My girl does training daily and part of her routeen. These days I encourge my family to do sessions with her also for the bonding time.
I like to focus on useful ''tricks''/commands that I can use at other times, like on walks. For eg. ''come here'' and ''come on'' The tone of the commands has to be consistant, for example my ''come here'' I use when I see a dog/stranger or something otherwise scary approaching and I want Cleo to come to me quickly and hide under me... I use a kinda urgent tone which began organically but now I stick with that tone for effect. My ''come on'' I use a very sweet encouraging tone to get Cleo to move along and follow me and reasure her that its safe ect.
Counters are a tricky thing to teach, as are cables and wires for some kittys. My girl only jumps on the counter that we have given to her to own and only if she wants food or something... she spends more time up higher than the counters in her kitchen tree and shelves. Cleo learned she is not allowed on the rest of the counters and when one of us is in there she gets very sheepish and nervous when over-urged to walk onto our counters (all connected) and a sharp look and a finger point to the floor is enough to remind her she shouldnt be on the human's counters. HOWEVER, and im sure this true for many many cats, my girl has learned not to go on our counters -when we are there- cooking or washing up ect. When we are not (during the night for eg) im sure she does explore these surfaces so we have to keep them clear of anything toxic or sharp ect.
Clickers, I use a normal clicker and a pointer but alot depends on the kitty, for my girl she is somewhat of a expert at learning hand gestures so I have developed that and use the clicker alot less these days.
I reccomend training for intelligent breeds like Bengals as it is bonding time and a form of communication that both owner and kitty enjoy. Off the top of my head (to share ideas) my girl has learned: ''sit'' ''stand up'' ''follow finger'' ''speak'' ''jump here'' (double tap surface) ''head-butt'' ''high five'' ^ all by gestures and no need for verbal commands anymore, unless she as forgotten one a bit and verbal command reminds her again.
and im working on, ''lay down'' (really hard one for Cleo) ''give paw'' (she does this but hard to gesture this AND take her paw) I need to progress her ''give paw'' alot because I am unable to clip Cleo on my own.. I always have to enlist a helper and for the long term Id like to be able to do clipping with just myself.
I think training that involves getting kitty to jump up and down using different surfaces like shelves and tree is great because it doubles as an energy draining exercise which Bengals REALLY need lol.
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