Paw Targeting for Button Pressing | Tutorial
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- If you're trying to teach your pet to talk, but are having trouble getting them to press the buttons themselves, this video is for you. I cover the concept of paw target training, tips for getting pets to activate the buttons after paw target training, and ideas for what to do if your pet isn't food motivated.
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I have been using these buttons for a YEAR with the sad hope that my dog might eventually press one. I just tried this for five minutes and she's pressing her training button eagerly. You are my hero.
Wow I can’t thank you enough for your tutorials! I just introduced a button to my kitten for the first time and he literally learned how to press it within 10 minutes! Prior to that, I also followed your tutorial for Paw Targeting and my kitten also picked that up within a day!
Yay!!! That’s so awesome to hear, thank you!! 💕
This video is super helpful for the paw training. Making the transition to PRESSING the button was a tough one. One thing that was helpful for me - my cat loves the catnip sprays, so I will often spray one of her toys as a treat. I started spraying her toys over the buttons so that the overspray landed on the buttons. It gave her a reason to be interested in interacting with the buttons outside of our target training. She had her first full button press about a day after I started it.
I'm back watching this video for the third time, and had the bright idea to slow it down to 75%. The lovely lady's voice still sounds normal, and for those of us who are having trouble following her incredibly fast speech, slowing the video down is a godsend.
I can't edit the comment (even though there's an edit feature), so I just wanted to add that the one thing slowing it down does not do is produce any progress whatsoever. Chloe gets bored after 3 treats and walks away.
Exactly what I was looking for! I'd been scratching my head trying to figure out how the heck you go from practicing the paw movement on a tupperware to pressing the language buttons and this answers the question! Thank you!
The laser pointer idea is brilliant!
This video was so helpful. I started with Pinti in January, and added target training 3 weeks ago. This week she pushed OUT on her own. She’s now pushed it 6-7 times. BTW, I elected to record “Good girl, Pinti!” on the practice button. As a language educator, I support using real language with kids and decided to do the same with her.
So excited to see what words/concepts she uses next! THANK YOU!
Oh that's interesting - good idea!
Follow up on Pinti. She's up to 20+ pushes on OUT in 11 days since this past post. Thanks for all the help!
@@kathrynegawa5575 That's super cool. Any updates?
@@boranboynuk sure! She’s up to 150 button presses, with her only independent presses OUT at each door, and an occasional, accidental ALL DONE. She refuses to press the KITTY FOOD button and has nipped at me when I tap it and encourage her. She prefers coming, rubbing our legs, waiting quietly. So she has trained me on the front. I am adding PLAY this week.
@@kathrynegawa5575 I would LOVE to see any videos you might produce about this topic!! Any chance you're on YT, TT, or Insta?
I bought about 5 of the bigger buttons to see if I can get my cats interested before I spend the money for the smaller ones. I love the idea of the paw training method. Thanks so much
I got a couple Fluent Pet buttons several Months ago. My cat was interested in them but not motivated to try. He loved when “I” pushed the “play” button because he understood I would play with him. I always kept the buttons out and often while playing he would accidentally step on a button. I would praise him. He would try to make the button go off but got frustrated and would bite the hex tile and paw the button loose. Eventually he made the button go off with his paw and was highly praised. I understood he finally made the connection, but he would get frustrated because he wouldn’t put enough pressure with his paw. He still has that problem often but he found that he can bite the buttons and put pressure enough to make them go off that way. I’m not sure how to get him to use only his paw. I’m going to try your method to see if that helps.
Your videos have to be some of THE most helpful, concise, and on point videos I have seen on this subject. Thanks for making then! 💕🙏🏻
This is really good! We got some buttons for our cat, but I was afraid they would just expect us to press the buttons for her, and thus, she would never learn to do them herself. Glad I wasn't the only one who thought of the toy/laser pointer idea. Speaking of..."eyedeas" make sure that you're careful to not shine the laser pointer into your cat's eyes!!
BTW, your cat is very cute! UwU'
Yes, very useful. I've introduced a few buttons already and started paw targetting with one of the two cats. But I really don't know what I'm doing, and she would get frustrated very quickly since treats have never been something they've needed to work for before.
