I Train My Cats With PSYCHOLOGY

[@neurotransmissions]

I'd like to answer some FAQs from the comments: Q. What breeds are your cats? A. Bill is a Scottish Fold and Loki is a Lynx Point (or Tabby Point) Siamese. We got both of them from the Humane Society. Q. Does Bill have hearing issues or is he deaf? His ears are small and floppy. Maybe that's why he can't hear. A. Nope, he hears just fine. He's a Scottish Fold, which affects his cartilage, which makes his ears flop over. However, that does not affect his hearing at all. Q. Shouldn't you have used a higher-pitched sound? I've heard that cats can't hear lower sounds. A. Cats can hear everything from 55 Hz up to 79 kHz, which is a much larger range than humans. So while they do hear a significantly higher range, they are very capable of hearing lower sounds too. For context, here's a 55 Hz tone: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXzRf5apnrieqLc You could make an argument that higher-pitched sounds travel farther, which makes them easier to hear at a distance. But we were in a small apartment, so it really doesn't make much of a difference. Q. Why not just use a clicker or their names? A. Because I like to have fun :D

[@Immor7alBG]

The reason why high pitch sounds are better is because their usual prey make higher pitched sounds and they are more likely to respond to them, they still hear the low pitched sounds but aren't nearly as interested in them.

[@zeet.1508]

Neuro Transmissions It makes me soooo happy that they came from the humane society. This proves my point that you can find “fancy cats” at an adoption center. Thanks for changing their life

[@superjare23]

CAt's hear higher frequencies waayy better than low ones. Doing a low pitched noise wasn't the best choice.

[@jsoellner1]

I've recently learned that dry food can be very dangerous for a cats health, since their natural diet (e.g. mice) contains about 70% water. Therefore cats usually don't really drink that much. So basically were forcing our cats to drink because the dry food sucks up a lot of liquid (--> you can just test this by pouring some water over a portion of the dry food and see how much of it gets sucked up). But since drinking that much isn't what cats would naturally do, they tend not to drink enough. The lack of water in their diet then can cause kidney desease over the years, which is why renal insufficiency is the main cause of death for domestic cats. Have you heard of this problems with dry food as well?

[@Nightowl_IT]

Is he deaf?

[@amydebuitleir]

Meanwhile on CatTube: "I trained my human to make a funny sound and give me a treat"

[@Areeha]

hahaha

[@ae_marn]

You mean meowtube for cats, youtube for humans

[@gemunomi3842]

😆

[@meg1038]

Amy de Buitléir I’m dead 😆

[@wyattwolftown3286]

YOU FOOLS, MEWTUBE

[@gummi-_-5103]

Bill is like that one kid in class that doesnt do anything but still gets an A+ on every test

[@atlanticcube4148]

me

[@rammstein2seth1]

Also me lmao -woof

[@brenon1441]

Thats me but i have heard of the horror stories that come with being naturally gifted and not learning how to study or do things on your own.

[@sashypooh409]

Or that person that can bs a paper and still get an A.

[@amandadasilva467]

Gummi -_- lol

[@Mandassina]

I trained my cat to lie down and roll over on command, but instead of soliciting the behaviors, I waited until he did them naturally, and then said the commands as he did it, praised him as he completed it, and rewarded him. It took about twelve hours and I had to be vigilant to catch him in the act, but by the end of the day, I could say the commands, and he'd do the tricks without a sign of a treat. After a couple of weeks of receiving intermittent rewards for his performance, I swear he tried training me to give treats on command. He'd come stand directly in front of me and wait until he had my undivided attention. Then, he'd lie down, roll over, sigh dramatically and stare at me. If he didn't get a treat, he'd walk a circle around the room, come back and do it again. It was pretty hilarious, and kind of creepy how smart he was.

[@supul32]

Haha 😂 he successfully trained you

[@willywanker6239]

Alright then human, theres going to be some changes around here. From now on i won't just roll over whenever you say so, there is food to be made here and i want it. So get your meowie ass off that couche and get me some sweet

[@PhuongLe-nu3gz]

Creepy ? I thought that was cute !

[@bananamilk1462]

R we the same person with the same cats.... Cuz that's what I did and my cat does lol

[@phuchuynhthien9282]

Mandassina that must been a very cute and funny cat

[@kittenmimi5326]

Loki: I trained my human to make funny noised and give me treats Bill: I failed trying to train my human not to make weird noises

[@StubleHunter]

Kitten Mimi learn your grammar and don’t copy comments

[@zairewilliams7930]

LMAO so true!! Loki looked disappointed there weren't any treats. He knew what was up! He walked halfway in the room and was like, there's nothing in your hand!

[@Bvtx_]

Bro how do you not expect to get caught stealing a comment and it just means that your desperate for likes

[@53295]

@@StubleHunter internet meet grammar oh look nobody cares

[@anakonda3035]

LOL, fits perfectly! The last day, Bill decided to show up so Mica would stop oiking! :P At that point, Loki did not care as long as he got a treat... which he realized he didn't - so, probably he never responded to the command ever again! :P Even our outdoor/strays learn and train us bery quickly!

[@Mike-je3bo]

Day 55 of quarantine: watching cat training videos and i dont even own a cat

[@pixlfinch1091]

Same

[@brightcreations3920]

Hey! Try to befriend a feral cat... I befriended 2 cats 😀

[@rangersmith4652]

No to worry-you will.

[@jenniferhansen499]

Ha ha ha! I love it. That said, that was a pretty interesting and strangely uplifting video!

