How to train your human, cat's style

6 years ago
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Luigi, the Ragdoll cat, knows very well how to get what he wants from his humans. Check out how he manipulates his owner for food. So cute!
Cat owners often try to train their cats to perform some tricks or at least teach them not to jump on TV or some other fragile objects in their household. But, many of them give-up very fast and let their cats take over, thinking that cat training is impossible and that is not worthy of their time and effort. While they are busy with finding justification to their decision, they don't even realize that the training process never ends. In fact, it becomes more successful than they could ever imagine. Although, truth to be told, in another and unexpected form. Yes, while they were occupied with figuring out on how to control their cats, their cats were already training them. From the moment we met them, our cats are observing us and learning about our behavior. What is making us happy, what makes us mad... Even some less personal information like where we keep their food and how they could get some more. Think about it, they don't have a job, but most of our domestic cats live in a big mansion. They have no money but their bellies are full, and while we are at it, they don't have opposable thumbs but still get to eat canned food. Hmmm would any of that be possible without human work, love, and care - we don't think so! Here is one example of how it looks in practice. Luigi, almost a two years old Ragdoll cat, is cute as a button and he is not ashamed to use it to his advantage. He knows very well how to attract owners attention and to get more food when he wants to eat. First, he rolls on the floor, then makes the sweetest "meow" sound. Making sure to maintain eye contact while he leads his owner to the room with his cat food tree. For those of you who are not familiar with cat food tree, it is designed to stimulate cat to eat slowly and work for their food by playfully pawing at it through various side openings. As you can see, Luigi is adapted perfectly to that human invention and has no problem with using it. He simply makes his human companion to shake the entire thing and then gets to eat the results of his work. Hilarious!
This is how we imagine Luigi would comment this video: Yes! You can train a human to come on command, give you what you want — and it's all much easier than you thought. Remember that patience and positive reinforcement are essential if you're learning how to train a human. If your human has a hard time understanding you, don't give up on him yet, just try these simple techniques. First of all, make sure he is watching you. Then roll over, make the cutest sound, whatever works to lock his attention. When you have his full attention, take him slowly where you want him. Humans can learn to respond to a vocal cue, but sometimes simple meow won't be enough. Point your human in the right direction, and he'll eventually figure it out. Even though if they don't understand from the first, don't lose your temper. In the end, they'll give you what you want. That's right, well-done human!

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