I taught my cat how to high five!

[@ARTexplains]

But can you cat a train?

[@tpmiranda]

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[@marygarnett6]

Tiago Miranda what

[@artycustoms]

That just confused me for a sec

[@birgittazandhers9257]

Laughing? Ain't it wonderful to be a nerd?!? 😁😽

[@elisabeth9951]

@@tpmiranda 😂😂😂😂

[@morbid1.]

step 1: High five step 2: World dominance

[@neurotransmissions]

MUAHAHAHAHAHA

[@hiimzuza8787]

citler?..

[@rampagetv]

@@hiimzuza8787 Catolf Kitler?

[@hiimzuza8787]

@@rampagetv yes, I love it

[@ilhamzulhukmi3808]

@@rampagetv yes

[@Sparro-1]

Yeahh Yea Yeahhh Yea Yeah Yeahh YEAH YEAHH OH YEAHHH

[@snowythealolanvulpix2576]

So lemme get this strait so all I have to do to get a famous KZbinR to like meh comment is to say yea Yeah yeah OH YEAHHHHHHH? ok ty for the help:) 😂😂😂😂

[@2x477]

Sparro 34443YT just as a side note, animals recognize your behavior, they connect the yeah with something good Some way of unwanted conditioning

[@snowythealolanvulpix2576]

2x4 Ok,ok smartypants

[@TheOmegaBlaster]

Oh Yeah Yeah Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah

[@salmon2518]

Epic funny

[@ll7868]

That ain't nuthin', my cat does my taxes and came up for a cure for cancer but the dog ate his notes so...

[@Kapin05]

"Yeah I _did_ cure cancer but the dog ate my homework"

[@btsxarmy5642]

?

[@FCTraceyProductions]

A year later, and this comment still wins comment of the day!

[@walmarp]

@@btsxarmy5642 it's a joke on how the cure for cancer was destroyed in the 50s

[@FCTraceyProductions]

@The guy who didn’t get the joke c'mon bro, you shouldn't have to explain yourself. #usernamechecksout

[@arambadalyan2469]

How do you know they're not training you to give them treats and giving you negative reinforcement for sitting higher?

[@jeannineschneider8552]

Good call!

[@aryore2411]

Absolutely lol. All social creatures are constantly "training" each other to do what they want, even if they're not doing it consciously or intentionally.

[@Reynbowz]

*negative punishment As he explained, negative reinforcement is a type of reward for encouraging a behaviour by removing something bad. Taking away something desirable, ie not jumping, is negative punishment.

[@prizedfox]

Well the idea is eventually the cat does it without a treat, the goal. So no they aren’t training him really when eventually they do it without the food Reinforcement

[@andreyvatson]

In Russia cat trains you.

[@ianwalton4408]

lol, in my house the cat trains you, well, me anyway

[@minyoongi2167]

In China cat kills you

[@chi5065]

Is my cat also Russian ? 🤣

[@Anon18694]

I live in the netherlands. I must have a russian cat then..

[@KarlisKrumins-gt8ge]

😂😂😂

[@aerinxshamy2052]

Whenever I say “kiss” to my cat he goes to show me his forehead, I’ve started doing this when he was younger without any treat

[@dzimka7576]

aww

[@violethourvision6829]

Aww! When I pick my cat up and cradle her for hello kisses she bows her head and closes her eyes so I can kiss her head. Such a sweet girl.

[@dominique1481]

My dad does this but my cat scrubs his head in my dads head

[@deadbyjuke6705]

Whenever I say high five she scratches me into oblivion

[@atheenamacagaan3095]

Same

[@JerichoAndFriends]

Wow, "scrub the stairs leading to the scary basement" is oddly specific. 😄

[@neurotransmissions]

Based on a true story. 🙀🙀

[@JerichoAndFriends]

Haha, I figured as much! 😄

[@emmal9820]

@@neurotransmissions Do tell, please

[@jason_a_smith_gb]

Emma L Woo! :D

[@DeneF]

I think nearing day 6 poor Loki was probably getting too heavy to jump after all them snacks. Lol. Nice try though.

[@pikajade]

Guy: "high five" Cat: **bap** Guy: "yhieaa"

[@me-np6oj]

*His cats doing the bare minimum* This duuude: *aggressively* YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!

