Customer Reviews

50 Ways to Train Your Cat

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This book has excellent training techniques. I particularly enjoyed the wide variety of training methods. Speaking from experience, the methods work. I was able to teach my cat to sit, within just a small amount of time I saw results. There are techniques from teaching your cat to stay off the table to teaching him to play dead. I was amazed at the different tricks a cat can learn. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves their cat and wants to prove that their cat is smart.

I was able to train my kitten to sit, lie down, shake hands, and roll over using this book. The techniques are simple and it really does work. Each trick took about a week to learn. I still read about how impossible it is to train your cat, but using the techniques in this book it was simple. My friends and family are amazed, and teaching and learning skills helps us to bond.

If you want to train your cat, this book is a wast of time.
Sally Franklin doesn't really tell us how to do it in many cases.
Many of her 50 ways are not telling us much. "to get on with the vet: 4. Take your cat on a visit to meet the vet...this initial meeting will enable you how to assess how your cat adapts to the vet's handling. 5. If the initial meeting goes well, register your cat with the parctice." Ok, and if it doesn't?
Or: "To climb a tree and get down: 1. Now encourage the cat to back down the tree." How, Id' like to know!
"3. If this doesn't work, use a ladder, or seek expert help from your local Fire Station" Well, thanks for the advise.

Better read Karen Pryors Book " Getting started: Clicker Training for Cats"!

I have to agree with the other reviewer who said this book was a waste. I found the large majority of this book to be a waste of paper, and the only halfway useful parts are in the "Clever Cats" section in the back of the book (pages 58-64) which helps to teach tricks such as sitting, begging, shake hands, jump through a hoop, etc.

There is one section "Train your cat to respect caged pets." I eagerly turned to this page in the book, as I do have a caged pet, and read: "Keep both parties away from each other, in seperate parts of the house." Gee thanks. I think I had that one figured out BEFORE I bought this book.

All I have to say is that I'm glad I bought this book used.

This book is great!!! My cat learned a lot from it and so did I! Some of my friends thought I was crazy for thinking that I can train my cat because my cat is very, very active, but i did and now my cat is very trained! I even preformed in front of people the tricks that my cat learned and everyone loved them! Read this book and train your cat to do easy simple tricks, like stand on his/her back legs and much, much, much MORE!!!
Read this book and you will be happy you did!!!
#1 Cat Training Book Ever!!!

I found it lacking in detail, basically describing one way (positive reinforcement) used in 50 different applications. Much of the advice simply isn't practical.

This book seemed like most Computer books I read. Define the problem and then a procedural step by step list of how to "solve" the problem. It just seems cold, calulating and impersonal. This may work with computers, but not with something living. The book just lists the steps, and if your cat doesn't follow the steps listed, oh well.

The author also seems to be streaching to reach the 50 training tips mentioned in the title as most seemed to come natural to my cats or were common sense to me.

Very standard info. As both my cats are indoors and declawed (very busy street), nearly half this book is useless. The other half is quite standard and gives very little help or encouragement for further training.

Taking the time to bond and train your cat is so fun and rewarding. She can "speak", "sit", "up", and working on "shake". Just do short sessions at a time, about 10 minutes.

this book was very informative. My cats were receptive to the training