any moment to encourage your cat if she did so, as it is taught. Violation of communication "right action - an award" at an early stage may not only undermine the progress already made, but always recapture the interest of the cat to this occupation. No matter what happens around, the cat should be rewarded immediately after the desired action on it. After a while, when the cat will remember and will perform with ease everything that its expected, it is possible to do without sweets and just use the words of approval and affection.

Yet even if the cat responds eagerly to the proposal of a person to perform any action desired effect is often not achieved. The most common reason for failure is inexperienced trainer delay the promotion, as well as the wrong choice of tone, it stands for. Audio signal can not be a word or phrase is familiar and habitual ear cats. All the more pointless for performing various exercises to encourage your cat to the same word "good", "clever", "well done". These words are pronounced in a variety of reasons, too often in everyday speech, the cat perceived them differently than just background noise.

assume that the purpose of training is to teach your cat to sit in the filing of the appropriate command. At the command "Sit!" cat sits, the trainer and hands her a treat. The cat immediately rises on its hind legs and reaches for a reward, in this time of praise. In the cat, so, standing on its hind legs, or just standing position is associated with reward. There is no fixing required command is not happening. It is unacceptable to give the cat a treat or something in a different way to encourage her to perform an action. In this case, the cat will associate reward with the act, which was preceded by a treat.

If you have little time and patience, none at all, do not attempt to teach your cat some tricks and commands. Living with your cat for a long time anyway, and many will learn to understand the phrase, addressed to her, and your gestures, and most of all she will feel your mood and status. Not trained in any tricks a cat that lives its own life, is no less interesting object for observation, a perfect partner in the games and being who grant his love.

"to me!"

can be expected that the cat comes to call, waiting for something nice. Call your cat to come to feed. Tell us a fun and happy, "Moussya me!". Necessarily calling out her name. If the cat does not come to call, take it, put a bowl next to a meal and say, "Moussya to me!" and immediately put the food into a bowl. Once your cat tied his arrival on the team with feeding, start calling her under other circumstances. Reward your cat a tasty slice of every time it executes the command, you can later replace treat kindness. Do not start training, beckoning cat for medical procedures or bathing. Do not call a cat with a loud, angry voice, to chide her for her evil deed.

"Sit!"

Put your cat on the floor or couch, it is preferable to feeding, and kneel beside her. When a cat becomes bored, and she sits, give the command "Sit!", Which coincides with the action. Use only the word "sit" for the team and award a cat treat when it responds correctly. If the cat is standing, gently press on the back of her torso, giving the command. Reward this situation.

"Whoa!"

Teach the command "Stop!" You must use hand: hand bend at right angles, making the barrier to move the cat. Choose the right moment when the cat is on its way to you, and make a barrier out of his hands, commanding at the same time, "Whoa!". When the cat heard, stopping on command, reward her. Later, when the cat will learn this command, you can not make any gestures.

"Bring it!"

Take a cork or other small items that your cat is happy in his teeth, a short distance and say "Bring it!". If the cat ignores you and jam after a few shots, then stop training for a while. If the cat has supported the game and returned to you with the cork, reward her treats. If a cat runs after the stopper, but it brings her into a corner, rather than return it to you, ignore his lackadaisical student. Reinforces only the correct response.

"Give paw!"

Teach your cat to the command "Sit". When the cat sits, gently lift one of her front paws with the words: "Give paw!". Immediately praise her. With practice so many times, you can run and stretch his hand. If a cat's paw stretch - her reward. If the cat does not listen, take her paw themselves, saying the team, and give encouragement.

hoop of suitable size can be used for embroidery hoop, decorated accordingly to achieve a circus effect. Place the hoop on the floor and stand at the side of him in front of the cat. Lure her to his delicacy through the hoop. If the cat is accustomed to the harness and leash, lead it through a hoop. When the cat is close to the hoop, say "Up!" and reward it when it passes through the hoop. Once the cat learns to pass through a hoop, raise it a few inches off the floor. Reward your cat whenever she jumps through a hoop raised. If the cat is trying to circumvent the hoop - a move it so that it all turned out to be a cat while on the road. After a few training your cat can easily jump through a hoop, which raised half a meter on the command "Up".