[@jameseiner]

It's so great, he loves them so much!!!

[@me-np6oj]

@@jameseiner I know right! It makes me happy to see how well he treats his babies 😭😭

[@kitcat2449]

That's my dad haha

[@vonBelfry]

That's training for yah.

[@THE_Mirage]

Likes are at 555...must....not...LIKEEEEEEEE!!!!

[@silversyntax]

at 10:56 Bill was like, "wait? where's my treat??? Did I got scammed?"

[@crystalheart9]

I think he should still get a treat. Sort of like going to work and not getting a paycheck at the end of the week, hint hint.

[@tomAkelife-gy4qr]

was more difficult for loki because the man subsequently increased the height that loki needed to jump. there was increasing difficulty but not increasing reward in conjuction. when loki jumped on furniture behind the chair to get to the man's lap, that confirmed for me that loki didn't like to jump that last height. normal / steady lap height I think would've convinced loki

[@theanarkiddie4569]

Lol “did I got scammed”

[@dancepiglover]

He doesn't specifically need a treat. He is reinforced if something happens that he likes. Get petted is also a reward.

[@TELEVISIBLE]

evil human !

[@WXKFA]

Jumping method has a flaw and that is your cat might not trust you to catch him if he jumps, that's why he's trying to climb. You already established with him that climbing is ok too. What you should do instead is to lift him and then give him a treat in so called final position. Do it enough times and eventually the cat will realise that being on your arms (when you assume the correct pose) equals a treat so he will jump to your arms whenever he wants a treat. It will no longer be a choice then.

[@willworkforchocolate6331]

Maybe while still in the sitting phase, scooping your arms underneath him supportively as soon as he lands. Even with just one arm so that the treat can be held up with the other hand.

[@leerwesen]

@@willworkforchocolate6331 Maybe having the cat jump up onto something, like a ledge, would work. That way you don't need to support them, and they can use the knowledge of "jump" to more than just your arms (like a bed, car seat, etc.) I taught my dog to "jump" by having her grab for a toy that I hold up high, then saying "jump" on walks when I was standing on something to get her to join me, then saying "jump" to get her to jump up on something when I stayed on the ground.

[@randomgirl9144]

This is how many times he said yea 👇

[@alpertokcan9899]

Genius

[@AylatheRaichu]

5 years after training my cat to high five and to even alternate between paws with the vocal command "other", she got her revenge by training me to give her head rubs whenever she pats me on the shoulder.

[@abyssstrider2547]

I can't tell if your cat is dumb or a genius

[@crisgarces03]

Lol 😆👏🏻

[@alexkim5729]

Does she say YEH when you give her head rubs?

[@NasciParaAdorar7]

Fair trade!

[@viralflow562]

10:56 "What just happened?" -Bill the Cat

[@CandyWorld30]

"WHERES MY TREAT???"

[@cmeadows3560]

i had to ‘rewind’ that and take a look.....i totally see it! hysterical!!!

[@angierae403]

Exactly!

[@woodbbl]

@@CandyWorld30 WE HAD AN AGREEMENT!!

[@saramassimi2023]

"DADDY WHY U DO DIS, WHERE'S MA TREAT, WHY U GOIN AWAY?? WORST DAY OF MA LIFE"

[@kilamunshum]

My mum walked in while I was watching and the only thing she could hear was yeah yeah yeah high five up up up yeah yeah

[@dancepiglover]

Not the worst thing she might hear coming from someone's computer.

[@thereal2liim2hady]

I suspect that if you had introduced the "catching" part of the equation before even raising your height (maybe kinda lightly grabbing him once he was in your lap), that Loki would have felt more confident he wouldn't just fall when the angle of your legs got closer to a full stand. Great vid though! And your cats are too precious!!

[@ChrisOsberg]

Bill was thinking "WAIT, I just high fived, where's my treat?? He just left without giving me it!"

[@Than211]

Just out of curiosity, wouldn't Bill eventually learn, "Hey, if I give him a hi-five, daddy will leave so if I don't give him a hi-five, maybe he won't leave" because you taught him that hi-five equals you leaving therefore if he doesn't give you a hi-five, you'll stay?

