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18.06.10 # 1:25 # Kitten Training # 23 Comments
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
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My cat don’t like food much. She drink more than she eat. How am I supposed to train her when she isn’t very interested about food? Only time I see her eat, is when I eat. But she drink more than she eat.
I love it!!! I have read three books and ordered my clicker – all I need now is the kitten, she arrives next Monday, wish me luck!
wow amazing I learned lots form that vid
the cat looks like she is haveing fun!
actually, you click AFTER to mark the behaviour, to say good job, heres your reward. look up zacgeorge21 or some of the horse ct’ers. they ALL do the same, with outstanding results. not to mention that they are pros.
actually, in every training vid ive seen, u click AFTER to REWARD the behaviour. that tells the animal “u did great!”
But everyone, remember that this probably won’t take….2 days. It needs time so have patience.
This cat is already trained to do those things, at least the targeting part. How i know it? Because that woman does it all wrong and despite that, the cat is doing exactly and immediately what he should.
I don’t know if I should be happy or offended that men can be trained by a clicker. It sure would be nice to be positively reinforced for picking up my clothes. But, it sucks to think that people can manipulate each other for personal gain. What do you think?
my cat never listens lol
all she does is sit on my lap and watch TV and chase the laser light
Amzing!!! – how do you get her so enthusiastic?
it needs to be hungry thats all ;)
So glad to see this vid up on youtube! for those just getting started, note that her clicks are a bit late. This could be because of the delay between video and sound… I don’t know! You want to click WHILE the animal is doing the bheaviour, not after.
good video, if the cat is too fearfull to go through the colapsed tunnel you could always start by rewarding aproaching the tunnel
Someone has some spare time on their hands… Like me, I just watched a nine minute video about a lady who trained a cat.
Very impressive though, I wish my cat could pay attention period.
wow!!! very interesting…
True, but can you get your cat to do the same consistently as she does with her cat? That is the key. They are communicating, not just playing.
When was the last time you saw a cat go through an agility course? My cat acting like a cat wouldn’t do that.
Good stuff Catherine.
i have always found that cats will “touch” a moving object and chase a beam of light without any special provocation. i can’t see anything extraordinary happening in the vid. to me it looks like a cat being a cat and a person giving a bunch of treats to a cat.
Useful tips, thank you!
Wow!! Really impressive! I’ve just bought a clicker device & my cat & I have been working with it for 2 days so far (about 15 minutes per day). He’s definitely learning though so far he just knows that raising a paw will get click + treat. I need to take him to the next stage. This video makes it look so easy!
cool
Brilliant and impressive! I am glad you posted this – I have been looking for that last bit to show my cat-owning friends (and I couldn’t find it anymore on the Karen Pryor Clickrtraining site). I liked the bit about the variable reinforcement scheduals — something I find a bit tricky. Thanks for the post!