Hey ive just got a question regarding tricks and training bengals.

Ive heard lots of storys about peoples bengals playing fetch and learning new tricks. I was wondering if there was any way you can train your bengal to fetch or sit on comand or anything like that. My boy is 4 months and he doesnt do anything. He responds to his name and sometimes comes when he is called but thats about it. My last bengal i had talked alot. If i would ask her if she wanted a drink or was hungry she would respond to me, but my boy that i have now doesnt. I was just wondering if there was anyway of teaching them this or does this just depend on the bengal?

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Proud servant of Ramses and Djoser

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Proud servant of Ramses and Djoser

I don't train my cats at all... But the jump on my shoulder, play fetch and will follow some commands easily... Never needed to train them to do it....

I think some cats will naturally do these things, some will be easily trained with food to perform and some will be stubborn so and so's! I have a Bengal that is not remotely food orientated and impossible to train. There is nothing to reward him with! My Tonks, on the other hand, will do all of those things just for attention. No training necessary! Lol

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Lollo

For "tricks" (sitting, h-5, being called by name, rolling over etc), by all means, try clicker training. Playing fetch though I think is an activity that either your cat will want to do or will not. But you should just try it. Serafina used to like to play fetch with little soft bouncing balls, now she is luke-warm on doing it. She will often chase it, but then when she catches up to it she's like "meh, ok I'm done". Gaga loves to play fetch now (that's "her thing") and she will bring me the same little soft bouncing balls to me to throw that serafina used to use. She also love straws. The bigger the better. Neytiri also likes to play fetch, but she only wants to play with these little fluffly, hairy, mouse toys. She races after them with a ton of enthusiasm, then brings them back for me to throw again. Try throwing various objects and see what he reacts to.

As far as "talking" goes, again I think either your cat likes to talk, or does not. But with a kitten you are not yet seeing the full personality. It may be a matter of comfort level to some extent.

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The little monsters 3

Your kitty is still a baby! It takes a LOT of time and a LOT of patience and working with the kitty over and over and over and over and over again. You get the picture. Repetition is what trains them, so it's just something you have to do again and again.

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