There is a saying that you can train a cat to do whatever she wants. After 6 months of living with a cat, I can tell you that’s true. I tried to clicker train her: after two days of eating by the click, she turned her back to the food and refused to play my [...]
Category Archives: Pets
1001 Cats: Hair Styles, Gadgets, Web Resources
May 27, 2007 – 5:58 am
As usual, Sunday brings a new edition of our 1001 Cats Blog Carnival. Lots of entries, funny stories and cool cat pictures. Moreover, this edition brings in a lot of web resources dedicated to cat owners. It is for sure a very informative read, and I bet your cat will say “Thank you” for the [...]
1001 Cats: Artists, Therapists and a Piano Concerto
May 20, 2007 – 4:22 am
No one knows exactly when or how the cat first appeared on Earth. Most investigators agree, however, that the cat’s most ancient ancestor probably was a weasellike animal called Miacis, which lived about 40 million or 50 million years ago.
Miacis is believed by many to be the common ancestor of all land-dwelling carnivores, including dogs [...]
1001 Cats: the paradox and the carnival
May 13, 2007 – 8:42 am
Welcome to the May 13, 2007 edition of 1001 Cats. You may wonder why calling it “1001 Cats”. Why not “99 Cats”, or “69 Cats”? If you like mathematics, maybe you heard about the 1001 Cats Paradox, which is, roughly speaking, about the fact that if you have one cat, then you have 1001 [...]
1001 Cats Blog Carnival 1st Edition
May 6, 2007 – 9:00 am
Welcome to the May 6, 2007 edition of 1001 Cats Blog Carnival. The purpose of this carnival is to provide a place for cat owners to exchange tips, tricks and any other useful information about cats of all breeds or ages. Funny cat stories, pictures or short movies also have their place here. We all [...]
How to give your cat a pill in 7 steps
March 10, 2007 – 4:23 pm
When it comes to swallowing pills, cats are pretty much like children: they would not open their mouth, despite whatever efforts you may try. Unlike children, cats have fangs and claws, and I can tell you they use them if necessary. I’ve had my first cat ever about three months ago, and recently I had [...]
Amazing cat clicker training results
January 26, 2007 – 6:16 am
What is clicker training
Clicker training is a positive-reinforcement-based system of training. Animals are more likely to repeat a behavior which resulted in pleasure. The clicker is used to create a bridge connection between the desired behavior and the reward. So clicker trainers provide consequences desired by their animal in exchange for actions or behaviors desired [...]
10 reasons to leash train your cat
January 25, 2007 – 3:13 pm
Many cats owners keep their cats indoors all the time. Even cat breeders recommend that, but everybody ignores the sad, long looks an indoor cat is throwing at the windows. Still there is hope for the poor little kittens longing for the fresh air outside their home: going out in a leash. If you ever [...]
How to wash your cat in 13 steps
January 25, 2007 – 8:01 am
This post opens the “what you can do with a cat” series, which is going to run here, at All Tips And Tricks, over the next few days. Since I’ve got myself a cute, little kitten, I started to look deeper into pet care and training. I did not succeed to train her on anything [...]