Thank you for your very clear and well-presented guidance. You are obviously a very good teacher.
Genuinly the most helpful videos ive been able to find for training in general.
Ok.. I'm going to sound weird ... I don't have a cat nor am I likely to have one any time soon .. but I love your videos .. I love hearing your connection to Justin and how you two are actually communicating and how you're going about discretely and with intention building up a language between you two where you're actually communicating not just reacting. As I said I'm sounding weird. Let me just say I love what you two are doing. If I ever get the chance to have a cat know I would be following in your footsteps 👍👍👍
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Just wanted to say I share this video with anyone who's learning buttons for the first time! It's so helpful.
By far the best video thanks!! We’re so close..😃
Very interesting,thank you!
This video is amazing! My puppy caught on within three days of us practicing like this!
Thanks so much for your tutorials! I have followed you and Justin on tiktok for some time now. And yesterday my cat Leo and I started with his first two buttons.
Great video! I also used a laser pointer when I taught my cat Billy two years ago. I am using now also with our new self invited street kitten Preston. With my dog Sophia, I just held the button in my hand and asked ‘paw’, then went lower and lower 😊
Your tutorials are SOOOOO well thought out and edited!!! Thank you so much! I can't wait to teach my cats English 😁
My cat is using his mouth to press down on it 😂😭 there’s teeth marks on them
Thank you 🦋
This is by far the best button training video I found for training my girl daisy last year! I now have a new kitty Dottie and I'm about to start training her to button! Thank you! 🩷
Can’t get our cat Merrin to put pressure on the button. He loves the training sessions so I don’t want to frustrate him. A video dedicated to putting pressure on the button would be amazing!
Did your cat ever figure it out?
@@huliheaden yes he did. Now he almost drive us mad asking for things. However, it’s a amazing to have such a direct line of communication with him. It’s definitely increased our bond. Now we need to buy him more buttons.
That’s my dog right now. He seems a little scared that it makes a sound.
My cat is giving clean taps on the top but not activating the button yet. We'll keep trying!
Just ordered the basic starter set! Hoping I can get they to use them! They’re all BERY smart so I hope they cooperate.😂
So glad I found this! Your tutorials are great.
Step 1: cat walks off.
Hi and thank you so much for doing videos teaching Justin to talk! Our kitty Lysander is super smart -- He knows tons of tricks and goes on hikes with us so we are hoping he will enjoy learning how to use buttons as a way he can communicate with us (and not us *at* him).
I did have one question: Do you ever suggest picking up the buttons to put them away/hide them? I ask because my husband and I both work away from home so we worry that Ly will hit a button intentionally (after target training -- like you said around 6:50), but there will be no reward or attention so he won't understand that he did actually do right.
Thank you again so much -- You have a new YT follower and we cannot wait to watch and learn more from you and Justin!
L (and Andy)
Omg, this has been a great help! Thank you so much for teaching me this.
Thank you so much for making these videos. I think the buttons will help us in so many ways. Currently our cat is peeing on our bed...she's clearly trying to communicate with us. I want her to be able to get her communication needs met and I think this process will be perfect for her! Thank you for teaching me.
Oo when our cat peed on our bed, it was because he had urinary crystals. The vet explained that they are super painful and he could relax enough to pee when he was around our scent. I’m sure inappropriate urination isn’t always a health issue, but maybe look into that, if you haven’t?
Super helpful! Thank you ❤
Awesome. Thank you so much for making this.
You are very good at writing/speaking! Lovin your videos!Thank you 🙏 🤍 🐱 Justin is adorable btw!!!
Wow what a great video! I am going to try your suggestions.
thank you so much
Ommggg thank you I’m so excited to teach my kitty
I'm learning
turns out mine didn't need a container over the button to be willing to start pawing at the button (tho pressing it is still not happening), but they are so food motivated that they won't do it without getting a food reward 😭 like sure they'll do it once but then when they realize they aren't getting a treat for it they're like 'oh nevermind then' and walk away
Been struggling , he seems to get it at times then not other times. His favorite spot is to just roll around on it lol
I get stuck after step 1. Once he sees there’s no treat under it he doesn’t care.