[@robimuhammad95]

Same, lol😂

[@jeanmcwilliams1068]

We had a cat once that we inadvertently trained. He loved being petted, and always wanted to be close, but didn't really enjoy being held. He was so cuddly and soft , though, that we had to pick him up and hug him from time to time. We would always kiss his head before we put him down. We would have to pull him down (gently, of course) for a kiss, and then we would let him go. Eventually, we just had to say "Can I have a kiss first?" and he would lean his head down by his own will so we could kiss it, and then he would be let go. One time, I was hugging and petting on him, and he kept jamming his head towards my mouth. It was the funniest, cutest thing. It was like he was saying "Kiss me, dammit! I want to go!" He was such a good boy. His name was Harry.

[@safaesaufie3852]

My cat loves kissing

[@rintikalok]

The cat: F R E E D O M !

[@phuchuynhthien9282]

Jean McWilliams he must be very cute

[@jeanmcwilliams1068]

@@phuchuynhthien9282 He was one of the most adorable cats ever. He had a tulip shaped fur pattern on his head, and that was the target of our kisses. Sadly, he passed almost 7 years ago, but I will never forget Harry. He was amazing, and taught us how to be the best cat parents possible.

[@phuchuynhthien9282]

@Jean McWilliams I am kinda sad because he died i wish I could see him 😭😭😭

[@MeloraCarabas]

Till the end the human still didn't realize that Bill was trying to train him to stop oinking by withholding the reward of accomplishment feeling when Bill accepted an offering. But the human refused to learn so Bill gave up and tolerated the noises to get the offering. Maybe Bill should try negative reinforcements by barfing each time the human oinks and only accept the offerings when human learns to make better noises. Training humans is hard but if you are patient it's doable

[@RedZeshinX]

Sounds like the experimental mice who are actually inter-dimensional aliens testing and training humanity from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 😄

[@hilfewas4350]

This is written by a cat

[@sthpari9792]

😂😂😂

[@BlitzBodyBeats]

Melora Carabas hi bill how did he teach you to type on a keyboard?

[@almonds8895]

this is hilarious

[@reinette-]

So the first time Bill responses, he doesn't get a treat? 😭

[@MrDerrickmcwhorter]

drev1 you do when your introducing a new skill/trick

[@marionettehone]

Derrick Mcwhorter you start weening them off with some tricks

[@MrDerrickmcwhorter]

Athena Edgelord yea but it was bill first time successfully completing the trick. He should’ve received a treat

[@geejae4243]

@@drev1 you missed the point.

[@jimmy_kirk]

I'm curious if Bill came the next time after, or if not getting a treat adversely affected his training. He finally associated the treat with the sound, but never received the treat to reinforce the association, thus, he may begin to disassociate the two.

[@Master_Blackthorne]

Judge: Madam, why are you divorcing your husband? Wife: He oinks.

[@vvelonoDV]

Bwahahahahaha!

[@mayflo9554]

😭😭😭😭

[@claireconover]

“there are no losers... just not as good winners” = the feline equivalent of the participation trophy.

[@2306vega]

The groan he made after saying that was hilarious.

[@NIkki-ox1ej]

I used to hate getting the participation trophy, like I don’t get a trophy for coming to school everyday or being a good kid at home!?!? 😑idk that’s how I used to think when I was little and I wanted to earn the trophy whether it was 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th

[@yetiinthebeddy1368]

probably the funniest thing to hear is him going "OIN" then "OHHHHHH GOOD BILL" then "OIN" again

[@Hypnopotimus27]

I like your profile pic Star Cat 2

[@Shoofles]

I've started reusing the treat bags, filling them with regular kibble. It still works. They're just interested in "being given treats."

[@DarkestDeeds]

My dog has decided that anything I feed to him by hand is a treat. Even his food.

[@HRae87]

Woww

[@mojobear93]

That's GENIUS!

[@WaveOfEmocean]

Evil lol

[@annejeppesen160]

My dog regards standard food as treats, the only reason is that it's different from his normal food.

[@b235r]

I love how the guy in the end of the video tries to hold his two cats at the same time and when he realized that it didnt work he just throws them away

[@bearsneezer1929]

Ebbe von Hofsten exactly, he just let’s go and they fall lmao💀

[@sugarpop6155]

They jump down. Duh 🙄

[@1la1dy74]

lol “ off you go now, kitties”

[@zsmith5392]

I feel like Bill would have been more responsive if you made the sound at him individually and then fed him. I noticed you would often feed Loki first rather than Bill (which does make sense as Loki was having the conditioned response) but this could be discouraging to Bill or even confusing as he would not be sure what to respond directly to: the sound, or Loki being fed. I hope that might have made some sense.

[@Leeqzombie]

Me watching the intro about Pavlov: "this is gonna be clicker training right?" Video: "I need a sound they won't encounter elsewhere" Me: "I knew it, clicker training!" Video: * Ocarina of Time clip * ... wait

[@Lydiahp]

when bill was the first to walk out i literally yelled "oh my god!!!!" and cheered a little lmfao i did not expect him to be the first

[@colossus27m]

Next door neighbour: is he playing ocarina of time?

[@rachelscharver2929]

*when you pick your kitties up and they instantly jump out of your arms* -MOOD

[@BobGreasen]

@Gaming Punch You mean bold text?

