Motivation Never underestimate a cat’s intelligence! When I was clicker training my dogs, my cats couldn’t help but pace around eager to be trained too.

Cat training, in particular, gives your cat opportunities to problem-solve and get rewarded for it. “The trained behavior is their ‘job,’ and the food is their ‘paycheck,'” says Quandt.

When The Trainable Cat, a book by animal behaviorists John Bradshaw and Sarah Ellis, came across my desk, I decided to try out some of the tactics to see if they could lessen the tension in my ...

Many people have tried to figure out how to train a cat to use the toilet over the years, with wildly varying degrees of success.

Clicker training does more than just teach cats what we do and don't want them to do, says Redwood City cat behaviorist Marilyn Krieger; it enriches their lives and our relationship with them.