I'd like to answer some FAQs from the comments: Q. What breeds are your cats? A. Bill is a Scottish Fold and Loki is a Lynx Point (or Tabby Point) Siamese. We got both of them from the Humane Society. Q. Does Bill have hearing issues or is he deaf? His ears are small and floppy. Maybe that's why he can't hear. A. Nope, he hears just fine. He's a Scottish Fold, which affects his cartilage, which makes his ears flop over. However, that does not affect his hearing at all. Q. Shouldn't you have used a higher-pitched sound? I've heard that cats can't hear lower sounds. A. Cats can hear everything from 55 Hz up to 79 kHz, which is a much larger range than humans. So while they do hear a significantly higher range, they are very capable of hearing lower sounds too. For context, here's a 55 Hz tone: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7KnNcsiSkrU.html You could make an argument that higher-pitched sounds travel farther, which makes them easier to hear at a distance. But we were in a small apartment, so it really doesn't make much of a difference. Q. Why not just use a clicker or their names? A. Because I like to have fun :D
The reason why high pitch sounds are better is because their usual prey make higher pitched sounds and they are more likely to respond to them, they still hear the low pitched sounds but aren't nearly as interested in them.
Neuro Transmissions It makes me soooo happy that they came from the humane society. This proves my point that you can find “fancy cats” at an adoption center. Thanks for changing their life
I've recently learned that dry food can be very dangerous for a cats health, since their natural diet (e.g. mice) contains about 70% water. Therefore cats usually don't really drink that much. So basically were forcing our cats to drink because the dry food sucks up a lot of liquid (--> you can just test this by pouring some water over a portion of the dry food and see how much of it gets sucked up). But since drinking that much isn't what cats would naturally do, they tend not to drink enough. The lack of water in their diet then can cause kidney desease over the years, which is why renal insufficiency is the main cause of death for domestic cats. Have you heard of this problems with dry food as well?
I used to hate getting the participation trophy, like I don’t get a trophy for coming to school everyday or being a good kid at home!?!? 😑idk that’s how I used to think when I was little and I wanted to earn the trophy whether it was 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th
Oh! The radio active barrel jar is saliva! Man, I sure missed that when it was presented. I was thinking: that's the strangest damn steak I've ever seen!
I've got a pregnant cat. She was a street cat and we didn't train her. In a month she understood how to completely open the front door if it isn't well closed.
My pupper gets all happy and jumpy when she hears us shaking plastic bags bc she knows she’s going for a walk. (We take bags w us to pick up her poo) She’s really smart and I love her so much :)
I'm not sure how was able to do it but three clicks of my tongue and my cats come running to me. I got my cats when they were kittens completely wild I brought them in and sat them down and. waited for them to find a safe and comfortable spot that they were cool with and strategically place water food and litter pan nearby and I literally didn't interact with them whatsoever except for when I brought fresh food and water. They would look up at me and I would soothingly talk to them a bit and I would proceed about my usual business for the day. the absolute longest it's ever taken is 2 days I guarantee this 100% that is the easiest way to tame kittens. Just to go over a few things really quickly other than providing food water don't mess with them don't pick them up do not try to cuddle just leave them alone and I guarantee Within three days they will come up to you themselves. ( on a side note it's one of my favorite feelings in the world when they figure out for themselves that you are not so bad. After they come up to you on their own accord you can consider yourself a success) I'm rambling now and I'm sure you guys don't care I just want to share this one incident when I rescued this one kitten I did my usual routine for taming cats I brought the little guy in. He chose under neath the head of my bed. Any who two days later I got home from work did the usual brought the little Prince food yard work and the rest of the evening unwinding with a video game and I felt little fuzzy cat feet on top of my foot I didn't even look now next thing I know little guys climbing up the back of my chair sides down on my shoulder and just kind of melts into the crook of my neck an just start purring great feeling gaining an animal's Trust like that.
I taught my mom’s cat some tricks. He knows: sit, down, spin, up (he goes on his hind legs), leave it, wait, give kiss and... HIGH FIVE😊 Buddy (name of cat who knows all those tricks) really LOVES dry treats (he also enjoys wet food) but with the dry treats he gets “happy aggressive” with them, so I just used that eagerness with some basic training. I taught my one cat to meow whenever I called him.
2 0f my Siamese will fetch and retrieve cat toys. The 3rd indicates that if I want it, I can go get it myself. They all will sit on command and come to make me follow them when the food bowl or water dish needs a refill, or the littebox needs to me emptied. So, who is being conditioned??
