• Question: why can't we train cats like we can train dogs?

    Asked by brookie19 to Charlotte, Jo, Kevin, Louise, Valeria on 18 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Joanna Cruden

      Joanna Cruden answered on 18 Jun 2012:

      I think that cats are just very different to dogs, partly it is down to how people selective breed them so dogs were selected more for obedience whereas cats were used for catching mice and rats and selected for that.

      You can train a cat but you have to pick a responsive cat, dogs are naturally far more responsive partly because they are a pack animal and see their owners as the pack leader. Cats are more solitary and independent.

    • Photo: Valeria Senigaglia

      Valeria Senigaglia answered on 18 Jun 2012:

      Cats are also less receptive to changes in our voice tones or our facial expressions.

      But depending on the cat, on your dedication and on what you want to teach them is possible to train cat, I can assure it!

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