New To Owning Cats (let alone a savannah)

[Trish Allearz]

Perhaps if my younger cousins bring some to the beach on the family vacation, which is a distinct possibility with all the advertising surrounding the product. They are definitely still young enough to be quantity purchasers of alcohol, despite always shaking a glass in front of me and asking me to make them a cocktail. I guess that's my calling on vacation, to be their Sushi Chef and Bartender.

Well, heck, you'll have to pop by next time you are in our neck of the woods!

 

[Becki]

Train them? You can train them? Who knew? I have been trained pretty well at this point, Nyah on the other hand...

 

[Jacq]

I need a sushi chef and bartender...how much do you charge per hour?

 

[WitchyWoman]

does anyone know of a good website or book that tells you how to train a cat properly? all of this is so new to me and my savannah is definitly proving to be high maintence, lol. I need to get started training him properly before i give him bad habits.

I bought a copy of Marilyn Krieger's Naughty No More: Change Unwanted Behaviors through Positive Reinforcement which teaches how to clicker train cats. I also bought a bag of clickers on Amazon. Truth be told, I haven't had the patience or discipline to work with my 3 SVs as much as I should. However, whenever I began the training, I was surprised at how quickly the cats became engaged in it. They seemed to actually enjoy the mental stimulation. I was bored silly. So the book sits on the shelf and the clickers have become toys for the boyz. It is a good book, though, and if you have the patience to stick with the training, I recommend using it.

 

[ambiente18]

does anyone know of a good website or book that tells you how to train a cat properly? all of this is so new to me and my savannah is definitly proving to be high maintence, lol. I need to get started training him properly before i give him bad habits.

Clinical behavioral, Medicine for Small Animals - Karen L. Ovverall, M.A., Ph.D