I haven’t made a special sound to attact my kitty. But rattle the packet with the treats & she’s putty in my hand while I place her harness and lead on her. Lacey is just less than 3 months old. She is very smart.
I have conditioned or been conditioned. When my cat says, Meow, walks toward me and puts her paw on my face, I say, Hi Stinky! Want something to eat? And I feed her. I am conditioned to say, Hi Stinky! Want something to eat? She is programmed to come to me when I say, Hi Stinky, Want something to eat. A family who programs together, stays together. Guests think my cat can understand English. She also knows, Gotta go potty? and Want me open the door? She meows, sits by the door and I say that. If I say that she comes to the door. You don't have to oink. Just speak with your own unique voice and, walla! My cat understands me
Hi Friend, its really helpfull and interesting to watch you videos. Little intro: myself Barath.ML friends call me MLB and I'm an Architect. I been growing cats for last 8 years. Yeah now its family of cats. Cats became parts of my family. In this journey I grown nearly some 30 cats atleast. Sadly many passed away in different time and different stages. My first Fellow buddy cat named HUNTER he is the first one. It came home some 3day baby. Actually it didn't come. It was born here at my house. We didn't find mom cat so, my mom helped Hunter to grown, feeding with milk using ink filler. It been my best friend. Hunter actually will imitate me. Hunter became like leader and all other cats gave him that respect. Lots of stories there. Hunter, Mini Hunter, Micro Hunter, Nano Hunter, Hunter junior, Hunter junior 2, Ganesh, Pati, Avatar, Avatar kutti, komban, kutti komban, karupa, Browny, Muki and it keeps going on and on. O my god. While writing this I feel the love for them. Sadly my first friend Hunter passed away 10 days back. I miss him a lot. Unlike other cats, he actually talk to me. I hurts. But yeah now on seeing your videos I feel I have done lots many things like this without realising the psychology of it. Your work sounds very interesting. Now presently I have 8 cats at home but I don't know why but after Hunter passed I couldnt able to feel the attachment with these buddies. I'm just feeding them. Your video actually gave a very refreshing feel. Also now I felt like restarting all. I would love to talk to you, share my experience, feeling, photos, videos with you and have a new creative plan for these 6 buddies and 2 kids by this 2020. More over my mom and dad are very much attached to Hunter. Now after Hunter passed away my mom also admited with minor stroke and left leg, arm got into paralyse. Now she is recovering. This initiative will give a very good vibe and it will motivate her. She is called as CAT MOM by the neighbours.
Very late, but, little tip here. I have successfully trained my cat a array of trick and for treats, I recommend using softer treats - like deli sticks and cutting them up into tiny, tiny pieces. Do it in bulk then you can stick them in the fridge. When you want to train just take them out, stick it in the microwave for 5-10 seconds and boom! They smell a lot more as well, being more attractive to your cat.
That's not conditioning. They grasped the concept of you give them food when you make the noise. Try that a few more times and i doubt they will continue to respond. You basically told them that sound means "I have a tasty snack" like how you learned "food" means something you can eat. Cat's have a ability to understand language and you basically taught them a word in a foreign language.
Since I got my kitten when she was around 3 or 4 months I call her name and make a clicking sound with my tongue and she comes. She knows that many times she gets food when I call her. Now I have to train her to retrieve the ball every time I throw it. She does it sometimes but not all the time.
did similar with my cat. i can snap and he comes running instantly,etc. we have a language that ive built up over 12 years that he understands on a basic level.
My cats understand almost everything. I mean it! I say come here, they come. I say no! They stop. But when they don't stop, it isn't because they don't understand "stop" it is because they just don't want to. So now there is a power struggle between me and them, they are very smart, don't think they don't understand discipline, they do! So I show them who is boss by "hissing" at them, they immediately know I'm mad and sit or run or STOP. Ha! It's because their best friend (me) is suddenly not nice like usual, and they are so used to me being nice, so they respond very quick to my pretend "hissing". They know they are out of line. They love me and kiss me (lick), but one of them is less obedient, so I had to do something about it, so I recently started acting like my hand is a paw with claws and I separate my fingers and swing it in the air, and they are like WHAT?! And I am pretend "hissing" and look fierce, they are not scared but they are perplexed, and my less obedient cat understands he is being bad and finally gives up being disobedient. I am relentless in my approach, I let both of them know I run this! And I lower my voice, I usually talk high pitched, but if I lowermy voice, OH NO! The reason I think this is working is because I am their friend. I am a cat friend that looks like a human. I have played with them a lot since they were kitties, and slept next to them, I pick them up and comfort them and sing to them. They eat the singing up, they love it and I tell them good words all the time, I give them much affection. I talk nice to them, with soft tones. I kiss them and I go hide and chase them and they go crazy with joy! I have strings and string them along until I am out of breath and play and spend time. Recently though I feel like I have not had a lot of time with them and they seem sad and miss me. I need to do more cat time. Anyway, I recommend becoming their friend people! And be relentless in having YOUR WAY, so they know who has stronger will. It is about who has stronger will with cats.They understand intention.