[@tito9107]

xdxdxd

[@kit10]

Gaming Punch just put asterisks * around it

[@HameltheKamel]

That moment was hilarious, especially his lack of reaction from it! He didn't even stutter when they fell out of his hands XD

[@ruman1974]

Rachel Scharver no they don’t. I carry my kitten and she lets me

[@FeelingShred]

I was talking with my wife about this, she had 2 cats in the past, and both of them never had a problem with chewing wires or any of that stuff that other people say. (it's a concern to me since I work from home and I need to have wires everywhere, I can't just hide them) I grew up in the country, my great-grandmother had some 20 cats at her farm house, and I can't remember one single instance of them going up tables or misbehaving in general. I wish I knew how she trained them. She was a very loving and insightful person. I think the cats sense who deserves respect or not. I say this because once she died, the people who inherited the house always had problems with the cats, they wouldn't have the patience to treat them well, and the cats would jump up on tables, kitchen furniture, etc. Even when they would be "disciplined" they would keep doing it. So I wonder why cats behaved so well when my grandmother was alive. I feel like there's so much lost knowledge from old generations that we will never know until we go after their stories.

[@td9543]

What an interesting story! I agree, there’s a lot of undocumented useful knowledge we could have had. Your grandmother sounded wonderful, sorry for your loss ❤️

[@td9543]

Also how/why did she get so many cats 😯

[@FeelingShred]

@@td9543 Farmers. Lots of space. Fewer rats. Why not? My guess.

[@FeelingShred]

@@td9543 Also, she was the great-grandmother (born in 1910's I think? not sure...) Unfortunately the next generation (her offspring) didn't inherit the careful attention to detail and discipline that she had, her sons wanted everything the easy way. Pretty much a waste of potential there. In one generation you could already notice a degradation. Not something pretty to say, but it's my duty to say it.

[@mguieb1988]

@@FeelingShred as the saying goes, hard times create strong people. Strong people create good times. Good times create weak people. Weak people create hard times.

[@SatchPatch25]

11:55 Loki is already sniffing around to see if there are any treats near by. Also I dont think Bill is a slown learner, just has a short attention span. Great material! And I absolutely love the kitty portrait!!!!😻

[@mst4705]

I would be too ashamed of what my cats thought of me for making that sound.

[@luciasann6930]

Me too!😁

[@husher5142]

lol then just shake a jar or can w.e

[@janegarner9169]

Yes, I know my cat would think I was really dumb or that I'd totally lost my mind.

[@dantheman2907]

This is exactly the same psychology behind the clicker based training that so many professional handlers use.

[@nhanisn]

The Elephant in the Room that reminds me, I make the clicking sound with my mouth/tounge since I don't have a clicker 😅

[@dantheman2907]

@@nhanisn Hey, if it works, it works!

[@damiantay9021]

As well as how children respond when the bell rings at school

[@karlous1]

@@damiantay9021 I don't think that is the same thing lol, humans instinct response to a siren isn't to gather up in a building

[@janinathaler6161]

So his OIN sound is actually the click sound. He could transfer that to operant conditioning, though its a bit of an impractical sound 😂

[@Lady8D]

Oh! The radio active barrel jar is saliva! Man, I sure missed that when it was presented. I was thinking: that's the strangest damn steak I've ever seen!

[@imrockhardrnbutanyways493]

I thought the exact same thing! Lol

[@mumrik3471]

This is how steak will be made in the future. Chemically produced in a lab.

[@monsterhunterdude5448]

My conditioned stimulus would be "SUMMONING JUTSU!" 😂 😂 Then the cats would come running lol

[@zachfort2060]

"For whatever reason hes just not learning" - all of my teachers, probably

[@anakonda3035]

LOL...

[@MeowingInsanely]

Nobody: The Captions: POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT

[@adrianaflores6604]

Lmaoooo 😂😂😂

[@Minitomate]

Human: ONIK Cats: Where are our treat? Human: OINK Cats: We've been fooled by this human!

[@wallamalon]

o n i k

[@hugovasquez8222]

Oy vey

[@ThatCinnamorollGirl]

Ok right

[@okalubis5352]

It's prank

[@spikedkoolaid2007]

WE TRUSTED YOU!

[@johnmandryk2143]

Bill is a strong independent feline and ain't playing your game. OR Bill hates that noise and his theory 1 is that you only make it with those treats, so if he stops eating the treats you will stop.. Realizing that isn't working, Bill correctly determines that if he comes to you, the noise will stop.. Option three would be throttling you in your sleep- cat logic

[@neurotransmissions]

I think option three is the most likely. Lol.

[@ANYA.RIZALI]

How cute.

[@ilove2929]

Make sense. Interesting, we dont think our pets do some a/b testing on us, do we 😅

[@nadadhibi]

Maybe its because cats respond better to high pitched sounds

[@miss_bhello7925]

I was beginning to wonder if maybe Bill had hearing problems. But nope! Yay!

[@katiem5989]

I’ve taught my cats : sit , shake, lie down, come to me, up(where they jump), another up( where they get onto the couch or chair on command, and roll over. I want to teach they high five.

[@fizafathima4595]

How did u teach everything

[@Minx-4321]

We had a rule in my house that we have to release the cat when she meows, guess what she learned to do right when we pick her up?😑

[@dextrousnin1568]

Meow?

[@Accurate.Toy.Story.Collector]

If she meow u kill it

[@bambooveg3122]

🤣

[@maxximumb]

All our cats are whistle trained to come in. Once twilight is getting close, I whistle from the back door. It's a distinctive 2 tone whistle and they all come home for their dinner and we close the cat flap. As one of our cats has a very large range, it can take him a little while to come home, but he eventually turns up after a few whistles. My wife also trained on of the male cats, who is very play motivated, to play fetch. The same cat has been taught to sit, before he gets his food or a treat. The funny thing is that our other 3 cats have started to sit in front of their food bowls just before feeding time, without any active training, I guess they saw it working for their buddy, so tried it themselves.

