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  • Socializing cats to aid adoptability

    New Media Mention: Susan C. Kahler, JAVMA news April 15, 2016 Link to full news bulletin  Kristyn Vitale Shreve, a doctoral student and National Science Foundation graduate fellow in the Human-Animal Interaction Laboratory at Oregon State University, said that behavioral issues or cat-owner incompatibility account for at least 27 percent of the cats surrendered to…

  • Training Videos

    Cat Training Demo Kristyn shows you how to start training your cat! Basic Behaviors Showing off- Sit, Give Paw, Stand Up, Come, Go to Mat, & a trick!   Beginning Clicker Training How to “load the clicker” to associate the click sound with a reward. You can then use the click to mark a behavior you…

  • Communicate with your cat through training!

    Here Cecilia and I show off her basic behaviors & tricks!  Interested in learning how to train your cat? Check out this link for more information! Free kitten training classes are available in Oregon!

  • Kitten Training Classes!

    Think you can’t train cats? Think again! =                     The Oregon State University Human-Animal Interaction Lab Offers FREE kitten training classes in Corvallis, OR! Have a kitten between 4-8 months? Join our next free 6-week class! Kittens socialize and play with one another and meet new people (and you meet other…

  • Webinar! A look inside your cat’s head

    A look inside your cat’s head: The science behind your cat and how to strengthen the human-cat bond Although cats and humans have coexisted for thousands of years, science still has a lot to learn about cat behavior, cognition and the human-cat bond. This talk will cover the current status of several areas of cat…