Very interesting videos ! My cat is only interested in wet food, so.... Argh lol :D
Ughh. Tried this but my gal is using her mouth not her paw to get the treats from under the little bowl.
Same! Super frustrating. I think my dogs are too dumb. It's been a week and nothing.
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This is awesome, thank you for these tutorials! But will the cat be pressing buttons all night and not let you sleep? Can you put them away at night?
What about catnip near the button to cause accidental pressing in the beginning? I think they would at least roll over it, but then I wonder if the mat will smell like catnip and cause an issue.
Thanks for the videos. I'm super excited.
Question: do you reward if she scratches the side of the container? Or only the top?
With our cat Merrin we only treated him for pressing the top. To help him I tapped the top of the container. He soon caught on. Now we have to figure out how to get Merrin to push down on the button. At present he just places his paw on top.
My cat is just immediately attacking my hand on step 1 and then walks away 😭 ive tried her favorite treats
Purchased over 750.00 of products from FluentPet. Had no idea how to proceed. Thanks to your videos my cats have started learning to use buttons. I can’t thank you enough! You should teach for FluentPet as I learned more from you than them. I feel extremely thankful & appreciative for your easy to understand help! My buttons say for 6 months until I found your videos!
My buttons sat in closet not say for 6 months until I found your videos. Thank you
I love you hair color !
I have two cats, do you think I can train both ?
If my cat do love food and not playing and should be on a diet, how do I could do ?
Hi there! I’ve been following you on tiktok for a while now and finally ordered some buttons for my cat about a month ago. Using your tips were slowly making some progress I think!
I’m curious what you think about buttons for someone who doesn’t work from home- would it be best , at least in the beginning of button training, to put buttons away when you’re not home so that any presses that might be happening when you’re not there don’t go un-rewarded? Perhaps in the future I’ll invest in a camera system like I see many other folks using but for now it doesn’t seem like a priority. Would love your input! Thanks!!
Yay that’s exciting! That’s a good question, I’d still leave them out in the beginning (and definitely once they’ve learned!). I don’t think it would hurt their progress if they figured out how to press buttons while you were away, and I think as long as you’re making the buttons a fun activity when you’re home, they’d be likely to try pressing again in front of you. A bit of a different scenario since he already knows how to press them, but Justin still occasionally uses the buttons when I’m not home even though he’s never gotten a response - I actually think he knows I can’t hear him by now & is just talking to himself or thinking out-loud!
Any suggestions for the best platforms for the target training? Stackable cups? I'm having some trouble finding just the right ones
This may seem like a no brainer question…
Can 2 cats use the same board?
Wow, you’re incredible! Thanks so much! I’m still just about to buy some buttons for my cats …would you by any chance have any discount codes for purchasing buttons? In other words, would be great if #FluentPet would sponsor you!!! Either way, thanks again 😻😽
my cat just uses his nose, never his paw! what to do?
Any tips on getting your cat to understand you need them to touch the top of the container? My cat is just swiping the sides right now
How old was Justin when you started button training? Looking into it for our two year old cats.
Billi @ billispeaks is 13
Justin is 6
You're beautiful, you're making my heart melt🥺
Nice! It's taken about a month to get my boy pushing the buttons hard enough (I used the lean for treats method once he was tapping them) and now we're on the stage of getting him to press them on his own volition. The boy prefers to stare me down at eye level (e.g. at my desk) until I guess the right thing lol Any ideas? I've made the 'game' of pressing buttons more challenging during practice by introducing a second button (pets) to try and make that association, and he has 3 others that he shows a lot of interest/excitement over that are near their sources (water, food, and play). I know he gets it, but he seems to think I need to be actively engaging the buttons for them to work.