[@Gardengallivant]

I'm like you I have always trained my cats to come when I call. They can be out if accompanied to be in the garden but must come in with us in the evening. The yard is fenced and heavily planted so they can explore or climb but leaving is not easy. There are dogs in residence in two neighbors abutting my yard with other in surrounding yards that bark sometimes further discouraging leaving. While they still go out when I do, my current pair at 17 and 19 mostly just sleep with only brief spurts of activity. Once Portia escaped to the front sidewalk. I caught up to see her wander into the street tail raising, clearly aiming to greet a neighbor in her yard. I called so Portia turned to come right back. My neighbor was surprised saying that she didn't know cats were trainable, that her dog wasn't that obedient. I was so proud of her and thankful it wasn't Theo who sometimes made coming into his version of chase me playtime before coming in.

[@hthfrosty240]

How about their actual names that's real training

[@ginic7932]

@@hthfrosty240 We use our cats' names a lot in conversation, so the cats would come every time we told a story about them on the phone, or discussed their behavior in the kitchen, or just talked to them when they were already sitting in our laps. If you want to condition a response to a sound, it should be a sound that doesn't happen randomly. We had that problem teaching a pup to signal the need to go out with jingle-bells hanging from the door. The bells rang every time someone went in or out, so the pup didn't connect the sound with the need. We switched to a push-button bell on the floor, and he learned in about a week! (Keep in mind, the need to eliminate doesn't happen every few minutes, you have to wait for the need to be announced with body language then show them the bell)

[@marye.fox-grimm6541]

@MaxxB Fetch?! Terrific/congrats!

[@afiasyed3304]

lol my cat actually responds to me saying "do you want cat treats?" she goes crazy and walks me to her treat drawer.

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

Yup, some cats are able to retain speech patterns. Others only deal in tone of voice (angry tone versus happy tone versus "you're getting tuna" tone). Many just go off of behavioral patterns, though.

[@draconix4131]

Man, I miss having cats.

[@yourfriendlycynic]

i took two hours out of my day and taught my cats the "give paw" command, but now whenever my palm is in range they just slamdunk their paws on my hand.... tragic. oh and my cats only know how to give their right paw since i didnt think the conditioning would only apply to only one of their paws, i guess if i want the other one ill have to retrain them this command

[@StainedBrain]

My cat barely lifts her right paw to shake. 😂

[@anelli9707]

Your friendly Cynic this happens with my dog LOL sometimes when you go to pet her she slaps your hand a few times before you can even touch her head

[@jessicakathrein5261]

IM CRYING

[@frankleemorris2431]

love it! agree with the comments about high-pitch sounds, but overall kindly done. glad to see you fixed the camera focus issues - in the end! thanks a lot prrrrr prrrrr

[@jenn2839]

Me: •walks anywhere• My cat: •follows me on foot• Behaviour conditioned!

[@abyssstrider2547]

My cat follows me as well. As long as i dont go too far from home she seems to stay nearby or just outright walk by my side. Same with fridge noise. Whenever i open a fridge the cat just teleports to my legs (not literally obviously).

[@danirodriguez4707]

Cat: •Gets accidentally kicked several times• Cat-logic: •FORGET THE PAIN KEEP CLOSE TO THAT LEG•

[@abyssstrider2547]

@@danirodriguez4707 I tripped on a cat once. Damned things

[@k1llsh0t_87]

@@danirodriguez4707 that is my dogs lol one time I was running and my dog ran right in front of me and got sent flying and guess what he did? Got right back in front of my legs I think this is a conspiracy in order to make me trip

[@NikolaiWowe]

Yep, my cats a silver tuxedo and he follows me everywhere haha

[@llgla]

When I was 9, I would almost ‘fly’ down 14 flights of stairs whenever I hear the ice cream bell.

[@mattieonthetrack6257]

llgla ok

[@OHYS]

Never had that experience

[@1Pineapple]

@Ag Agios I think running 14 flights of stairs back and forth makes up for one icecream 😂

[@1Pineapple]

I can imagine this as a cartoon with a lot of kids living in the same block just stumbling upon each other as they're all trying to get down first 😂 I hope you didn't get in any stair accidents 🍀🙈 I remember that awesome feeling of "flying" down stairs tho!! Are you still a ninja on stairs today? 😁

[@F-J.]

Hahahah didn't we all.

[@lunamuller8576]

My cat also comes to me by commend but I actually never trained him. He just started to come to me when ever I called his name without me giving him any food. No idea why he does it but it's pretty cool.

[@davidvondoom2853]

Perhaps the affection you give him, when he comes, is the reward. My cat used to run to me whenever I sat on the couch, because she began to associate that with play time or cuddle time. Pets can be creatures of habit, in that way.

[@kindred.7313]

Yeah mine does that too it's so cute

[@yamaj2524]

Same I love my kitty sm

[@alisae7533]

Same 🥰

[@alannachuyan4750]

This is too funny & informative. Thanks for being yourself, fellow cat nerd. I do hear that “free feeding” isn’t good for cats so I’m going to try & start a schedule instead. I’m not sure I can dive into a raw food only diet for my cats just yet, but might work towards it. It gives them that hunt, catch, kill mentality & then the playtime/training helps them be happy kitties.

[@vindecko4110]

It's true, I'm a research teacher and an animal researcher and I have actually trained a feral cat which visits our faculty every day to sit, jump, and follow me using conditioning.

[@SpecialEDy]

I have one cat that learned to shake my hand for his food in a week, my other cat still hasnt learned and gets confused 6 months later.

[@231jackdaniels]

😂😂😂

[@clicheguevara5282]

My cat gives me a kiss before I feed her. I didn't train her to do this. She started it. I've just made sure to keep the tradition going.

