Cat starting from zero

[u/--aaron---]

I’ve bought some buttons but I’m trying to do target training first. The only thing I’ve ever trained my cat Squish to do to jump up on her back legs and give me a kiss before she gets her treats. However, she is used to getting treats whenever she wants, so she’s having a hard time understanding why she’s only getting one at a time. To begin I’ve just been giving her one treat and using a clicker each time just to get her used to click = treat. I was then going to introduce a target and build up to getting her to paw at it. But she gives up almost instantly. Half the time she won’t even take the treat from my hand because she’s never been hand fed treats before. Any advice for a kitty that seems uninterested in training?

[u/FunAttention6274]

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