Purrsuasion Cat Behaviour Consulting and Training

Impactful Changes for Success

I've made some exciting changes that I just have to share with all of you because I've loved them so far!!

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Another way that I'm working on fully supporting my clients so them and their kitties have the best success. 😸💕

Part 2 of our easy mat training! Now that I've reinforced Siberia for sitting on the mat, we're practicing having her stay as I walk away. No clicker needed this time, just tasty treats!

I've been working on "Mat" with Siberia, but just in an unstructured, very chill way. In this video, I'm moving the mat around the room, reinforcing her for choosing to sit on it. On Wednesday, we test her staying on the mat while I walk around!

You should use treats that your cat loves when you first start training, but some options may not be the best for you and your kitty in the long term. Here are a few of my least faves...

Our home is Siberia's castle, so I guess every room is hers? 🤭😻

Siberia would like the WORLD 🌎 to know that she did, in fact, catch her toy while we were playing.

Well, someone was looking to win Student Of The Year!🏆👩‍🎓 Nala was learning Spin for the very first time, and of course, the smarty pants decided she wanted to spin the opposite direction and didn't need a lure anymore. This is why I love training cats. 😻

What about routine for my cats when I work shift work and don't even have a daily routine for myself? You can still provide the enrichment your kitty needs even if it isn't at the exact same time every day, or hire a pet sitter!

Cats thrive off of routine and predictability. Let's be the best cat parents and find ways to provide that routine for them every single day while also working around our busy schedules. I believe in you!!

We could all benefit from more words of encouragement like these. 🥹 Siberia may not be able to understand my words, but I have no doubt that she blooms from the positivity, love, and patience I give her during every training session. ❤️

How can we help you?? Oh, in so many ways! To name a few, you'll get... 📑 A plan that's tailored to YOU. No more guesswork for what is the right thing to do for your kitty. 👭 Ongoing 1-on-1 support because we all hit bumps in the road during our journey to change behaviour concerns. ❔️ Answers to the powerful question of "Why does my cat do this!?" 🐾 Advice you know you can trust because you know me and what I stand for in cat care.

When I say that training should be fun, I mean it! I'm teaching Siberia to "Step Up" just for something new and challenging to train. This session could have gone two ways; I get frustrated because she's not understanding what I want, and no one has fun, or I giggle at her stubbornness to not touch the container and keep trying until she got it, then we celebrate! Even if you're training a trick that will have practical use, your entire process should be fun for both you and your cat. If it starts to feel like a chore, take a break or try a new direction. The laughs and the pride I've had for Riah and Siberia when we train both play a huge role in the beautiful bond that we share. Training cats is powerful, and I'm so grateful to have found it.

Riah has been gone for 2 years this week, and while I've learned to navigate life without my soul cat, the end to her life on earth is still a challenge, especially on the harder days. For anyone who's lost their heart animals, the best advice I can give is to remember them. Talk about them with people who love them too, share stories of them to strangers, and don't let sadness shadow your happiest memories. I still talk about Riah to my family, even to Siberia, my husband and I always make her goofy meows throughout the house, I share her with all of you, and she still helps me teach my clients and their kitties. Riah may not be here physically, but she'll forever be by my side in everything that I do. I love you, my pretty girl. 💜

Meowing. Oh, how us ailurophiles love it! Do you know what makes it even more special? Your cat's meowing language is unique to you! You may hear other cats meow and have a good guess at what that cat is telling you, but their family would know within a second the type of meow and what their kitty is asking of them, and it's the same vice versa. They've trained you well! I think that's pretty cool.

Your cats are special individuals with their own quirks, motivations, personalities, and experiences. Don't get too immersed in the instinctual side of things when you're trying to understand why your kitties do what they do. Take those helpful instinctual reasonings while also considering your unique individual, and you'll have so much more success growing a better understanding of everything they do.

So, just how rare are our quirkie female orange tabbies?