[@keerthana7353]

Remember cats are smart. Once they realise sound no longer gives treats the whole system falls apart. Let me tell you about my smart ass cat. So I used the clicker on my cat when she was a kitten. It worked initially, then she got bored of the treats every couple of days in. So i bought more variety and mixed them up different flavours, textures and everything. Used to rotate treatbags every week and a half or so. And one day she did not give a shit about any of the treats. I bought a very exotic expensive looking treat bag and showed it to her. She hadn't had her feed yet, but she still lazily rolled over and turned away. I left that bag for months on the table within easy access for her. NADA she did not touch them. (one good thing was she learnt the command to sit within the hour of training her but nothing else only 'sit') By the time i had given up on the clicker and we had started using specific words for her feed times. and tried to teach her to hand shake. We also started mixing in wet food into her diet on occasion and she loved it. It would start with food command 'word' then 'sit', 'handshake' and place the food bowl down. It came to a point when she would automatically sit and lift her paw so that she could skip the queue basically. and then i tried to teach her to stand up. she understood words like no and bad kitty. not that she cared. eventually i used the command word for food to get her to come to me. she did initially but then i wouldnt give ehr any food maybe a couple of kibble at the most (also she hated kibble by that stage so there was no pleasing her). My cat decided to go psycho on us one day and start yowling at the top of her lungs and screeching (no not the cute kind) for us to give her food even though she knew it was not her food time and she KNEW that we just wanted her to come to us. She did this continuously and did not stop till she was fed then. Eventually we ignored her bought ear plugs and stopped using the food command to get her to come to us. We aborted mission. Now when we say the command word sometimes she doesnt turn up just to spite us and comes at odd hours and starts with her drama. never gonna attempt to train that cute devil again. She's always a step ahead of us. Smart cats too smart. But you can count on them when you need them the most.

[@6squall9]

looks to me like you trained her to screech XD i once taught my cat to respond to my meow with her meow if she wants a treat, was quite successful in a few days. at the end we could meow to each other for a minute or so till she would refuse to play my stupid game. It was obvious she was above the conditioning and aware of my "stupid game" and only playing her part for treats... so once i reached a short conversation of meows i stopped the training because it truly felt abusive in a way, so i didn't bother removing the treats from conditioning and seeing how long the conversation will last. years later, when she's hungry we still have that conversation, but now i respond to her meows instead :D

[@halseydoo2220]

@@6squall9 spoiled kitty! 😂

[@LilKitLen]

My cats always just naturally came when I said "cmon!", and would meow when hungry at appropriate times. I know not all cats are able to self regulate their feed, so I guess I got lucky. Though with my mum's little chihuahua she did the thing where she learned to sit and give paw automatically, especially if she saw something she wanted, we essentially just trained her into a different style of begging.

[@keerthana7353]

@@6squall9 That's sweet but mine like yours knew the game i was trying to play. The screeching is her way of annoying me. In the mornings shes pretty gentle in how she wakes me or my mum up. Just midday feed times are the worst! I've been away from her for a couple of months now miss her lots:(

[@keerthana7353]

@@LilKitLen Aww pets are just the cutest things:) But damn I wish my cat would meow when appropriate not 24/7 haha. Sometimes she does control herself. She can sense when we're busy at times. Most of the time no shits are givenXD

[@tomatocs746]

When I saw Bill come around the corner I actually squealed a little Wow guys! thanks for all the likes!

[@RachelGorgeousLOVE]

me too

[@Thepixxel]

SAME.

[@jennb8548]

Literally same

[@birgittazandhers9257]

My like is because I had the exact same respons. The cats are training humans with cuteness!

[@thomasmartinscott]

Hey, you're learning. lol

[@512TheWolf512]

a very BRITISH way of summoning cats by yelling "OI!" at them i'd have used "accio" as my word, though. alas i don't have cat

[@starroving6464]

mine would be KACHAWW

[@wendybesse90]

Tries to have a special celebratory moment but Loki is scratching the crap out of Micha to get away - Micha straight up Drops the cats and carries on w the ending 😂 I loved this video- very informative and absolutely adorable.

[@jennb8548]

Bill was like "You're not going to train me human" *gets trained* 🤣🤣

[@buttercup141312]

12:53 I love how they’re squirming and he eventually had to just dump them on the ground. 😂😂😂

[@hotsuope]

omg yes lol 😂

[@Dice-Z]

Yeah cats tend to do that when you carry them lmao. I've got one that i can pick up however i want for however long i want though.

[@courtneyq5954]

LOL esp Loki - he wasn't havin NONE of that! My cat loves to be held!

[@Lozard22]

It makes sense that loki caught on quick, siamese are smart

[@Screenplaywriter]

My cat meets me at the door when I come home just for pets. He is laying on top of me now watching this video. I want to study about cats and make him happy.

[@GB-kr6gy]

Man, why weren't you my psychology teacher? If you're not a teacher, you're in the wrong profession! EXCELLENT TEACHING!!!!

[@jimmy_kirk]

(4:30) - "The condition stimulus was perhaps the hardest thing to come up with. I knew I wanted a sound, and preferably one I could make myself, that they wouldn't encounter elsewhere." This is why humans give names to children and pets. It's a unique sound you can use to call them with. Barring the lack of a name, most people go with something along the lines of "Here kitty, kitty, kitty". But hey, you do you. Oi... oi... oi... oi...

[@de_cre_vi]

It's true. Cats do know their own names. On the odd occasion when I can't find my cat around the house, I'll call out her name repeatedly and she'll come out after I call her name like 5 or 6 times.

[@adriansasaki9836]

*Cats can't be trained* This Man: *"hold my beard"*

[@enion6167]

AdrianSasaki I thought beards were normally a “hands off, please” type of thing to keep around.

