How To Start Clicker Training Your Cat

Clicker training is an easy way to teach your cat fun and practical behaviours. A clicker is a handheld tool that makes a clicking sound. We teach the cat that one click equals one treat. Then we can use the clicker to pinpoint a behaviour we want to reinforce. For example, if you wanted to teach your cat to high five, you would click as soon as they raise their paw. Now your cat knows that raising their paw is the desired behaviour and they will start to repeat the action. Adult cats and kittens can both learn with clicker training. Start by tossing a treat away and encourage your cat to return to you. When they approach your finger, click and toss another treat away. We are setting the foundation for clicker training by reinforcing your cat for their attention. Once your cat is happy, attentive and eager to work, you are ready to teach your cat other behaviours.

Have fun training!

– Julie and Jones

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I'm Julie Posluns, also known as Julie, the Cat Teacher. My goal is to help people enrich their cat's life with clicker training. I am an Associate Certified Applied Animal Behaviourist (ACAAB). I love to break complex behaviours into tiny achievable steps and show cat guardians how fun and rewarding it is to train their cats. My assistant in the videos is a black cat named Jones, who has a full scholarship to Cat School.

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[dudaaz]

Doing basic clicker training to teach my cat how to give a paw also helped me teach him to retract his claws when interacting with humans, something he hadn't picked up in his previous home. I rewarded the few times he gave a paw with claws retracted with extra treats, and then slowly phased out treats for clawy handshakes. Now he's super gentle while giving his paw and even outside of training he's become better at interacting with us without claws!

[snizzlefrazzy]

I’ve been clicker training my kitty. So far he’s learned to come when called and to sit on command.

[briannapartridge]

i just adopted a cat a month ago to be my esa for college. i noticed she was way more affectionate then other cats i’d met including my family cat but that she picked up on things fast! she learned her name within two days, she learned when she was being called in one day and she follows where i want her to go. thanks to you i’m gonna be able to take those smarts to the next level! thank you!

[renataguimaraes]

Your videos are the best!!! I thaught my cat to sit, high five, to jump between my arms and to give his paw, he loves it 😍 thank you for sharing your knowledge with us

[jdc]

Thank you for your videos on clicker training. I am really enjoying them and working with my cat Lynx. Long story short he was a stray that I believe may have been lost or abandoned as a kitten. He started coming into my work and hanging out everyday and then gradually into our office and gym area. I decided to take him in but being on his own for what the vet estimates to be one winter at least because of the frost bite damage on the tips of his ears he has had a difficult time with boredom and adjusting to the life of an indoor cat in a small condo. The clicker training has really been making a difference. We walk on a harness everyday, he sits on command and now we are looking for new things to do. I hope to see more videos on how to clicker train cats especially how to keep your cat active and agile during the Pandemic. Since we have stopped walking and converted to patio time he is bored and going stir crazy. Looking forward to your next video. Have a purrr-fectly wonderful day. Stay safe.

[thetheflyinghawaiian]

Hi love the kit, just realized my kitten was coming up to me because he was hearing the clicking from the video! Sometimes my super hyper kitten is just too preoccupied with the surroundings to follow commands. As he gets older will he be less distractible or is paying attention something I should be training more? (When he wants attention he'll sit in front of me while I work and do spins and high fives by himself for half an hour, so he can be attentive at times.)

[lauralodini]

Love your videos! Is there a recommended progression of tricks? What tricks first?

[aisforannihilation]

Bought your kit, am reading booklet & have a trainable, very bright rescue kitty who already follows my hand but still working on reducing the food obsession (over excitement, must devour all food) & bad kitty habits like incessant counter surfing, thievery & occasional aggression.

Overall a wonderfully lovable, normally gentle sweet boy who gets lots of love & play time but has committed a few mild attacks which I bring his attention to toys vs my hand or whatever he's going for. Hoping I can break bad kitty habits as he is overall a great kitty who just needs direction.

[beezwacks]

Awesome video!! For the clicker I use a retractable pen.

[mathswithmoon]

Love from India ❤️
Taught a lot of tricks to my cat from ur channel

[rachaelklahage]

Good Evening, Had to check out r clicker you dining, got my male kitten on Easter 2021 + he's about 3 months old, & does bite slot yet very lovable & this b a gsme to teach him + reinforce positive behavior

[jacobclark]

i am going to look in to this with my cat

[RM-xled]

Thanks for uploading this video. I just adoped a VERY vocal shelter cat who would go absolutely crazy any time I opened any food in the kitchen. I was able to train him to be relatively calm and quiet when I open food in just a couple sessions thanks to clicker training!

[somepianoguy]

Do you have any videos on managing multiple cats when introducing clicker training?

[jirimimra]

good day. I have a question again. what goodies she could eat more. Thank you. Jiří.

[yy-jfym]

I have several cats.Should I isolate the the one that I want to train or can I train the one in front of other cats?

[thinkfirst]

What's the wand you're using and what does it do?

[kaycewow]

Do you have a video on how to train your cat to jump into your arms

[thotess]

How many times a day should we teach them one behavior? And how many behaviors/tricks in one day at a time to learn? Please thank you!

[ellewuchatsch]

The cats you trained in the video are very cute but do you know the breed to the cow cat?