[@SohiHien]

If he does it for other situations during the day where he doesn't leave he won't associate it with that. Also leaving for work is part of the regular routine, Bill is used to his owner leaving at that time most days and therefore knows it is a normal thing and his owner will return later that day at a certain time. It doesn't cause anxiety since it is part of the regular daily schedule. And cats are super into schedules and routines. My cat has no problem with me leaving for work in the morning, he knows the morning routine and knows I'll be home around 5pm that day and waits for me then. If I come home early he is simply sleeping or maybe eating some food. Not anxiously awaiting my return or crying at the door. He is only upset if I come home hours later then I should. The high five before leaving will simply become part of the morning routine and means he gets a good pet before his owner leaves for the day.

[@chrisje8925]

For Loki, he's hesitant to jump onto your slanted lap. He knows not to use claws on you, and he can't see a safe place to land otherwise. Start low again, and every time he jumps up gently scoop a supportive arm around him. Then work on increasing height. He'll learn he's supported every time, and that your arm is a desirable place to jump onto. As it is, you're offering him no safe landing place (as far as he's aware) as your lap becomes more vertical.

[@SunflowerSpotlight]

My mom loves cats. She was just diagnosed with late stage cancer a week and a half ago, and I’m trying to find things to make her happy. I’m learning violin and practicing piano and harp more. We’re doing a book club (I had like 50 books I wanted to read with her eventually, so that was pretty sad to put most of them aside). We’re going on a preemptive wedding dress shopping excursion when she’s having a good day so she can do that with me. But I want little things to give her happy moments, and since she loves the cats and we’re pretty goofy, I think she’d love being able to get a high five. Helps morale. “Even the cat is rooting for you!” This would be harder for my cat; my Bombay doesn’t really like treats! She likes wet food, some, but mostly the gravy on it. And freeze dried salmon is interesting to her, but like two pieces and she’s done. A single shred of shredded cheese is tasty to her, then she’s done. Maybe clicker training could draw out session length? But I dunno. I want to try it though. My Mom would just adore it if her cats and mine could do some tricks. She already loves that mine plays fetch. Thanks for showing the process, that it really requires a lot of time and repetition, and that sometimes you have to work around a problem. It’s really cool. I hope I can find a video on leash training that helps me with that; the kind that’s more comfortable to get my cat into, she just slinks to the ground and won’t move. And she’s been known to be able to back out of it, a disaster nightmare scenario if we’re outside. The lighter harness is complicated enough that when I’m done with it, she’s already nervous. And again, treats... aren’t able to be used just a ton with her. I bought so many kinds and handed them off to my mom’s cats because she didn’t like them at all, treated them as less interesting than dry food. So it’ll be an interesting problem to work around.

[@PrincessPoohs]

I taught both of my girls to high five like a year ago from this video! Thank you!! One thing I don’t have the heart to do is ask for high fives when I don’t have treats available lol. They get SO excited for their treat when I ask for a high five, I can’t bear to disappoint!

[@michellebilodeau3882]

You nailed it when you said he just chose not to do it. I had a terrier that was the star of the show at obedience school. He was always in the center ring doing everything the trainer asked . When we got home I took him out in the backyard with my bag of treats ready to do training and he looked at me like" it ain't happening" ... and he would walk away and refused to participate. LOL

[@tim3609]

This video is great. I love your editing style, keeping it authentic by showing failures as well. Instantly subscribed -didn't need any conditioning for that :)

[@janetaeschliman3168]

For real....not a joke --- my cat, Mitchell does several things on command : * Sit, *Shake (offerring left paw to held & shaked) *Beg ( seated w/both front legs held up ) & the last trick is * ROLLOVER. ....And yes, he actually lies down and does one complete roll , turning completely over and then immediately begins looking for the treat to come LOL.....Im proud of my boy. He LOVES company to come and is very sociable because he usually is put through his tricks & believe me ...thisboy LOVES his treats

[@michellev8475]

Bill is so cute with his goodbye high five. And so smart! When you tell him wrong paw, he gets it!

[@dappledane7975]

He gets it because he's touching the correct paw to teach him, not because of the words.

