Archive for February, 2009
Cat Care & Sick Cats : Get Rid of Fleas on Cats
If a cat has fleas, the first thing to do is give the cat a bath with flea prevention shampoo. Get rid of fleas on cats with tips from a cat behaviorist in this free video on cat care.
When Cats Attack
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the garden.
Thanks for all the comments and helping this video reach over three million hits.
Cat Care : How Do I Train My Cat to Do Tricks?
Teaching a cat to do tricks creates a great opportunity for bonding. Train cats to do tricks with tips from a cat behaviorist in this free video on pets and cat care.
Cat Care : Removing Ear Wax From Cats
Mites and fungus are common causes of ear wax in cats. Remove ear wax from cats with tips from a cat behaviorist in this free video on pets and cat care.
Talking Cat
Direction of use : 1/Watch the video (funny, eh?) 2/Browse comments (where the fun really is… ;o) === NB : If you believe the cat is actually in pain, you obviously know nothing about cats. Should this be painfull to the cat, it would try escape or attack. ===
Cat Clicker Training In Action
As Karen provides commentary on a cat training video, she reviews many of the basic clicker training ideas. Watch as clicker trainer Catherine Crawmer goes through these basics of clicker training with a rescued cat.
Clicker Magic has long been a classic video for learning the concepts of clicker training. Karen Pryor teaches you all the techniques and essentials you need in order to have your pet clicker trained in no time! There are 20 live demonstrations by Karen and other top trainers. See how it works with young and old dogs, cats, a mule, and even a fish! Long considered the standard, Clicker Magic provides a solid introduction and inspiring, fantastic footage.
“Clicker training” is the popular term for the training or teaching method based on what we know about how living organisms learn.
Research has shown that any creature—whether a dog, cat, dolphin, parrot, fish, horse, llama, or person—is more likely to learn and repeat actions that result in consequences it desires and enjoys. So clicker trainers provide consequences desired by their animal in exchange for actions or behaviors desired by their trainers.
We call these consequences “rewards” and the process is called “reinforcement.” Clicker training, therefore, is a positive-reinforcement-based system of training.
First widely used by dolphin trainers who needed a way to teach behavior without using physical force, operant conditioning (the scientific term for clicker training) can be and has been successfully employed with animals of all sizes and species, both domesticated and wild, young and old; all breeds of dogs and puppies, cats, birds, leopards, rats, rabbits, chinchillas, fish, and more.
Clicker trainers who learn the underlying principles have at their disposal a powerful set of tools that enable them to analyze behaviors, modify existing methods for individual animals, and create new methods where none previously existed. This flexibility allows the tools of clicker training to be re-invented in new forms that work in a range of situations, and for an infinite variety of animals.
The same principles have also been applied to training for athletes, dancers, skaters, and other people. Called “TAGteach,” this form of training uses a click as a marker signal to teach precise physical motions quickly, accurately, and positively.
More information can be found at http://www.clickertraining.com
Cat Care : How to Teach Your Cat to Come
Teaching a cat the “come” command is one of the most important things a cat can learn. Teach a cat to come with tips from a cat behaviorist in this free video on pets and cat care.
Re: Cat Talking, Translation
And here’s what it sounds like if you have your babel fish in your ear translating for you.
Don’t forget, this is a translation of the original video (with permission!) by TheCatsPyjaaaamas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3U0udLH974
For those who are wondering, he’s saying “Is he gettin’ the treats yet? Is he gettin’ the treats?” while licking the other kitty.
Yes, I know these cats are actually female. Does it matter?
