
Meet your instructor.
What is fear free?
Why carrier train?
Learn the basics of clicker training and learning theory.
Now we get to the point of the course: how to get your cat in the carrier on command! First we desensitize the cat to the carrier, lure the cat in, teach the cue, and end by going in on cue with the carrier door shut.
Now that your cat can go in the carrier on cue, continue to train for travel success.
Final thoughts for continued success after the course including:
Fading
Practicing
The Matching Law
Use your skills from carrier training to teach your cat to station on a mat.
A special encore presentation of the fundraiser Funny Cat Videos Explained. Watch some of the funniest internet cat videos and learn what's really going on.
Do you have to wrestle your cat into the carrier when it's time to go to the vet? At the very least this is stressful, at worst someone gets injured. This course teaches you how to use positive reinforcement methods to get your cat to voluntarily walk into the carrier on cue. Scientific research shows that cats who slowly work up to and practice carrier training with positive reinforcement are more relaxed in their carriers— and you will be, too! You also bond with your cat and start learning clicker training so you can teach more skills on your training journey! Any cat can do this. The example cat in the videos is 15 years old.
Carrier training is essential for:
-Routine vet visits
- Household or cat-specific emergencies
- Travel, from locally to internationally
Carrier training can help with:
-An interesting family science project— you read that right! This course is based on behavioral psychology and applied animal behavior research.
-Building confidence in your cat.
-Giving your bored cat something to DO instead of chasing their tail, knocking things over, and driving you bananas!
Animal Rescues: Please message me if you would like a donation of this course for fundraisers, volunteers, new adopters, etc.