[@nerdmaid1240]

This is great. We taught our cat to do paw for his dinner because it was a better indication than the shouting he would do from the kitchen constantly! He's expert now. He is also definitely left pawed btw which is very cute. He uses left for everything.

[@Reynbowz]

Bill: Hey look I trained my human to give me treats when I do a high five

[@ValerieBernard2]

2 videos in and i had to subscribe 😍 you with Bill and Loki is so cute

[@emstas]

yeeeee

[@kelvinvalencio2]

*y e a h*

[@winkwonk1358]

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[@movedtokloosh3990]

Jør hel ems YE-

[@blackrabbitgaming4810]

YEEET

[@95mustafa]

*y e e e e e e e e e e e e e a h*

[@Jazz-jg9vo]

This is a lovely video to watch. I really like the way you broke it down and also showed the number of days it took. Good work

[@dontaskmyname6734]

Yea my parents used a very unique yet a succesful parenting style called "do it or u wil get hit"

[@abyssstrider2547]

its largely unnecessary. You can lock the kid somewhere too for a while (preferably a dark room) for a while or simply giving the kid less food when the kid screws up

[@V0Y463R]

Mine is “do it or uncle george is gonna do it to you again”

[@ffocalors]

Edin743 I prefer being hit than being starved ty

[@pixiec3728]

@@abyssstrider2547 please never do that. Saw enough kids being afraid of darkness and having sleeping problems. That's not good for your kids at all! Less food is also not good because they need the nutrients. But u could just not giving them dessert or take their video games away. That's much better!

[@Dot11]

@@abyssstrider2547 horrible advice! hope you dont direct your family that way

[@waxedhands4199]

WAY TO GO making these videos, So well explained, great footage. Thank you for taking the time to make such a work of art along with helping me with a new stray!

[@myussuf634]

Cat's are actually quite teachable especially when they are young. I had a cat back in 2005 and within few days knew how to sit, handshake/giving me his hand, running to me when I call him. I miss him and hopefully soon I will be able to get another cat.

[@-candela-1230]

Keep working on it. No matter if they learn a useful thing or not, stimuli is important. Good luck and have fun.

[@fairyintothewild8443]

Love the cat videos, please keep them coming. 🐾

[@rars1965]

Regardless of your perceived success or failure, those cats love you. The lynxpoint is beautiful, I have one too. Super smart, clingy but independent. Bill is so handsome and looks like he absolutely loves you. I’d call that a success for sure.

[@charleswarwick4849]

Well now I have to try this with my cats. It's been fun watching your trials!

[@neurotransmissions]

Let me know how it turns out. Bill still gives high fives, so he really learned it!

[@Kummahndough]

"YEA-"

[@Minitomate]

Me: So what do you do every day? Cat: I give high fives to my human to pet me every day.

[@orphicqueen]

Beautifully done!! They’re both such sweethearts! 🖤

[@tinayo8543]

You can see Bill's face when he high5ed you but got no treats. He's like: wheres the treat, you're just gonna leave?

[@shaista9938]

Yeah..spot on

[@janistp]

Yeah, for real conditioning I think you were really scares on the treats for Bill. I just showed you what a smart, good cat he is because he did it anyway just for your praise, but you really were skimpy on the treats in my opinion.

[@SohiHien]

@@janistp Well the idea behind tricks and behaviours is to ultimately have the pet do them simply for a pet/praise or just because they are told and not a treat. Treats are just used in the beginning to keep enough interest in performing the behaviour to get them into the habit of performing it on command. So it's great he could get Bill to engage without food being involved.

[@hannahgaber1613]

Omg totally love this! Now thinking about trying your techniques. You’re super good at this man.

[@beetl_3]

I already trained my cat to high five following a lecture on conditioning, but it wasn't quite where i wanted it. Thanks for some of the info!

[@masterctrainanimates5411]

Whole video is “YEAHHHHHHHHHH”

[@daisyreyes4859]

9:26 wow, u could see that his right paw twitched & was abt to use it, but then used his left niiice

[@hhjggjfrt7794jn]

I do psychology for A-level and this video help me understand the topic a bit more as I’m doing it right now

[@arunasamadder4224]

He did really hard work..... Gave much of his patience and worked hard

[@jeannineschneider8552]

Thanks for showing how it really is. Everyone makes it seem like it's nothing. But it needs so much patience.

