you can teach no to your cat and still
consider it positive reinforcement there
is no punishment
in the word no we are still going to
reward our cat
for stopping the behavior that they are
doing instead of punishing them
for doing so i use the word no with my
cadmia and i consider it extremely
useful
but there are many other trainers out
there that believe that using the word
no
can affect your bond with your cat and
can build frustration on them
these trainers recommend focusing on the
behaviors that you want to see repeated
more often
and there is some validity in their
reasoning if you overuse the word no or
you do it from a frustrated mindset you
are most likely going to instill that
frustration on your cat as well
especially with cats that have created
the negative association
with the word now using it might make
our cats get stressed or even shut down
if that's the case with your cat maybe
in your case it would be best to focus
on those behaviors that you want to see
more often for example if your cat is on
the counter or about to jump on the
counter you can do two things you can
either say no
or you can say floor in both cases
you're
trying to prevent your cat from jumping
on the counter in one case
you're going to reward them from staying
on the floor in the other
you're going to reward them from not
jumping both commands
have the same purpose but the approach
is very different and you might be
asking
in what cases should i use the word know
that well i believe that using the word
node to discourage your cats from doing
a behavior that you don't want them to
do or to tell them that what they are
doing
it's a behavior that it's not going to
get rewarded it's faster
and it's way more versatile than
teaching them
all the behaviors that we want them to
do instead no
should never mean to our cats bad cat no
should only serve to communicate to our
cat
no that's not the behavior i'm looking
for right now
and if you do that you're not going to
get rewarded teaching your cat to stop
doing things it's one of the questions i
get asked more often how do i stop my
cat from waking me up and
how do i stop my cat from eating my plan
how do i stop my cat from jumping on my
counter
for that reason i am filming a series of
tutorials teaching you
how to stop your cat from doing the
things that you don't want them to do
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the end of the day there is nothing
wrong about teaching your cat the word
no
if they don't have any negative
association with the word no person but
there's nothing wrong either in choosing
to avoid the word no altogether but
today
i'm going to help you teach the word no
to your cat
let's go into it
let's work when i teach my cat miami
trick
i like teaching them using little games
these games
are a seamless way to little by little
build up towards the command i want to
teach
at the end of the video i'm going to
share with you a couple extra tricks so
that these exercises are a success
did you know today we're going to use
three little games charging the word no
with a lack of a reward it's like the
opposite of charging the clicker
teaching that no
means no and practicing no in context i
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with the exercise number one
charging the word now for this exercise
i'm going to place some people in my
hand
and i'm going to keep my hand open so
that me i can see it
at this point your cat is going to have
two options one
steal it two wait for you to give a go
in the case that your cat dies to steal
it we are going to close our hand
while saying the word no we want them to
develop the self-control
when we say the word no
no
no
good girl we're going to repeat this
over and over until they understand that
they cannot do it without
us giving permission no
good girl i'll try one more
no good girl
as you can see every time she tries less
hard
to reach a treat because she knows that
it's not the way she's gonna get it
no good girl
let's move to exercise number two now
we're going to place the food
on the table and do the exact same thing
if they try to reach the food we're
going to cover it with our hand
no
good girl
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no
good girl a good development of this
exercise
is to wait to say the good girl or click
until they look at us
in the eyes it's a good way to know that
they are paying attention to us and not
to the food the third exercise is the
last evolution of this command
it's going to help us translate between
no
you're not getting the food to know i
don't want you to do this for this
exercise we're going to place the food
somewhere around the house where we
don't want them to be
we're going to use the leash we're going
to put the harness on
get the leash and walk them around the
house as if we were walking them
outdoors
when they smell the food they're going
to try to reach to that place
what we're going to do we're going to
use the leash to prevent them
at the time that we say the work now
when they stop trying
we're going to reward ultimately what we
want to train them is to understand that
if we say the word no
they need to stop doing what they're
doing and they need to pay attention to
us
because that it's going to get rewarded
more
than whatever they're doing
no no come here
come here
good girl
no come on
the whole objective of the word no is to
stop behaviors
before they even happen try to
anticipate the behaviors that you don't
want your cat to do
and when they stop reward generously
also try to start this training in a
controlled environment
you can either do it indoors or maybe in
a very large piece of grass with any
other competing stimuli if you practice
this exercise for the first time
on a hike or on a park with other
animals it's very likely that your
treats are not going to be strong enough
to compete with all the other stimuli
and you won't be able to lure your cat's
attention to the training if you're a
plant lover
check out this video with five useful
tricks to stop your cat from chomping on
your plants
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