Training your cat is one of the best ways to build a strong relationship with them. Actively interacting with your cat not only helps boost their mental wellbeing, but your cat will also positively associate solving puzzles and training with getting rewards from you. Peak Purrformance is the official certifying body for cats that provides certifications in cat tricks, sports, and cat behavior.
Read MoreOne of the biggest challenges during the holiday season is keeping your cats safe from your holiday decorations, or maybe keeping your decorations safe from your cat. Winter is a time to get cozy. Blankets, fireplaces, comfort food, and of course holiday decorations. It can also be a time for all of the feelings to emerge, especially in a year like 2020. Whether the feelings are stress or a time to kick back and relax, one thing is for sure… we still don’t want our cats to disrupt our holiday decorations.
Read MoreWhat if I told you that you would never have to clean the litter box again if you toilet trained your cat? Toilet training your cat in and of itself is not particularly hard, it is a bit time consuming but so is cleaning the litter box every day. It sounds like a pretty sweet deal. Yet if you were to walk into a room full of cat owners and ask them their opinion on toilet training you would get many impassioned answers from “yes, it's fantastic and I will never go back to litter boxes!” to “it is unethical and I would never toilet train my cat!” to “I tried to but my cat scratched up my toilet!”.
Read MoreA sorcerer? A sadist? What are these labels? These are names that I have been called in comments on Instagram. Obviously, I’m neither a sorcerer or a sadist. These are labels assigned to me by people who have seen my video of Peach washing her paws in the sink. People just cannot believe that a cat can do the same things that dogs can.
Read MoreYou and I are standing in a room. You start walking towards me. I tell you no. You stop moving. I tell you no. You move to the right. Again, I tell you no. You are now frustrated because I’ve given you no other information or feedback other than saying no. In my head, I think what I want from you is simple. I wanted you to back up. But to you, all you heard was no. This is the same thing that we do to our animals.
Read MoreBefore Space Cat Academy, I lived in New Jersey. Since most of my family still lives there, we make the trek from Wisconsin to New Jersey a couple of times a year. The drive takes about fifteen hours with stops. A few years ago we decided to bring Peach and our dog Niki with us. Niki is used to traveling in the car and has experience with long trips. We decided to bring them because Peach is very social with us and we would be gone for a week.
Read MoreWhen I train animals, there are people who get snarky and ask me why we’re working on “party tricks.” These people want “real world” applications to training. Here’s the thing. Every trick that you work on with your cat has a real world application.
Read MoreAre your training inconsistencies making your cats negative behaviors stronger? Short answer is yes. Cats are incredibly intelligent. They receive sensory input constantly and they make a decision on how to act on it. Your cat will learn that the behaviors they do, make you respond in a certain way. We do this as well. It’s a very subtle process and you may not even notice that it’s taking place.
Read MoreIt is considered normal, if not required to train a new puppy or dog. Obedience classes, private sessions, dog sports, and help with behavioral problems are all common services for dogs. A quick google search will reveal plenty of results of dog trainers in your area.
So, why isn’t this the case with cats?
Read MoreNobody plans to have an emergency, but everyone should plan for emergencies. This is especially true if a cat is part of your family. Cats can be difficult to deal with in crisis scenarios, so you should do your best to prepare for the worst. Here are several steps that you can take to give your cat the best chance possible to stay safe and sound in the event of an emergency.
Read MoreAs someone who started as a dog trainer navigating the world of cat ownership and training, there are some lessons that I have learned from my cat that make me a better dog trainer. Here are some aspects of training that have improved my abilities by owning a cat!
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