Teach Cat to SIT and STAY with Clicker Training

You can teach your cat to Sit and Stay in no more than a week, even if you've never done clicker training before.

Sit and Stay is a very simple trick combination of Sit + Stay. To achieve that, we are going to use operant conditioning. Rewarding our cat for doing nothing, and extending the "do nothing" period little by little until they understand that STAY means don't move until I release you.

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The video is going to be divided in 3 parts, so if you are familiar with Clicker training or your cat already know how to sit, you can skip to the part of the video that is more relevant to you:
00:00 Video Intro - Why teaching SIT and STAY to your Cat matters :)
00:41 Introduction to Clicker Training Cats - Priming our cat with the knowledge that "Click" means reward:
04:11 Teach Your Cat to SIT - Get your cat to sit down on command.
06:27 Teach Your Cat to STAY - Get your cat to wait in the sitting position for as long as you want

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[OutdoorBengal]

This trick tutorial exists because you asked for it. Thanks for helping me come up with trick tutorials you want to teach your cat! What tutorial would you like to see next?

[candice]

20 mins later… my cat now sits. 😊 Thanks! ❤️

[YuzuLeanne]

Sit Command Summary

Step 1: Click and then reward to help associate the clicker with treats. Do this as many times as needed. Tip: divide treats up in smaller pieces so cat doesn’t become full.

Step 2: hold treat in right hand and clicker on left (reverse if lefty)

Step 3: hold treat above head until there butt touches the floor, click and reward. Do this step 5-10 times until they can associate the gesture with treats

Step 4: take away the treat and use only gesture. If cat doesn’t react without the treat, your cat hasn’t understood the behaviour. Repeat step 3, 5-10 more times in this case. If they can understand the non-verbal gesture, you are ready to move on to using a verbal command.

Step 5: incorporate verbal command with gesture. Say sit, click and then reward with a treat AFTER. Do this for a few days and the cat will eventually understand the verbal command on there own.

Step 6: try commanding sit without the physical command to see if you succeeded.

[rose]

my cat doing tricks only when i have treats 🤣 at morning when we training he knows everything... during the day when i ask him to sit or high five he is like... i know you dont have treats and am no free labour haha
mia is perfect ♡

[vladbunin]

Thank you Albert! 2 months ago my girl rescued a stray Turkish Van mix ~9 weeks old. 1 month ago she brought him to my place and we became best friends, named him Ezio. Like 3 weeks ago, I found your channel, and you inspired us! We started with "no" then I taught him "come here" and his name. Now I am teaching finger targeting and Sit/Stay, so this video came at the perfect time! He is also a natural with harness/leash and we already made it a few feet from the front door! Ezio runs back home if he sees even one person so we will keep practicing. Thank you and thank Mia for us! You two are amazing! Keep up the great work!

[oneleapforward]

A+ instruction worked on sit with my kitten for 2 weeks after your vid . Nows hes picking up stay quick

[LindsayMuller]

You are amazing!! Thank you for these awesome videos!

[marksteve]

Thank you man, I been dealing with a wild black kitten who's 7 months old and she runs but follows me (because I have food or I moved) so teaching her this while also responding is beneficial! 😺✨

[thehonestguy]

Mia is such a beautiful Bengal. I'm getting my little charcoal female in about 10 days 😍 Your videos are of great help!

[annives]

That epic 9 seconds intro compilation of you and your cat made me want to subscribe. Cool cat and cool tricks! It looks like you're both having lots of fun!

[elizabethkragas]

Thank you so much for this video!! I am teaching this to my 3 1/2 month old kitten. She learned it very quickly! However she’s an impetuous little girl and will not hold the stay when she sees the leash—she’s so excited, and will roll and bite. Today she sat nicely when I got the loop over her head and I sort of cheated by putting a treat down that she ate while I buckled her tummy. No bites-yay!

[TheNutbrittle]

Thank you for this video! My cat, Cleo, knows sit, high-five, (hand) shake and stand. But we're missing stay. 🙂 This will be next!

[InspirationInstitute]

Love it. You two are adorable together 😸

[melissamichelle]

This is so helpful! I have a very hyper active kitten and I’m starting to train him. He can sit already but I’m having a hard time figuring out how to teach him to stay. When i have him sit he charges the treat so i have to hold him back and then he thinks he’s not suppose to have the treat when i tell him it’s ok. He’s 6 months old. Is he too young to learn this yet?

[TautologyTechSystems]

I have two 16 week old Singapuras. It's incredible how quickly they have learned some of these tricks. Your videos are very good. I do need some advice on how to train both cats together. Right now I have to kennel one while training the other but I'm worried this might be confusing for them hearing the clicker but not being rewarded while in the kennel. Do you think I should have them in complete separate rooms? Also you should consider bleeping out the clicks in your videos.

[luwildy]

I taught my cat the finger targeting with your video and I'm going to teach her this tonight

[jdc]

Can you please do a video on how to teach/reteach my cat, Lynx to use his scratching post? When I first adopted Lynx, I successfully trained him to use the scratching post, but within the last 2 years, he has begun scratching the carpet and the sofa unless I have a blanket or towel on it. I have tried redirecting him to his scratching posts with the same training method as before, but with little success now that he is approximately 5 or 6 years old. He is receptive to clicker training and very food motivated.

[speederscout]

Albert, you are so charming. Keep up the great videos, and thanks for your work and lessons.

[lalala]

I’m binge watching all your videos rn because I’m hoping to adopt a cat in a few months. But I want to get an older one, between 1-10yrs are the ones I’m looking at to adopt since they have less chances of being adopted.
Can they still be trained as well when they start at an older age?

[abitofeverythin]

Hi how do u do this with 2 cats though? Separately or at same time. Thanks 😊