[@babsstrijkert5365]

Pfft I dont even have a beard and my cat sits on command and never leaves me hanging when I ask for a high five ;)

[@BEAUTYnIQ]

@@babsstrijkert5365 shut the front door ! How did you do it (esp train to sit .. !??)

[@babsstrijkert5365]

@@BEAUTYnIQ hold a treat above their nose and ask to sit. Then move the treat back. Same as a dog.

[@somedude5097]

Babs Strijkert And how to make them sit if they aren’t doing it?

[@amel6206]

I think your basic problem here is that Bill finds it degrading to be oinked at.

[@nessunochi2421]

I've got a pregnant cat. She was a street cat and we didn't train her. In a month she understood how to completely open the front door if it isn't well closed.

[@microwvee]

I really like how he used his conditioned stimulus as the king of the zora I’m a big fan of all Zeldas

[@sharondrabner5891]

My cat understand the word “leckerli” (german for “treat”). Everytime i say it, he’s very excited! :)

[@sharondrabner5891]

Also when i say “raus?” (German for “out”) then he’s very excited too and runs to the window that i open for him and he can go outside. :)

[@redrosey7829]

@@sharondrabner5891 cool

[@nxahlol7923]

Warum hast kein OI OI OI beigebracht? Dann hast du nicht nur von Katzen Aufmerksamkeit

[@Sapphirelily]

I taught my mom’s cat some tricks. He knows: sit, down, spin, up (he goes on his hind legs), leave it, wait, give kiss and... HIGH FIVE😊 Buddy (name of cat who knows all those tricks) really LOVES dry treats (he also enjoys wet food) but with the dry treats he gets “happy aggressive” with them, so I just used that eagerness with some basic training. I taught my one cat to meow whenever I called him.

[@isiartdotcom]

Every cat I've ever had has come to my call. Each has known that we get cuddles and smooches when they've do. They have become the pets I need due to my behaviour as I am always happy to see them and vice versa. 😃 There was a time when I had a second cat join us who was very vocally interactive and naturally snugly. My older cat soon realised that he was doing all the work for her like talking, greeting, cat things yet she still reaped the reward also so soon learnt she just had to hang and wait out for dinner and let him do all the work. Smart cat! She only came for cuddles and play when she wanted to.

[@kevindorn2508]

You got it wrong. The one cat bet that he can make his human say "oink" a million times AND give them treats.

[@asterphoenix5678]

Lmfao this video was awesome! The last oink scene where bill comes in first with his tail held high was so good!!

[@cvjjhfsdgh]

I trained my cat to take her medication when she hears my mom on the phone telling her to, it works 🤷🏻‍♀️😂

[@Steven-nv7qu]

OINK OINK OINK OINK OINK Edit: Ok, I can't believe my most liked comment would be pig sounds lol! Thnx for the likes xd

[@ANYA.RIZALI]

How cute.

[@bookmouse770]

He trained his cats to come to pigs

[@TokhJamoh]

Piglets sound

[@BleepingRelics]

Don't be so modest. This is the comment I was looking for scrolling down.

[@animelovermicski2642]

🐷🐷

[@thomasmartinscott]

I'm gonna teach my cat to drive to the store and get his own food. On second thought, he'd probably run over the dog.

[@attheranch4876]

And he’d run up your credit card buying lots of treats.

[@LunaDelTuna]

I did this accidentally with the word "yum yum". It helps me get them inside the house. If you say "yum yum" around my cats they go nuts.

[@hehheh789]

If you look at his face carefully he looks like captain America when he had the beard

[@AlejandroW90]

I can’t unsee this now.

[@231jackdaniels]

If he no talkie and remove the eye windows

[@qclear1164]

you should have used a high pitched sound. Cats hear high frequency much better then low frequency.

[@MikkeMan]

Did you learn this from vet Yuri?

[@MikkeMan]

@Not My last name Look for "Cat names that get your cat's attention - what should I name my cat?" and think again

[@bobbymarty6005]

This is true I read that too

[@MikkeMan]

@Not My last name Just you saying it doesn't mean it's true.

[@LarsKuhlmannCourtwright]

​@Not My last name its not so much a matter of if they /can/ hear low frequencies as much as if it is what they are more likely to pay attention to and what they might hear more easily in potentially loud settings and so on. cats hunt small prey and are more attuned to small squeaks and scratches. So yes they are physically capable of hearing low frequencies (though not quite as low as humans if i recall) but are more likely to take notice of something higher pitched. That being said for what hes doing here in this video I dont know if it matters to much. Though personally for my cat if she were to be wandering off far away from me I would rather a higher pitched call that would also be easier to recreate loudly so i know she'd hear it.

[@helin542]

He chooses out of all sounds “oooi” as the sound for the cats to come I would have thought hard to pick something cool😂😂

[@sca_rlyt]

Yeah people around you would be like, he's crazy or what😂😂

[@sca_rlyt]

Oi oi oi oi

[@gloss525]

My brain when I’m about to sleep: 2:19 My brain when I taking my math exam: *OIN OIN OIN OIN OIN OIN OIN OIN OIN OIN OIN OIN*

[@emilyflores3932]

My pupper gets all happy and jumpy when she hears us shaking plastic bags bc she knows she’s going for a walk. (We take bags w us to pick up her poo) She’s really smart and I love her so much :)

[@SunWorshipper290]

When my parents' cat was younger, I sort of made him bring a toy when he wants to play. Like, he chooses one from his toy box and brings it to anyone he wants to play with and this person must play. If the toy is thrown, he would bring it back, and the person he brought the toy back must throw again, until he's not interested anymore, and this is how he learned. Mom and dad were very exited about it, even too exited. After he noticed that, he sort of trained my mom and dad to play with the toy while he watches. He brought a toy to one of them and then included the other one in the game by bringing the toy back to them. And in one moment he would just stay and make this person (the opposite to the one who threw) bring the toy and "start over". He would pretend to go after the toy like he's still playing, but then just stay and meow on the person until they continue or quit completely. In a few days he was just laying in the middle and turning his head watching mom and dad play) they even had a video

[@justcoffeeman]

12:42 Loki's like "wtf man where are the treats?"

