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Clicker Training for Cats (Karen Pryor Clicker Books) Paperback – July 1, 2003

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Train a cat? Yes, you can! Clicker training, the new way of communicating with animals,is quick and easy for you - and it's fun for your cat. Clicker training can improve your cat's health, activity and attitude toward life. It can make your cat happier and more affectionate.

In the easy-to-read beginner's guide, Karen Pryor, the world's leading clicker training expert, tells you how to teach your cat:

* to come when called
* to play without biting or scratching
* to stay off the table
* to get along with dogs
* to walk outside on a leash
* to do cute tricks and games!

All with a click and a treat!

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85 pages
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English
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Karen Pryor Clicker Training/Sunshine Books, Inc.
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July 1, 2003
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5.49 x 0.22 x 8.53 inches
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9781890948146
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978-1890948146
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About the Author

Karen Pryor is a behavioral biologist with an international reputation in two fields, marine mammal biology and behavioral psychology. Karen was a founder of Hawaii's Sea Life park, where her work with dolphins pioneerd modern, force-free animal training methods. She is the author of Don't Shoot the Dog! The new Art of Teaching and Training, a bestseller on training without coercion. She is also the author of several other books and many scientific papers and popular articles on learning and behavior.

Karen Pryor is a founder of "clicker training," a training system based on operant condtioning and the all-positive methods developed by marine mammal trainers. Clicker training is now in use by people working with pet and performance animals of all kinds, and with wild animals in zoos and marine parks worldwide.

Karen has presented clicker training seminars to thousands of pet owners and animal care givers across the US, Canada, Europe and Japan, as well as giving the live clicker training television demonstrations in the US and abroad. She has personally clicker-trained horses, dogs, dolphins, whales, cats, birds and many kinds of zoo animals. She is the CEO of Sunshine Books, a clicker training publishing and Internet company. She has three grown children and lives in Boston with two clicker-trained dogs and a clicker-trained cat.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1890948144
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Karen Pryor Clicker Training/Sunshine Books, Inc.; 2nd edition (July 1, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 85 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781890948146
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1890948146
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.49 x 0.22 x 8.53 inches

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A. Griffin

I thought this was going to be a dumb book, I was wrong

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2019

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This book is amazing! I have never owned an animal before. And my previous impression of cats was, feed them, water them, sometimes they nuzzle into you most of the time they do whatever they want. This book within 5 days had my cat sitting, stay, eyes, hide, jump, stand. And we are working on roll over. This is 6 days into owning the book. Our cat is a Bengal kitten, and I hear they are very smart. But something I did not expect to come out of this book at all, is that the cat, via me watching it and learning how it communicates. Has instigated its own games with its own rules that it likes to play. for building communication which I didn't even know as possible with an animal. But for first time cat owner this book was amazing and I would highly recommend it to everybody. Additionally, I would buy two clickers for games of tag with friends

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YSF

Fine, but needs work.

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2015

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Very short book... you can get all the information from online sources. I was also disappointed with how vague it was in terms of instruction. It would have been nice to see a day-by-day training list for a typical cat. Instead, the book was peppered with anecdotes about how such-and-such cat did some amazing thing after only the first day... Not really helpful, since that is not my cat and I bought this book as a step-by-step manual, not to read random stories. I also wanted more instruction on how to increase difficulty of tasks, how to know if your cat is ready to move to more difficulty, and specifics on treats. Should we always use super special treats? The book suggests using the best treats in the beginning but doesn't provide any guidance on how to taper that off into just normal treats. Recommend as an adequate beginner's guide to clicker training, but you really need to find websites to learn more in-depth.

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JennU

Great book with wonderful ideas to get your cat trained.

Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2017

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After reading this book, my husband, daughter and I have successfully taught our cat how to hi-five, come when called and to sit. This has been helpful in getting her out of places we don't want her at and in keeping her for interested in playing. She regularly wants to "play" with her training and uses it daily. We use a hairbrush as a reward and if she hears a brush, she comes running now.

For our shyer cat, this has been better at getting her attention and she will come, but for shorter distances. She's interested, but if our other cat comes, she cuts the sessions short. Good book with loads of great ideas.

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Quercus macrocarpa

A fantastic beginer's guide to training your cat.

