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Im sorry could you explain this cat training strategy? What is the purpose? How did it come qbout?

• godelski 3y ago
  When cats are scared they hide. In an actual emergency I need to be able to grab my cat. This isn't so great if my cat hides by tucking herself behind the washing machine. If she instead thinks hiding under the table is a legitimate hiding spot I can quickly grab her when it is actually needed. Training is simple. Be good at finding cats. When cat is in good hiding place, always make it known that you know and if they go to a place that is annoying to get to, extract them. Make the process annoying or uncomfortable (not harmful) so they have a bad association with it. But we also need positive reinforcement. When an easy to extract spot is used, pretend you can't find them. Make an excuse to call them. Make a big display. Walk around the house, calling them. Walk right past where they are and even get close. Cats naturally play hide and seek as a game, so we're just doing this. Basically you are inverting the reward function on the hide and seek game.