By Connor Thomsen
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1: The test subject will be fed only the 2
meals he receives in a day no outside table
scraps or snacks
2: The test subject shall not be harmed in any
way
3: The subject will be treated as he normally
would not special treatment
4: Will not be overfed (cat already fat)
5: He shall learn from this experiment
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I am attempting to teach my cat (Snickel) to
speak in order to receive his food
I will point to him, that being the physical
command and me saying “Speak” as the vocal
command
I will do this for 4 days, In which time I will
have preformed this test 8 times
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Cat Food (Friskies)
Bowl (with food in it)
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I believe that he can learn this behavior but it
will take some time. At least a week or two
but I think I might be able to get it earlier
than that we will see
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I first started out by holding the food bowl
above his head and doing the vocal and
physical command.
The first time I did it he sat down. I was really
interested by this. I believe he had been
previously. In order for him to understand
that he needed to meow I would make sounds
myself and lower the bowl giving him an idea.
Afterwards I let him have it. The second time
was the same
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During these trials I actually started to see
him learning this he first sat and then I said
the commands and he didn’t exactly meow
but it was a light meow but he did learn
something and later that night he did it again
in order to get his food
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Once again did the same stuff and he
meowed fully this time. And in the evening as
well I think he actually learned it
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I did not even have to say anything on the last
day I just presented the bowl and he meowed.
I didn’t have to say the commands he just did
it. He finally learned how to do it
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The test subject fully learned this behavior.
He will now do this every time I feed him.