I'm curious if Bill came the next time after, or if not getting a treat adversely affected his training. He finally associated the treat with the sound, but never received the treat to reinforce the association, thus, he may begin to disassociate the two.
I trained my cat to lie down and roll over on command, but instead of soliciting the behaviors, I waited until he did them naturally, and then said the commands as he did it, praised him as he completed it, and rewarded him. It took about twelve hours and I had to be vigilant to catch him in the act, but by the end of the day, I could say the commands, and he'd do the tricks without a sign of a treat. After a couple of weeks of receiving intermittent rewards for his performance, I swear he tried training me to give treats on command. He'd come stand directly in front of me and wait until he had my undivided attention. Then, he'd lie down, roll over, sigh dramatically and stare at me. If he didn't get a treat, he'd walk a circle around the room, come back and do it again. It was pretty hilarious, and kind of creepy how smart he was.
Alright then human, theres going to be some changes around here. From now on i won't just roll over whenever you say so, there is food to be made here and i want it. So get your meowie ass off that couche and get me some sweet
Till the end the human still didn't realize that Bill was trying to train him to stop oinking by withholding the reward of accomplishment feeling when Bill accepted an offering. But the human refused to learn so Bill gave up and tolerated the noises to get the offering. Maybe Bill should try negative reinforcements by barfing each time the human oinks and only accept the offerings when human learns to make better noises. Training humans is hard but if you are patient it's doable
We had a cat once that we inadvertently trained. He loved being petted, and always wanted to be close, but didn't really enjoy being held. He was so cuddly and soft , though, that we had to pick him up and hug him from time to time. We would always kiss his head before we put him down. We would have to pull him down (gently, of course) for a kiss, and then we would let him go. Eventually, we just had to say "Can I have a kiss first?" and he would lean his head down by his own will so we could kiss it, and then he would be let go. One time, I was hugging and petting on him, and he kept jamming his head towards my mouth. It was the funniest, cutest thing. It was like he was saying "Kiss me, dammit! I want to go!" He was such a good boy. His name was Harry.
@@phuchuynhthien9282 He was one of the most adorable cats ever. He had a tulip shaped fur pattern on his head, and that was the target of our kisses. Sadly, he passed almost 7 years ago, but I will never forget Harry. He was amazing, and taught us how to be the best cat parents possible.
LMAO so true!! Loki looked disappointed there weren't any treats. He knew what was up! He walked halfway in the room and was like, there's nothing in your hand!
LOL, fits perfectly! The last day, Bill decided to show up so Mica would stop oiking! :P At that point, Loki did not care as long as he got a treat... which he realized he didn't - so, probably he never responded to the command ever again! :P Even our outdoor/strays learn and train us bery quickly!
I feel like Bill would have been more responsive if you made the sound at him individually and then fed him. I noticed you would often feed Loki first rather than Bill (which does make sense as Loki was having the conditioned response) but this could be discouraging to Bill or even confusing as he would not be sure what to respond directly to: the sound, or Loki being fed. I hope that might have made some sense.
I love how the guy in the end of the video tries to hold his two cats at the same time and when he realized that it didnt work he just throws them away
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Bill is a strong independent feline and ain't playing your game. OR Bill hates that noise and his theory 1 is that you only make it with those treats, so if he stops eating the treats you will stop.. Realizing that isn't working, Bill correctly determines that if he comes to you, the noise will stop.. Option three would be throttling you in your sleep- cat logic
Me watching the intro about Pavlov: "this is gonna be clicker training right?" Video: "I need a sound they won't encounter elsewhere" Me: "I knew it, clicker training!" Video: * Ocarina of Time clip * ... wait
Yup, some cats are able to retain speech patterns. Others only deal in tone of voice (angry tone versus happy tone versus "you're getting tuna" tone). Many just go off of behavioral patterns, though.