[@SallyLock103emeCaris]

Bill giving you a high five before you go to work is sooooooooooooooooooooo cute omg *-*

[@Miuy135]

I absolutely love all these cat training videos with psychology. Please make more of these videos. Let’s see if you could train them to meow when you ask them to.

[@cyclone19692000]

10:56 Woa woa hey my treat oy that git

[@ethaneggleton7413]

I just found this channel and it has inspired me to start training my own cat.

[@catfall6997]

I think jumping takes too much energy, were as high five use much less energy. So jumping to get a treat is probably not worth the energy expenditure.

[@samkh1627]

I watched this video before having a cat and it was very impressive, not long ago i adopted a cat and i was curious to try what u did with your cats and i was shocked even though it took a while but she learned how to "high five", how to "sit" and to follow me when i say "come" and i believe that training cats is definitely effective!

[@Nallieheai]

10:56 "??? wtf hooman youve never done this before" - bill

[@bridgerlee7478]

I love the tabby with the folded ears so cutee

[@sabriB189]

Bill is so underestimated lmao like the oink oink oink video :)

[@Vekna666]

I know this came out in 2018, but it really made my week better. Thanks!

[@HariboWormPlsSaveMe]

Loki doesn't jump, because he didn't learn to jump into your arms, he learned to jump onto your lap! Try to teach him to jump from the cat tree into your arms and that you catch him. Then lower his starting point.

[@daiyanabtahi2439]

When he said "behavior and consequences of behavior shaped us" , felt that.

[@fastrack4408]

His videos are basically, - video stops before I finish saying "yeah"

[@hxqueen]

Really enjoyed this training session. One of the best parts is that it shows people that it takes time and patience to train. Also that you can have a failure but I bet Loki will learn that trick in time. Maybe not, he may not want to, but that's OK. I have a new cat about 6 months old now, still a bit on the ADD side but I'm going to use clicker training with him and I may try it with some of my older cats but they don't get too excited about treats so it may be difficult or not possible at this point. Will try and see. Thanks for this video.

[@Svartr.HrafnSvartr]

I wonder why cats/dogs don't 'untrain' themselves when the treat is gradually removed - I mean, why repeat the behaviour if there is no reward? Or... is the positive reinforcement being shifted from the treat to praise? Also, I have two cats - one is treat driven and the other is praise driven. My treat driven cat is trained to 'sit' while my praise driven cat is trained to 'play fetch'. They both still get rewarded, but in different ways.

[@paintedwings74]

Yep, one of the big challenges in science is to separate out what you THINK you're testing from what you're ACTUALLY testing. You can try to reward a kid for doing his homework by giving him ice cream or letting him play a video game; you can punish the kid for not doing their homework by removing the ice cream or taking away the video game; but if the kid doesn't like ice cream and would rather go play outside, it's not going to change his behavior either way.

[@ChauNguyen-nb5so]

omg how can i just discover your channel. i love these vids so muchhh

[@Achilles308]

You had Loki jumping to high off the ground before reinforcing that you were going to use your arms to catch him. Had you been catching him in your arms with each seated jump, then gone slightly higher and still catching him in your arms, I do believe he would have trusted your arms would be there on the highest jumps. Pretty good progress in one week though! Maybe he only needed 2 weeks for mastery.

[@pinkshadesingray3688]

I like that you tackle on something very important there, the stimulus used in operant conditioning are, while very influential on behavior, no tthe onlyf actor that intervenes. The context, circumstances, biological state (for example, being stuffed with treats already), and many other things are involved. Some might say even, that behavior doe snot have "mechanical causes", but rather multiple factors that make it more likely to happen, but do not determine it by themselves. Who knows if your cats would be comfortable doing these things with extrangers for example, some behaviors might be generalized, but other behaviors might not. The same happens to us, we do not always talk about the same things the same way with our parents as with our friends, for example.

[@booitsghostie]

The little “YEH”s are what I’m living for

[@fh5855]

I am doing a course on cat care, behaviour and welfare and this was very helpful, thank you.

