Have you ever Treat Trained your cat?

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Problem-working with a 4 month old kitten, when she does something undesirable i need to her respond to me, NO, OFF, DOWN, GO, OUT, we have tried everything, squirt bottle, smack rolled up paper on hand, coins in a can..doesnt bother at all, I was wondering, she does not associate a negative response at her behaviors..We were wondering if we could instead reward her for responding to the same words, associate something good (like a treat) with following these commands..I have never used treats for training, never had to, our other cats never behaved the way this one does. Nothing scares her, not loud sounds, nothing,,,but maybe positve reinforcement would work, or do you think she might continue doing the bad things, then compling with the commands just to get a treat?

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Mean,,,we have tried the distraction method, no result, she goes right back to doing what she was doing before.

mean cats mama · Accepted Answer

My cats are semi-treat trained.  Meaning if they're doing something they're not supposed to do if they hear me shake the can of treats in the other room, they immediately stop what they're doing & come running for the treats.

One thing about the squirt bottle.  Don't let the cat see you squirt it.  Hide behind a corner or a couch when you squirt the cat.  If the cat sees you squirt it then it knows it gets squirted when you're there.  If it doesn't see you it's like "holy crap!  where did that come from?  my owner isn't even here & I still got squirted".

My kitten will look me right in the eye when I squirt him & keep doing what he's doing, but if he doesn't see me he stops instantly & trys to figure out where the squirt came from, which takes his mind off whatever he was doing that got him squirted.

Anonymous · Answer

yes my cats are treat trained and it works

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Have you ever Treat Trained your cat?

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