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2018

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I adore my cat, but his aggressive begging and attention-seeking behaviors were driving me nuts! So I decided to try clicker training and bought this book to learn how. I was able to begin training by page 10, and the rest of the book builds on the concepts even more. It even helps with some common problems with the process to help avoid pitfalls. I have been clicker training for 2 weeks and already I have seen dramatic improvements in my cat's behavior. I highly recommend this book to cat guardians who are motivated to make their cat relationship work, but who sometimes get frustrated with naughty behaviors.

19 people found this helpful

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TF88

Not a how-to.

Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2019

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Disappointing. I thought this would be instructional. Instead it mostly talks about the subject in general, giving anecdotal situations in which one might apply clicking. Unless one of those stories is exactly like your cat, you’ll have to figure it all out on your own. The book seemed to be trying to sell me on the virtues of clicking even through I had already bought the book! Now teach me how to DO it!

8 people found this helpful

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Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2019

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Have nothing bad to state about the physical aspects of the clicker. It seems well constructed the antenna/telescoping appendage is sturdy.

Tried and tried and tried again. Could be the individual (most likely), but felt as if herding cats. Read books and viewed videos on click training, same as it not: the outcome was the same. Think click training would be more successful with dogs. What is that line from one of the "Dirty Harry" movies? Something about knowing one's limitations?

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lchriste

Yes, you can train a cat. Great book!

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2015

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We have trained several wonderful pet cats from kittenhood to adulthood with great success. However, after we elected to adopt a male stray who appeared at our door, this book (and great help from Cornell's vet school) kept our biting stray cat from being returned to "from whence he came".

This book/method was recommended by Cornell's veterinary school to help us train our cat to stop biting us out of annoyance. An inexpensive target/clicker training device, food catty couldn't live without (sweet potato & chicken baby food, in our case) and consistent persistence with behavior training techniques solved the problem. He now licks instead of biting, meows instead of growling, and lets us hug and pet him at least a few times per day. (And he has the best purr this side of the Big Cats!) Worth the effort. Note: the emphasis in this book is on positive reinforcement, which worked beautifully. We found that a firm, non-angry, repeated persistent verbal "no" and some short "time out" confinements were great adjunct training.

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LMC

Great book to get started

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2020

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This is a great intro for clicker training. I have already trained my cat to come when called and follow a target stick. My cat was completely feral just a year and a half ago. She came with the house we bought and we slowly coaxed her in. Now she's being clicker trained which is pretty amazing. I've had cats my entire life and never knew this was a thing! I will be deepening my knowledge with an animal behavior course, but this is a great starting place if you want to build on the skill.

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Talzznd

very good foundation for cat owners trying to train their cat

Reviewed in Canada on March 23, 2015

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I am a first time cat owner. Never have had cats and never have been around cats. After 2 months adopting a 3-month old kitten, I read this book. The book explains the foundation of your relationship with your cat. After reading the book, I changed some of my daily routines with my cat (like feeding her twice a day instead of laying food in front of her at all times). I also started the clicker training with the help of the book and some videos on youtube and after only a few trials, my little kitten can now do high five and play dead. Following the advice in the book I was able to keep my kitten off the dinner table, stop ruining the plants, sit quietly while I clip her nails, and even trained her to drink from tab water (which made her be friendly with water so I can give her a bath of some sort).

14 people found this helpful

Michelle A

My cat is now a genius!

Reviewed in Canada on December 29, 2019

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This book is fantastic! My indoor cat is not a fan of most toys, and she was pretty bored before we started clicker training. The book showed us how to model and reward behaviours, and now she is eager to show off her new skills. She can give high fives, jump up and down on command, bat a ball back & forth to us, and the list keeps on growing. If your pet is bored, try clicker training!

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Steffy

Facile da tenere in mano

Reviewed in Italy on December 7, 2018

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Libro troppo caro sia per la qualità delle pagine e sia per il contenuto. Senza immagini.

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Sparkwhistle

Surprisingly effective

Reviewed in Canada on June 28, 2014

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I was surprised to find out that clicker training really works. Who woulda thunk it? Even an aloof cat can be trained with simple commands reinforced with a clicker. I would definitely recommend this book to someone who is interested in training their cat.

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M. K.

My cat was really happy to have the opportunity to earn tastier food

Reviewed in Canada on January 16, 2016

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Really interesting book to start clicker training your cat. Explain the differences between training a dog and a cat. Give you a step by step how to clicker train guide. My cat was really happy to have the opportunity to earn tastier food.

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