Mary Allen
Cats can learn calming signals from dogs. Only a dog lover would probably come up with the idea.
And Katarina Aberle, a behavioral and physical therapist for small animals with additional training in Tellington Touch, Shiatsu, and aromatherapy, is one such person. But a chronic lack of time made her give up. Because a cat rarely stays alone with a real animal lover, it ended up being four. So that her four scratching brushes always get along well in a confined space, she came up with the idea of teaching them a few calming signals, i.e. calming signals, from the dogs.
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Although cats have their own calming signals, which are not dissimilar to those of dogs, observing them is always at the cat’s own discretion, so to speak. Dogs’ calming signals, which do not occur in cat language, are “turning their head to the side” or “licking their muzzle” and these should be 100 percent observed in the Aberle house and thus be a prerequisite for peaceful coexistence. It started with Cat Morgaine. For 2 weeks she came to be cared for by a friend who owned two cat-friendly dogs. Morgaine was confronted with dogs, and as all cats love to copy, she soon mimicked what the dogs showed when they wanted to calm their fellow creatures or keep them at a distance: turn eyes away, turn head away, lick their snout – in a word ” Calming signals” that only dogs know and cats don’t. Because Morgaine was successful in doing so, she kept them and her mistress only had to insist that they remain “binding”.
Learning By Imitation
What Morgaine learned by observing, she also taught her other three quarrelsome little tigers through skillful training: First, Katarina Aberle sent Calming Signals herself. Second, the therapist responded immediately to signals sent by the cats. So if the cats showed desired dog signals, e.g. in stressful situations with too wild play, too loud music, or if she quickly approached the cats in a narrow corridor, then she turned away, turned the music down, and stepped aside. And third, whenever the cats exhibited desired behavior, they were rewarded with praise and clickers. At first, the cats didn’t understand, but with every success, they learned. Over time, the cats not only showed these canine signs to their mistresses with increasing regularity, often as a preventive measure, but eventually used them among themselves. Meanwhile, the brawlers treat each other much more gently.
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The only catch: Dogs that aren’t used to cats didn’t understand the calming signals cats give off. This may be due to the fact that cats who run away are more likely to be prey to dogs, and cats who are enemies automatically stare in fear at dogs. Dogs and cats in the same house can, however, communicate verbally with Calming Signals.