Félinstructives conferences for the general public

Félinstructive Conference: Needs

• How does a cat work?
  • About cats
  • The cat in our society
  • Adopting a cat
  • Mistakes to avoid with cats
• All your cat’s needs
  • Good and bad litter
  • Good and bad cat trees
  • Interactive bowls
  • Choosing the right water cooler
  • Technique for playing with a cat
  • Good and bad scratching posts to avoid destroying furniture
  • Choosing the right cat carrier
• Moving with a cat
  • Taking the right precautions
  • What to do when the day comes
  • Make it easier for a new cat to come home.

Félinstructive Conference: Why?

• The story of the cat
  • Cat domestication
  • Breeds and their origins
• Why does my cat do this?
  • Beware of misinterpretation
  • The cat’s senses compared to ours
• Emotions in cats :
  • Can cats really feel guilty?
  • Can cats be jealous?
  • Love, friendship and attachment
  • Does the cat mourn?
• Animal behavior problems
  • Double ignorance and Dunning-Krüger
  • Cognitive and confirmation bias
• Cat myths and facts
  • Do color and race influence character?
  • The purr
  • Why cats retrieve their prey
  • Does the cat always land on its feet?
  • Can a cat suffocate a baby in its crib?
  • Cats are NOT territorial animals
• How to find a lost cat
  • Step-by-step instructions
  • Mistakes to avoid

Félinstructive Conference: Education

• How to train your cat
  • Is there such a thing as dominance in cats?
  • Is punishment effective?
  • Why positive reinforcement (R+)?
• How cats learn
  • Responsive packaging
  • Operative conditioning
  • Emotions versus cognition
  • When and why give a reward?
• How to correct a behavior
  • Cat climbing on table or counter
  • Cat that runs away as soon as the door opens
  • Cat meowing all the time
• Meowing at night:
  • How to stop meowing at night
• Cat training
  • Different training methods
  • Teaching your cat to hi-five
  • Teaching cats to sit on command
• How not to fight with your cat to give it care
  • Cutting claws
  • Brushing your cat
  • How to give medicine easily
  • Getting your cat effortlessly into the carrier

Félinstructive Conference: Aggressions

• When should you see your vet?
• What is functional analysis in behavior?
• Cat body language from A to Z
• How to detect signs of pain, stress or discomfort
• Altercations between cats and other animals:
  • Introducing a new cat
  • Introducing a new dog
  • How do you know if it’s a game or an attack?
  • Should you intervene?
• Human aggression
  • When the cat bites at being petted
  • Cat bites to play
  • Cat attacking visitors
  • Cat attacks new spouse
  • How to prevent and react to a cat attack

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