[@DoDo_Original]

Cats are human like. Cat: eats grass

[@ShaniyahD]

Grass is medicinal. They usually eat it when they have a stomach ache

[@mikuenjoyerXD]

There is no difference then

[@kaunghtettun8857]

You did a great job to show us how brains work. Thank you 😊

[@Kindred1a1]

Cats must think we are so weird. "This big mammal is seemingly having a conversation with himself and only giving me treats if I weirdly touch his hand but only with my left paw wtf"

[@lyndabell1]

Nice video with good explanation. Cute cats!

[@ErebosGR]

Have you noticed a difference in successful attempts when wearing different shirts? Is it possible that Loki doesn't like certain colors?

[@OrigamiMarie]

Most cats won't jump when they can't see how exactly their feet will land on something stable. I suspect the problem wasn't mostly height, but instead mostly not knowing how all four paws were going to be supported once the cat got there. Maybe if he held a little shelf for the kitty to jump up to, and then did gradually more of the supporting with his arms and less with a smaller and smaller shelf? Also making sure to hold his arms still in a cat-supporting pose might help. Shirt might matter too, but more because of how well it can be clung to.

[@cosmopolitanwonder9675]

OrigamiMarie cats see only in black and grey, no colour Matters to them.

[@chadh6785]

@@cosmopolitanwonder9675 incorrect that is dogs

[@zorerb3781]

This was great. I love the success AND failure. A lot of work went into this, good work.

[@theanonymoustoucan5531]

Mom: what're ya doin boy Me: (electrocating my rat) Also Me: Uhh, petting my rat don't come innn?

[@melanie1ization]

Bill can understand what you're saying!!! Very intelligent kitty!

[@kitcat2449]

10:55 he is like "What? Didn't you forget something? Where's the treat?"

[@carlosdelgado9925]

Cool video man liked it a lot it gave me more confidence to train my cat

[@cmeadows3560]

first off, i neeeeeeever want updates from any app or youtube subscriptions.....however, i’ve just rung your bell 🤣. after seeing a few videos, you’re really hysterical and my kind of person 😉 my sweet kitty moxie, who passed a few years ago, came when i called her, was always in the room with me, and fetched fluff and bouncy balls. i now have two rescue kitties , both approx 2 years old. they follow me everywhere, but don’t like to cuddle and have zero interest in treats. one will allow me to pick her up to cuddle for a minute, the other is horrified to cuddle, but has come a long way as i’ve worked with her - she was totally abused. Do you have any ideas how i can get my girls to cuddle?!?! i’d love to talk with you. THANK YOU!!! oh, and totally adore both of them, but really love Bill!!! 😉

[@crystaljoke2431]

Hi. Just get into your channel. Loved it ! Just wanted to say that my cat doesnt need any treat to climb up on my back. She'll always do it when I come home. Idk why, maybe she's just too happy to see me coming back home. :D But the high five thing is priceless. Will try it on her. :3 Good job :D

[@ahmetkurt5899]

100th comment: If your cat doesn't even care about what you're saying how do you make it listen to you. Love the vid :)

[@dadoscriticos]

Your videos are amazing. Regards from Brazil!

[@JabeeDy]

I love this. patience is the key!

[@pack.katisomsakul]

Thank you for the video! I have watched 2-3 of your videos now. I am adopting a cat and hope to try all of your tricks!

[@kaylaehler3951]

3:51 .... thats kinda specific and feels a bit personal there bud

[@KristinaGarcia]

I think we could all use a Bill in our lives. While my husband goes on a trip, I plan to teach our kitty to high-five. He’ll be surprised! Our cat is almost 15 years old but he’ll do anything for a treat! Thanks for this video. It was sweet to see you with your kitties!

[@OrigamiMarie]

Look up Clicker Training, it's how to do this with fewer treats.

[@KristinaGarcia]

@@OrigamiMarie Great idea! Thanks for sharing!!

[@anneynonomous]

Details on that amazing cat painting, please! 😻

[@neurotransmissions]

Haha, oh I started that like a year ago and have been working on it intermittently! I’ve never painted outside of grade school, so this seemed like a fun way to try something new! 😄

[@niksnavnn1128]

I love the way you interact with your cats. I might learn how to mentaly stimulate my cat Picasso during the cold winter season. He doesn't like to walk outside with me then.

