101 things to do with a box... with a cat?

Midnight · May 2, 2014

I have a friend with a newly adopted kitten that she rescued after a car had run over it. We bought the cat to the vet (long story that involves using my old hamster cage as a crate) and well, they finally ended up keeping her. She cannot move one leg but has the sweetest personality (she was in terrible pain, we could see the bone, yet she didn't hiss even once). This cat, called Kirara, is starting to be a very energetic one, and somehow I managed to convince my friend to give a go to clicker training (she thought training was cruel, but for some reason she listened to me yesterday. I can hardly believe it

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So my question, after this explanation, is if there could be any problem in clicker training a cat in 101 things to do with a box. I've not found anything in the internet about it, so I'm starting to get a little worried.

Thanks a lot

lucklein · May 2, 2014

Karen Pryor has a lot of info about clicker training cats:

search | Karen Pryor Clicker Training

Hope this helps.

crock · May 2, 2014

I don't see why not! Btw, I've seen some use a bit of canned food on a spoon or lid for rewards, if she struggles at all with other cat treats.

(Oh, I bet they'd do anything for some canned salmon or tuna, too!)

Bordercollie · May 2, 2014

Midnight, tell your friend if she really wants to start clicker training with her cat, there's a yahoo group Catclicker and they have a lot of resources on training your cat. Most seem to start with targeting, because if the target isn't there the cat can't "offer" bahaviours and drive you nuts. Or worse not get rewarded for offering a behavior that was previously reinforced and then get disgusted with the process.

101 things to do with a box... with a cat?

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