How cats learn
How cats learn is very different from dogs. Designers of animal IQ tests and dog owners maintained that cat’s score badly compared to dogs on any given IQ test. However, this is not a fair test to the feline. As such results were simply reflections of the train ability of dogs measured against the non-responsive nature of cats in the same situation.
This in turn arises from the biological disposition within dogs to form a group or pack. This behavior is not relevant to the cats more solitary hunting nature, where it has to learn to make individual evaluations about a situation and then act on them. An individual dog is a cog in a machine while the cat is the entire machine. In addition, because of their more solitary lifestyles, cats are not as concerned with a pecking order in their social organization as dogs. This means they do not have the need to be submissive or in other words, they do not need to learn to be obedient. They learn things that they need to improve their own lives. Example: Our cat Riley pictured above learned to hold her plate down with her paw. She got tired of chasing the paper plate across the floor with every lick of her wet food. She researched and developed the solution on her own. Our other cat watched her do it and applied the same technique. Why cats learn
When the true nature of the cat, and how it lives and survives is understood, it becomes clear that it is meaningless to a cat to receive instruction in what to do. Cats simply do not have a suitable mechanism for learning this way. How cats learn is by self-motivation. When it is in the cat's best interest to accomplish a task. They will learn quickly and can accomplish tricks, similar to those of dogs like opening door latches, following an elaborate roots, opening cabinet doors and so on. Most mammals have lengthy periods of development after birth. Kittens are born at an early stage of development compared to some other mammals, so they have a relatively long learning period. But the feline instincts may be affected by environmental influences. Most significantly, this alteration of instinctive behavior has enabled cats to integrate with each other and other animals better than might have been anticipated for a relatively solitary animal. And this is why we can keep them as pets. Cat owners can change how cats learn by showing the cat whats in it for them. Cat instincts and their territory
A good example of how cat instincts have been altered by environmental conditions is its territorial behavior. It used to be thought that cats patrolled the boundaries of their territory, but this belief has been superseded by the idea that cats spend more time in areas in which they are confident. This suggests that the instinctual behavior has been altered over time by the current conditions. The new set of instincts in modern cats is all about staying in areas in which you feel more confident. Travel more if you need more food. Although instincts might provide a framework for such behavior the modern cat has adapted to changing parameters. This is how cats learn to be more flexible about their territory and environment.
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