[@laurieadda]

I already knew about classical conditioning, but still watched this video because it’s so interestingly and well made!

[@pL4571k]

One or two "oinks" a day would be enough. I conditioned my cats on "ya hungry?" to meow and follow me in the time of 5 days without limiting their normal food ratio (24/7 access to dry food and twice a day wet food) now they can count at least to four and understand over 30 commands and noises. Still going. But very entertaining video. Greetings from Germany

[@menosproblemos6993]

"Ooohh! I'm so happy! I nerver thought I could call my cats using a weird duck face noise" and then you toss your cats like self cleaning pieces of trash X D You are gentle with your cats and let them go when they felt like it. This just seemed very funny to me. The kind that gets funnier every time I watch it!

[@nickmadonna355]

im at 3:18 of this video and NEED to subscribe. you're excellent at explaining these points.

[@Regrettable-Username]

My cat's connected seeing my pet turtle with me, and sometimes her, going outside without any active training on my part. So when I open his cage she gets excited and follows me around, just meowing to be let outside for a little adventure.

[@04chai]

12:55 Loki: doNt toUch mE, leAve mE bE hOoman. No tReaTs nO cuDdles ! Bill: finAlly suCceedEd, BuT nO tReaTs ?!1!1! :(

[@DAndyLord]

My cat would rush the bowl at dinnertime and I couldn't put the food in. I would scoop his food, then wait for him to sit and immediately put food in his dish. Now he sits when I scoop food out of the bag. Less fun, I taught him to ask to go outside by smacking the doorknob with similar training. A cat who knows how to ask to go out is annoying AF. He now will smack all the doorknobs in my house if he's trapped in a room and wants to leave.

[@Ebiru2387]

Your camera has such a sharp focus onthe cats when you shook the jar of treats that i legit thought they were CGI for a brief moment!

[@dadoscriticos]

Dude, as a behaviorist, your channel is a great find. Subscribed

[@xpeachpuffx]

XD I'm gonna try this with my cats. Maybe not "Oye" lmao Maybe with their names... or just "Commere".

[@lilliantsweets7601]

Jessica Snow using a higher pitched tone will help. Cats can hear higher tones better than lower. Probably why Bill didn’t take to the training so good. It’s hard to hear his sound

[@RedZeshinX]

I always give a few loud whistles when it's food time for the cats. They hear it and come scurrying from all corners of the house.

[@Spikeygal]

I love this video. Fantastically done!

[@neurotransmissions]

Thanks so much!!

[@shivamwriteshere]

I've trained my two cats to respond when they're hungry for meals, want a treat, need a water bowl refresh, need to be petted and if they want to play. I also taught them to understand "cover" if they run out of the litter box without covering their business. They very rarely follow up on covering, but they do meow when they run away saying "that's disgusting". They also sit when told. You just need to define phrases for each activity and repeat it long enough for them to know what a certain sound means. One of my cats gets really aggressive when petted for too long or cornered, and hisses at me at times if I yell "No" for certain things, but he also falls on the ground every time I ask him if he's purring and if he wants to be scratched. The other cat has verbal disagreements with me all the time. He yells back when i ask him to "come back" from off-limit areas. I'm teaching him to meow back every time I say "bruh". Cats are geniuses, they make you look stupid most of the time.

[@DeerBlueberryAlastor]

Cool thing. I learned how the methode worked in my psychology lessons and you sure did a wonderful job. Second, I laughed so hard when you showed Rutos father. I love the game and The legend of Zelda overall so much!

[@BabyandLittleGuy]

Awesome! Way to be patient! I'm going to try this. 😄

[@o0Avalon0o]

I successfully tried that Pavlov method; I started saying "go potty" every time my family's dog was actively relieving itself, and after a few days, he started to get the idea. Now I don't have to wait 20 boring min for the dog to start his business.

[@o0Avalon0o]

@sid g You're assumptions are unfounded and speak volumes to your personality. I hope one day you become more understanding & friendly to people you don't have a personal attachment to.

[@lorelielamb]

@@o0Avalon0o Well said

[@urallineed420]

That painting of your cats is amazing.

[@SpaceCattttt]

"DO WHAT I TELL YOU TO DO!!" ".....meow?" "NOW!!!"

[@MagMaybe]

Pavlov used stimulation of sound buzzer to study conditional reflex behavior in dogs. He realised, dogs started salivate before food was smelled or seen just as they heard the sound. They had learned to associate sound with food. This is how buzzer training works these days a swell- sound means treat. I have read from Russian books he also used lights. Turning on light before feeding dogs had eventually same effect- dogs started to secrete saliva each time lights got turned knowing food will arrive soon.

[@theblazingtorchic9521]

A fantastic video, I'm so glad I've found your channel.

[@jamzz3045]

Lyrics: Oi Hook: oi In conclusion: *oi*

[@imadhmonnan54]

JamZz he says oink😂

[@Sorrysowwy]

My cat is sleeping beside me and when he shake the jar, my cat suddenly awake and start staring at me

[@m3nj051]

you now can't have Aussies at your house without cats coming to them

[@wendylane7603]

I'm in the process of training my cats to allow me to clip their claws. It's harder than getting them to just come to me but it's slowly working, especially with my more ferocious younger cat.

