I just received Marilyn Krieger’s new book, Naughty No More. It concentrates on training cats and changing unwanted behavior through clicker training and positive reinforcements.

Instead of bombing through the book and putting up a review on felinexpress, I am going to use her book to train Puzzle and Riddle and chart my progress along the way.

My first goal is to read Chapter One (which I am almost through) then I will start with the kittens. What I have pulled out of the chapter so far:
First off need to find something the kitties respond to. Puzzle responds to nekoflies and Riddle to small rolled balls of cream cheese sprinkled with a bit of catnip. These are called Primary Reinforcers.

You need a clicker (which I have) if the sound startles the kitties, you can use a ball-point pen or wrap the clicker in a soft towel. The clicker doesn’t seem to bother the kitties one bit. This is the secondary reinforcer.

You need a pointer. I am using a chopstick, but you can use anything slim and lightweight. Marilyn suggests and brand new pencil (unsharpened) with a soft eraser. This is the target prop.

A placemat or small moveable rug that the cat can touch. I am using a bathroom rug since our bathroom is the size of a water closet, I always am looking for the dinky rugs that will fit there.

So I have my props and a few more pages to go before I reach the end of Chapter One. If anyone is intrigued at this point, join the club. The book is easy to read and beutifully designed with wonderful photos of cats in this process.

I will keep up-to-date my progress in this process.