We love a blank slate! Makes it such a breeze, hardest part is deciding on a layout since the possibilities are endless!
This is an excellent tool to help introduce cats to one another! Pattern games are a simple set of exercises that provide a predictable and secure structure for animals in order to help them normalize changes in their environment (potential “triggers” for reactive cats). Patterns are safe, predictable, repetitive, voluntary and normalizing! Pattern games were created by Leslie McDevitt for use with reactive dogs, there is nothing stopping us for using these tools with our cats!
This is an excellent tool to help introduce cats to one another! Pattern games are a simple set of exercises that provide a predictable and secure structure for animals in order to help them normalize changes in their environment (potential “triggers” for reactive cats). Patterns are safe, predictable, repetitive, voluntary and normalizing! Pattern games were created by Leslie McDevitt for use with reactive dogs, there is nothing stopping us for using these tools with our cats!
This clip illustrates both the reluctant and the brave and offers some tips on encouraging cat wheel use. For a detailed explanation visit my web article detailing the “how-to” steps. Mostly, it is just cute and hopes to inspire cat parents to provide this type of enrichment and activity if you think your cat is up to it!
This video will illustrate how to use targeting as a means of controlling unwanted behaviors such as getting on the kitchen counters during meal prep. This same technique could be used to resolve a myriad of other nuisance behaviors.
See my other video How to Teach Your Cat to Target a Mat and a Stool to learn the basics!
