so i want him to touch his nose click reward come over here
good job
good boy jericho
hey friends this is jess and jericho and i'm going to start training jericho he's looking
at me for his treats right now so i have some healthy treats broke up into small pieces and
i have my cat school training kit this video is not sponsored but there are affiliate links
in the description below so i started training jericho two years ago but then i fell off of it
so i bought an actual training kit from cat school so we're going to use that to
train him so we have a nice thank you card and a quick start guide and a bag that has let's see
a pointer and a clicker okay so i'm going to start with the quick start guide
jericho's purring and looking for these treats okay we're going to start with the clicker first
so it says how do i start show your cat that one click equals one treat with several pieces of
food in your hand and your cat's attention click first then place a piece of food down so this is
basically teaching jericho that click equals a reward so we want him to get used to the clicker
sound get adjusted to the click sound and this is very helpful when you use treats as rewards
because that helps them relate to it positively so i'm going to click and then offer a treat
jericho he knows where the treats are so he's like this is why i need to train him
so i click and then put down the food
click put down the food
doesn't really seem to care about the click sound he really just is focused on his
treats he loves these minnows
okay so he seems comfortable he knows that it equals food so step two after you click toss the
treat further away you should start to see your cat anticipate a moving treat after the click
it's hard to keep his attention because he just wants to go for the food
okay so he he knows to come back to me
now that you've created some distance click and reward your cat when they return to you
the goal is to show your cat that returning to you earns a reward so i'm going to throw a
treat and then when he returns to me i'm going to click and give another reward
so that he knows come back to me so now i'm going to click throw another treat
he came back to me so i click give him another treat
so i'm just going to warm up click give him a treat
now i want to throw and he's going to get a treat jericho
and then i give him one when he returns to me and also click
so it also says to give your cat some distance so i want to try throwing the treats
so that he's actually going a little farther away from me
jericho good he's coming back to me he knows to expect a treat
all right so he kind of gets this let me see the next thing we want to do is the pointer pointer
so it says as soon as your cat approaches the ball
end of the stick click then reward practice until your cat can follow the target stick
for two to three feet before you click and reward okay so i want him to approach the pointer
he's just looking at the treats oh he clicked
it's like he just he knows about the treats that's all he cares about
get up and walk around but he knows he just wants the treats he knows where the treats are
oh it's hard to
i need a little fanny pack for the treats
got my fanny pack today see if jericho comes over
so i'm gonna warm up again and then we'll do more of this stick
you gotta go get it jericho look
jericho
jericho okay now let's see if i can get up and get him walk around
nope
he still needs to learn this
jericho good job
now
do
good so he's still getting used to this so i'm gonna make it easier good
now he sees my hands for the treats and that's what he wants to go for good
good
good kind of like making him touch it good
here we go
jericho okay now we gotta do the pointer
good job
uh
good job jericho
good boy
he's starting to learn the pointer
look at it jericho look
jericho jericho
good job
jericho so i want him to touch his nose click reward come over here
good job
good job okay now yesterday we practiced sit a little bit
good job jericho gonna get him to get up and walk good job
okay come over here
good boy jericho
good job right here
so that was week one pretty good job jericho start off slow and so it's basically just to
get your cat used to the clicker sound and to associate the clicker sound with a reward
and then you gradually grow from there jericho knows how to sit after his first week
good job jericho so i'm going to continue to film continue to grow on these tricks
and if you'd like to continue seeing his progress let me know in the comments thanks for watching