positive reinforcement training (cw: cat box)

[cimorene]

I started training Snookums to vocally notify us when he's used the litterbox so we can immediately clean it and wipe his butt if necessary (ugh) by praising him and giving him a treat each time he did.

He learned it within a couple of weeks and he will now go to the box, pee, come and yodel about it and accept his treat, then immediately go back to the box to poop and then come tell us about that to get a second treat.

Comments

[stranger]

Hee. Cats.
I've heard of human 3-year-olds doing exactly this, too.

[halojedha]

Hah! That is cunning. What a bastard 😂

[ursamajor]

Smahhht cat. :D

[vass]

What a clever boy. And that's a good idea.

[cesy]

Excellent cat!

[jennaria]

:helpless giggles:

[laurenthemself]

Clever boy!