[@Hanfeii]

him:high 5 bill:*high 5's* him:YEEEEEEEEEE bill:YYEEEEEEEEE IMA GOOD CATTTTTTTT

[@theosolomon8319]

The feral cat outside was very hungry. I started to feed it and gave it a heated water bowl and nice house on the porch with an electric pad in it. This cat was really staying well, helped and and almost happy. Star, was still young and I thought I could get it domesticated. My way of starting was to feed the cat and hold an orange scoop in front of the food. Because he was hungry he batted it to get it out of the way so he could eat. Now he bats my hand after I pour the food in his dish. So much fun. He still is a feral cat.

[@AriShroom]

one of my cat is more like a dog... somehow he learned to sit when told. I'm confused and amused

[@Emeralds.Bee4]

Ariel Mizrachi my cat does this as well. I’m teaching him how to shake as well 😜

[@chryst1548]

Mine also 😂 We've had him since he was born, & he knows sit, plays fetch, & jumps into the shower with us as he loves water. Funny little guy.

[@crisgarces03]

@@chryst1548 how did you get him to like showers?

[@chryst1548]

@@crisgarces03 - believe it or not, nothing! As a small kitten, he would jump into the bath with my kids. He has grown into jumping into showers now & always wants "out" of the house as an indoor cat when it rains. He may be part Maine Coon which may have something to do with this behavior

[@chryst1548]

@@crisgarces03 - I bought him a harness with a leash that he took to right away & now we go for walks outside safely when it rains. He *loves* going for walks! Some cats like this & some don't, so if you try, take training slow :)

[@Netbase2000]

Do more of these pleaaase

[@TheDannyHamilton]

Something you didn't mention, but might be helpful to others that attempt training of a pet is your use of a "bridging stimulus". Frequently trainers will train with a device such as a "clicker". Initially the "click" is given at the same time as a reward, and eventually the animal associates the sound of the "click" as an indication that something just-that-instant happened that will result in the reward. The "click" can then be used to mark for the animal the exact moment when the desired behavior has occurred, with some time delay happening between the exact behavior and the eventual treat. However, there is nothing special about the sound of a click. Anything that the animal can sense (see, hear, feel, etc) and which can be easily delivered at the exact moment of the desired behavior can be used as a bridging stimulus. In your case, I noticed from the video that you were using the word "yeah" (intentionally or unintentionally) as a bridging stimulus. You would say "yeah" at the exact moment that your received the high five or the cat jumped up, and then the treat would come very shortly afterwards. A bridging stimulus like this can help narrow in the animal's mind the set of recent behaviors that are being rewarded and can therefore speed up training. Also, I suspect that, if you don't continue training Bill regularly with positive reinforcement, the negative punishment (removal of something the cat likes) associated with the high five will eventually diminish his trained response and even train him to NOT give the high five. You are planning after all, in his view of the world, to abandon him for extended periods of time immediately after he gives the high five every day.

[@TheDannyHamilton]

For Loki, the difference between jumping to a lap, and jumping to hopefully be caught might have been too much of a difference. In terms you've used, the stimulus wasn't generalized enough, and the trained stimulus was specific to the seated position. To overcome this, it might have been help to train Loki to lump to a target (some easily identified object) on command. That target could have been used in MANY different locations and situations to generalize it. Then if the target was placed in your arms or on your chest when you gave the command, you could have used the conditioned stimulus (target with command) to condition a new stimulus (command with outstretched arms).

[@tinayoung7232]

Our cat knows the word food and starts to meow and her ears perk up when we say it. I think both of our cats know the word but Gray is just more vocal and expressive about it. We were so excited when realized she understood the word. Cats are so smart.

[@ozlembilliejean]

13:10 when you say "success" he really likes it :))))))))))

[@Clara-kj1hv]

almost crying over their cuteness

[@seasesh4073]

"up" "YEAAH" "up" "YEAAH" "high five" "Yea-"

[@corimyers4985]

Taught our kitty high paw using the same steps, before we saw your video. She also knows sit, speak and pop down (lay down). Also taught her not to walk on tables or countertops. Yes cats can be trained. :)