Haha, so stubborn!! That’s tough - I’d try getting a little stubborn back. If Justin is meowing for something but won’t tell me what he wants, usually my strategy is to lead him over to his buttons and say “use your words”. I’ll wait a moment for him to press, and if he doesn’t, I’ll go back to whatever I was doing. If another 5 mins or so pass and he’s still meowing, I’ll go back to the buttons and offer him something via modeling (“Play now”, etc), and then we do that activity. I want him to know his body language & meows still matter, but it helps him get what he wants faster if he can tell me. If it’s obvious what he wants, I’ll still go over and model it first (say he’s meowing near the door, I still lead him over to the buttons and say “outside”), so he learns the fastest possible way to get what he wants is via the buttons.
@@justinbiebercat Good plan. I find it hard to be hard on my boy because he tends to give up easily when frustrated during training sessions, but when he wants something enough to stare at me for a solid 15 minutes straight (... AWKWARD!!), his motivation is definitely heightened XD He does understand when I turn around towards the buttons; he'll jump off and then walk with his tail up, so it's a step.
Thanks! Well done on the video as well! :)
@@LeftOfToday That's hilarious, I've never seen a cat just stare someone down. When I had a cat he'd alternate between meowing at you and pawing at the thing he wants, like a door he'd like opened.
So this is different from the petspeak method, where they press it then you hand them a different treat.
Then instead of recording paw on the button, they recorded a command like "outside" and when they pressed it you rewarded them with the command instead of a treat.
Is this method better for cats? The other one was with dogs.
2nd day attempting to train, and my cat treats it like a game. He doesn't use his paw to eat the treat, he eats it off the container. Then he flung the container around with the treat underneath it. I gave him a treat every time he put his paw on the container, but I'm feeling a bit discouraged..?
I haven't been able to find anything about the "paw command" you refer to in this video a couple of times. And is "How I Taught My Cat to Talk" the video you mean when you say "my previous video"? They aren't listed in any particular order on your channel. Thanks!
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When they touch the top of the container, say "paw", and reward them with the treat.
That's the "paw" command. When they perform it and they get a treat, it reinforces the connection between the 2 things.
And yes, the other video is "How I Taught my Cat to Talk". You can see the partial title in the upper right corner when she refers to it.
Hi! I have an issue where she will only touch the side of it, but not the top? Any suggestions on how to switch her over to the top?
She is already trying to do it to the buttons as well, but obviously it's not working for her cause it's the side of the button
Can you share some of your treats that worked? I have a cat that has yet to do anything but look at ne like I'm an idiot when trying to give her a reward. It's the weirdest thinh
Has anyone with 2 pets tried training them together ? How did that work out? I have two cats and they both seem interested in target training, planning on moving on to button, but training them together seems rather chaotic. Should I seperate them for training sessions or just keep them together?
My cat will only paw at the sides of a container not the top, ideas?
My cat wants the treat under the container, but doesn’t paw the container at all. He just sat there and looked at me innocently. What should I do??
Same, if I hold the container down, she rubs my hand, rolls over, or waits for me to remove my hand. If I don't hold the container down, she pushes the side of the container to try to push the container off.
Where did you get that plastic container??
I found single serving applesauce comes in a clear plastic cup.
my cat looks at the container and then me with this absolutely pissed look and acts as if not interested in the treat anymore. the moment I remove the container, he tries to wait and suddenly jerk towards the treat to outspeed me with getting the treat. when I put the container back over it, he flops down and gives me more hate through his eyes. absolutely does not want to cooperate or do anything for treats and I don't get why. we have a good relationship and I never did anything wrong to him, such as punishing him, shouting at him or anything else that would have discouraged him. he just simply does not want to do any tricks for food.
The laser worked a couple of times. Then they picked up tap the laser button. They are avoiding the pets button this week.
If it's part of your plan, you will be an awesome mother! All of those tips on patience and understanding apply to children, too!
My dogs can't even do step 1. Tried all day and they just forcefully use their snout to move my hand out of the way to get to the treat under the container
Same as mine. Have you found a way?
Try sitting down and placing the cup firmly between your feet.
That's the way I started with my cat, because I knew the cup would just slide around on the floor and he'd tip it over.
My cats either don't see the treat at all, or they just don't use their paw when they try to get it out.