I can imagine this as a cartoon with a lot of kids living in the same block just stumbling upon each other as they're all trying to get down first 😂 I hope you didn't get in any stair accidents 🍀🙈 I remember that awesome feeling of "flying" down stairs tho!! Are you still a ninja on stairs today? 😁
i took two hours out of my day and taught my cats the "give paw" command, but now whenever my palm is in range they just slamdunk their paws on my hand.... tragic. oh and my cats only know how to give their right paw since i didnt think the conditioning would only apply to only one of their paws, i guess if i want the other one ill have to retrain them this command
All our cats are whistle trained to come in. Once twilight is getting close, I whistle from the back door. It's a distinctive 2 tone whistle and they all come home for their dinner and we close the cat flap. As one of our cats has a very large range, it can take him a little while to come home, but he eventually turns up after a few whistles. My wife also trained on of the male cats, who is very play motivated, to play fetch. The same cat has been taught to sit, before he gets his food or a treat. The funny thing is that our other 3 cats have started to sit in front of their food bowls just before feeding time, without any active training, I guess they saw it working for their buddy, so tried it themselves.
I'm like you I have always trained my cats to come when I call. They can be out if accompanied to be in the garden but must come in with us in the evening. The yard is fenced and heavily planted so they can explore or climb but leaving is not easy. There are dogs in residence in two neighbors abutting my yard with other in surrounding yards that bark sometimes further discouraging leaving. While they still go out when I do, my current pair at 17 and 19 mostly just sleep with only brief spurts of activity. Once Portia escaped to the front sidewalk. I caught up to see her wander into the street tail raising, clearly aiming to greet a neighbor in her yard. I called so Portia turned to come right back. My neighbor was surprised saying that she didn't know cats were trainable, that her dog wasn't that obedient. I was so proud of her and thankful it wasn't Theo who sometimes made coming into his version of chase me playtime before coming in.
@@hthfrosty240 We use our cats' names a lot in conversation, so the cats would come every time we told a story about them on the phone, or discussed their behavior in the kitchen, or just talked to them when they were already sitting in our laps. If you want to condition a response to a sound, it should be a sound that doesn't happen randomly. We had that problem teaching a pup to signal the need to go out with jingle-bells hanging from the door. The bells rang every time someone went in or out, so the pup didn't connect the sound with the need. We switched to a push-button bell on the floor, and he learned in about a week! (Keep in mind, the need to eliminate doesn't happen every few minutes, you have to wait for the need to be announced with body language then show them the bell)
My cat follows me as well. As long as i dont go too far from home she seems to stay nearby or just outright walk by my side. Same with fridge noise. Whenever i open a fridge the cat just teleports to my legs (not literally obviously).
@@danirodriguez4707 that is my dogs lol one time I was running and my dog ran right in front of me and got sent flying and guess what he did? Got right back in front of my legs I think this is a conspiracy in order to make me trip
I was talking with my wife about this, she had 2 cats in the past, and both of them never had a problem with chewing wires or any of that stuff that other people say. (it's a concern to me since I work from home and I need to have wires everywhere, I can't just hide them) I grew up in the country, my great-grandmother had some 20 cats at her farm house, and I can't remember one single instance of them going up tables or misbehaving in general. I wish I knew how she trained them. She was a very loving and insightful person. I think the cats sense who deserves respect or not. I say this because once she died, the people who inherited the house always had problems with the cats, they wouldn't have the patience to treat them well, and the cats would jump up on tables, kitchen furniture, etc. Even when they would be "disciplined" they would keep doing it. So I wonder why cats behaved so well when my grandmother was alive. I feel like there's so much lost knowledge from old generations that we will never know until we go after their stories.
What an interesting story! I agree, there’s a lot of undocumented useful knowledge we could have had. Your grandmother sounded wonderful, sorry for your loss ❤️
@@td9543 Also, she was the great-grandmother (born in 1910's I think? not sure...) Unfortunately the next generation (her offspring) didn't inherit the careful attention to detail and discipline that she had, her sons wanted everything the easy way. Pretty much a waste of potential there. In one generation you could already notice a degradation. Not something pretty to say, but it's my duty to say it.
@@FeelingShred as the saying goes, hard times create strong people. Strong people create good times. Good times create weak people. Weak people create hard times.
My cat also comes to me by commend but I actually never trained him. He just started to come to me when ever I called his name without me giving him any food. No idea why he does it but it's pretty cool.
Perhaps the affection you give him, when he comes, is the reward. My cat used to run to me whenever I sat on the couch, because she began to associate that with play time or cuddle time. Pets can be creatures of habit, in that way.
