When most people think about animal obedience work, cats aren’t usually the first candidates to spring to mind.
We tend to associate cats with words like aloof, independent, and laid back – they seem to focus on doing what they want, pretty much as and when they feel like it.
You might be excused for thinking that this isn’t really ideal training material!
However – there’s an ever-increasing number of people who are deriving a great deal of pleasure from training their cats in basic and advanced obedience work and tricks (from sit, stay, come … read more
Training a cat does not need to be any more difficult than training a dog. In fact, you will find that as long as you are faithful to the principles of cat training and discipline, that your cat will respect your authority and behave more reasonably.
However, it is important to remember that having this authority should not be seen as license to go overboard with the punishment. Always try and remember that you are dealing with a cat not a dog. Cats love to be independent and don’t like to be controlled, so you have to work with them. Not … read more