So far I’ve trained my cat to:

1. Learn what a clicker is
2. Touch train (also known as target training)
3. Come on command
4. Sit on command
5. Stay on command
6. Sit up/sit pretty

All those in 3.5 weeks! My cat loves training so much she keeps beating me to the “training room”. I set up everything for her in there, which is where this video was taken… I used a little coffee table we weren’t using and she trains on that. It acts as her “station” for training which is really nice. You don’t have to use a station, or a “platform” to train your cat but I chose to.

Here is sort of my training chart of how fast Ninja was able to learn each behavior (this won’t be everyone’s cat’s chart, but it is nice for me to look back and see how long each trick took. Your cat may learn faster or slower):

• In a single training session she learned what the clicker meant. She had had experience with it prior, though, so your cat may need longer.
• A single training session and she understood touch training/target training.
• 1 day of 2-3 training sessions to learn come on command (short distance).
• 3 days to learn sitting on command.
• 5 days to teach her sit up/sit pretty.
• 2 days to learn stay on command.

All these behaviors were super basic. The touch training can be done with her at any length but the come command was trained at short distances (though it worked outside from our backyard as well as within our house)

The stay command I only asked from the distance of a room and for the length of a few seconds, not a lot of minutes or hours. I don’t have a need for her to sit in one place for an hour but ALL these behaviors can be expanded upon once it’s basis is learned.

And the training doesn’t stop here! I plan on working on some fun jumping behaviors next so stay tuned with our progress!