[@agalah408]

I once went to an Italian wedding, where guests all receive small gifts. Our gift was a small glass-crystal bell. it tinkled loudly when shaken. I took to ringing it as our two cats ate their meals. They immediately responded to it as a trigger to come running, regardless of where they were or what they were doing. It became a hair trigger. Just moving the bell with a single 'clink' at its resonant frequency, meant that within seconds two cats would be glaring at me from the floor. Later I had young kittens that liked to sneak around behind furniture to pee. Drove us nuts with carpet cleaning. In the end I made some small infrared beam towers, maybe 150mm tall that would beep loudly if a cat broke the beam to the reflector 2-3 metres away. Immediate success! I never had a single re-occurrence of cat whiz wherever I set up a perimeter beam for about 3 weeks. Awesome cat training technique.

[@saydvoncripps]

I have a cat that loves being vacuumed. She will come running when she hears me switch it on. It means less hair shedding and flea control is easy. But my 2 other cats vanish when the vacuum is on. How can I get these 2 boys to love the vacuum like she does?

[@deborahferguson1163]

Good luck with that one ,

[@luckyclover9165]

Give out treats when the vacuum is on.

[@DarkestDeeds]

This is a multi part problem. I tend to find that people who say they'd like to work on a pet training behavior aren't willing to put in the actual time once they see it's not just an instant process. I'll write the information anyways. It's not just how do you get your cats to behave like the vacuum loving cat. You have to break it into tiny steps. Find out what they really like for a reward, treats if they are food motivated will be fine. Some animals prefer a bit of play and are more excited by that than treats. Think about all the steps you take between walking to, grabbing, moving, and starting the vacuum. You said they run at the noise. You need to break down when they actually run regarding the vacuum. Is it when you put it in their sight? When you go to where it's kept? When it comes closer to them while off? Find the point they run and take one step back from that. If they run as soon as they see it, go back to the moment right before they see it when you're reaching for it. It'll be much easier to have the cats nearby for this process. It's easier to work with one at a time as well as they likely have different spots where they are upset by the vacuum. Get to the point right before they run and do that action. When they don't run or show little reaction, click your tongue and treat them. The tongue click can be replaced by an actual training clicker. Do that a few times as long as they seem interested in getting the treats. Then do the next step in the vacuum moving process. In our example this would be moving the vacuum into sight. Same deal, low or no reaction gets the click and treat, curiosity also gets a click and treat, running is no click or treat and you go back to the last point where they didn't run. Proceed like this in small amounts of time until you're at a point where the vacuum can be out in their sight without running, click and treat. Hopefully you get the idea of progressive positive training in this way where you will eventually work up to them being okay with it being on in their sight. And then they'll be okay with it being used to clean house while they are in range. Training them to be okay being vacuumed is separate. Once they are comfortable seeing the vacuum you can start introducing parts of the vacuum. Curiosity or low reaction gets click and treat, running doesn't. Then you'll get to a point where the vacuum is assembled and near them, click and treat for positive responses. Move to touching them with it while it's off. Then you'll start combining the first and second part where it's on nearby, closer, closer, and finally to a point where it can touch them. Don't forget to click and treat during the training of course. You'll get to a point where they're fine with the vacuum being used on the house and just giving the click noise when they don't run will make them feel alright about their response. You'd train a dog similarly although dogs tend to be able to give up treats faster and are more willing to trust and come to scary things.

[@WellOfEchoes]

SocietyOutlier Thank you so much for breaking down the process. That would be so useful in so many scenarios where kitty is scared unnecessarily and you’d like to help them feel at ease. And of course the vacuum! This has been the most helpful comment I’ve read in a long time, and with 2 cats and 2 dogs, there will be plenty of opportunities.

[@saydvoncripps]

@@DarkestDeeds brilliant! The vacuum is always out as i am a messy person whos also an illustrator, so its around. Its the noise that scares my boys, one not so much, he gets watchful, and only runs if i clean near him. So ill start with him. Hes a cleaver cat and watches my girl get vacuumed like she is nuts, but he shows interest. The otheer one is going to take more work. Lol. But its such something my little girl enjoys and we have fun with it. Is love the boys to join in. Thank you so much. I have ordered a clicker!

[@arkslippyjunior7773]

I taught my cat to go down stairs if I say "hey dude " he boots down stairs for thought of a piece of chicken

[@msl1689]

Definitely sounds better than "oink" lmao

[@JamesJordanson]

In my book, being resistant to conditioning is a Win, so unless he didn't respond because he's deaf (you should have that looked into), all the more power to bill!

[@slinkyyy3]

I was thinking the same thing because his ears are different, maybe noise isnt coming to him as much than Loki

[@neurotransmissions]

Bill is not deaf, nor hard of hearing. He simply has floppy ears because he is a Scottish Fold. So yes, more power to him!

[@prathameshdeshmukh5954]

When you shaked the treat jar.... Even my cats waked up to me 😂😂😂

[@w.k.7277]

I did a similar thing. I spoke to my cat when my cat was in the middle of doing activities. I just described to him all he was doing. After a year, he learnt to understand all the names of places in my house: toilet, kitchen, balcony, etc. He also learnt a few verbs such as come and go away. He is now doing all I tell him such as go to the garage. go away from the kitchen, leave me alone, jump on the window sill, get down, etc. He also understands questions such as are you hungry?. Do you want to eat? Do you want to take a bath? He even reacts to all my friends telling him what to do and asking him these questions.