I love this video and my cat picked up with a day that he needed to touch the button. The problem is that he touches the side, he turns his little paw and touch the side of the button. Any tips on how to make him touch the top? I tried to go back to the container and start from the beginning but he keeps doing the same thing over and over again. Thank you!
My cat does the same thing, even with a container and treat. She'll just paw at the side of the container. I haven't figured out a solution yet either.
I'm having the exact same problem
Try placing your hand comoletely around the container so the only available spot is the top.
I ordered the buttons and started pre-training with a tiny food cup and treat like she shows.
I sit on a stool and place the cup between my feet so he can't slide it around on the floor or tip it over.
I then tap the top of the cup and say treat. At first he mostly sniffed and pawed the side.
In the beginning, I'd reveal the treat if he pawed the side, but then I began delaying the reward, waiting to see if he'd finally tap the top.
The first time that he accidentally did that, I praised him and gave the treat.
After that happened, I only gave the treat if he put his paw on top of the cup.
It took 3 or 4 days for him to figure out what he had to do for the reward and perform with 100% accuracy.
He is a fairly smart cat, though.
I have another cat that I don't think will figure things out. She's very food motivated, but not too bright.
But who knows...she may surprise me!
Once the buttons arrive, I'll need to teach him how to press it hard enough, rather than just tap.
Did you figure out a way to get your cat to use the buttons?
How heavy does your pet have to be to be successful at pushing down on a button?
My cat only wants to use her nose to nudge my hand and the container away.😐
HELPFUL TIP:If your cats use claws when they grab for treats, don’t give up! use gardening gloves!
My cat doesn't realize there is a treat under there so she is not interested. She keeps looking at my hand for a treat. We will keep trying.
Maybe you could let her sniff the treat before putting it underneath the lid?
@@090403created I did let her sniff the treat. I even put tuna and chicken under the dome. The chicken was exposed under the lid. Still not interested. She understands the word treat. Could you do a training of a cat who does not already know the paw command?
I see. Maybe she’s not hungry? I would keep trying. Or try it with a small toy (with motion and sound) ?
When my cat gets mad he just throws everything on my bedside table into the floor I'm disabled so it's really a big pain in the butt for me because I have to use those Grabbers and those Grabbers you know don't pick up the little tiny stuff so it's really a pain in the butt for me. He is a ginger boy Maine coon full bred brat and I was wondering and hoping if I got him and taught him a mad button if he would stop doing that I am a smoker but I do not smoke freely in the house I do smoke out of the closed up bathroom I smoke out the open window so he is not allowed in there in the bathroom because that's where I smoke out the window and he gets so mad well he's not breathing in that second hand smoke and he's not allowed to go in there for quite some time after I finish smoking it's just for you no safety precaution he's my baby number one and he's a $1,400 cat. He's also a Dennis the Menace at my old big house he got caught on the roof I had to rescue him and everything else he has broken his leg had to have a special orthopedic surgeon $2,000 never did heal right and everything else and no it did not slow him down he will be 2 years old this month
I wish I could add a picture he's a ginger boy too p.s. love your hair
@@stephanieharper7349 I'm sorry, I had to laugh a little at this. We have a gray Maine Coon that when we first got him, he knocked things off my night stand at night too and raised hell with us for awhile too. He was a stray that we got at Paws when he was about 4yrs old. So, he was used to being outside. My husband built him a catio where he could go in and out as he pleased, but still be confined and safe outside and that fixed his attitude problem... Well, for the most part. He can still be a turd sometimes, but the biggest attitude issues we had with him resolved with him getting his catio. I think mostly, Maine Coons are just who they are though. They take a bit more patience than most cats because they have BIG personalities. LOL! We also have a ginger female, but not a Maine Coon and she has a lot of 'tude too.
Just one thing: 15 mins it's too long for a cat, it's better to use them several times during the day very few minutes so they keep paying attention.
My cat refuses to work for treats.
I put the treat under the tupperware cup and my cat just knocks it over and gets the treat.
I sit on a stool and put the cup between my feet. He can't knock it over or move it around.
If he touches the top, rather than the sides, I lift the cup and praise him.
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