British shorthair cat (details)

British shorthair cat has a simple and lovely appearance, gentle character and full of everyone's favorite, but not all British shorthair cat is so gentle and obedient, so for some mischievous British shorthair cat on a lot of the necessary training, then the British shorthair cat how to train?

One, remember the name training method

When it is in the state of excitement, from time to time to call its name, it can make it easy to remember their own names, for example, when petting it, playing or before feeding, are very good timing. Be especially careful not to punish the animal when it runs to you when it hears its name, otherwise it will associate punishment with calling its name and come to you in fear.

Two, action behavior training method

Cats will also have some behavior, such as you go to call it, want to hold it when you want to give instructions to the cat, this time, you have to repeat these actions regularly, and when the cat did it right, you have to reward it, if you do it wrong, you have to punish it Oh. The general situation is food, language, petting and other behavioral rewards.

Three, language behavior training method

Including verbal praise, stroking the head or back, giving food treats, can strengthen the cat's correct action. In the beginning, whenever a cat completes a simple action, it can be rewarded. With the escalation of the training action, the threshold of the reward condition should also be raised, and when it completes some complex actions, then moderate rewards can be given, so as to give full play to the effect of rewards.

Four, training British Shorthair cats to sit down

Training British Shorthair cats to shake hands with you can take the method of food temptation and reward. Before the training first prepare some British Shorthair cat like to eat food, such as: fish meat pieces, beef jerky and so on. The owner applies some minced meat on his right hand to make the fingers smell like minced meat. Then lure the British Shorthair cat to come over, then the owner stretches out his right hand in front of the cat to let it smell the food, and at the same time, gently say the command "shake hands" to the cat. Waiting for the cat to smell the aroma of minced meat, it will naturally extend its head over. Then the owner will raise the hand coated with the flavor of minced meat, and the cat will stand up and stretch out its front paws in order to eat the minced meat. At this point, the owner can reach out and grab the cat's paw, then say "shake hands" and shake the cat's hand, while handing the delicious food to the British Shorthair cat to eat.

To train the British Shorthair to master the handshake, the owner needs to keep on training until the British Shorthair completely masters the "handshake" method and forms a conditioned reflex, and then the owner can stop the training of the cat.

Fifth, the wrong behavior punishment method

The punishment of the British Shorthair cat, each animal has its own nature and special habits, the cat is no exception, it may be the old love of a favorite potted plant next to the urination, or in the furniture to leave scratches, you can not change its nature, but to be able to transfer it to the target, such as to give it a grind! claw post.

When keeping a British Shorthair, we will find that it also has its own special natural instincts. For example, peeing next to a favorite potted plant, leaving scratch marks on furniture, and so on. When training the British Shorthair cat to change these bad habits, the owner should also master the training method of appropriate punishment, so that the cat understands that some of its behavior is wrong and will make you unhappy and angry. Then in daily life, slowly teach to change these bad habits of the cat, training it to master some basic, good behavior.

Sixth, training British Shorthair cats not to bite

When British Shorthair cats subconsciously hold on to your fingertips and chew on them while playing, you can loudly reprimand them or issue a sound that indicates anger, and at the same time, immediately pat him on the head (the strength should be mastered, not too heavy, or he will hate you; not too light, or he will think you are playing with him). He will think you're playing with him), and then give him his finger; he will generally bite you again out of a vindictive mind, and then you once again in his head to clap, and then give him his finger.

So repeated four or five times, until he did not bite your hand, just gently put your finger in the mouth a little bit until. The next time you encounter him biting, but also use this method, usually within a month will receive good results.

British Shorthair cat training is not a short period of time can see the effect of any cat is so, for the training, the owner must have enough patience, never because of the British Shorthair cat's uncooperative and punishment, which is not conducive to training.