Reward-Based Training is for All Our Pets

And it can teach us about ourselves too. Highlights from the first Train for Rewards blog party . Photo: Rosie love/Shutterstock By Zazie Todd, PhD Recently, I invited fellow bloggers to join me in writing about reward-based training of our companion animals . I did not know how many (if any) would want to join in. So when the big day came and 25 other bloggers joined me in sharing posts on this topic, I was delighted. I was especially pleased that dogs , cats and horses were all represented, because dogs aren’t the only animals that need training. Reward-based training for dogs, cats, horses... “Nobody bats an eye if you talk about dog training, but mention cat training one time and the couch delivery guys give you a look and refuse your offer of a glass of water (obviously spiked with a crazy cat training potion). The perception that cats are untrainable is false, and it can hinder happy unions between cats and their people. Dogs and cats learn every day, and thr