4:11 - My Cat Doesn’t Like Treats! 5 Ways to Boost Food Motivation for Training

KittyCatGO Adventure Podcast: Exploring Cat Travel, Training, & Enrichment Together

Is your cat totally uninterested in treats? Struggling to make progress with harness or clicker training because your kitty just doesn’t care about food rewards? You’re not alone — and the good news is, there are ways to turn that around!

In this episode, I share 5 practical strategies to help increase your cat’s food motivation. From switching to scheduled meals to experimenting with different types of treats, I break down what might be holding your cat back — and how to get them excited about training time.

What You’ll Learn:

• Why free-feeding kills food motivation
• How diet impacts treat interest
• The best types of treats to try — and how to mix things up
• How food puzzles and training timing can make a big difference
• Bonus tips to boost engagement during training sessions

If you’ve ever said, “My cat doesn’t like treats,” this episode is for you!

👍 Recommended resources mentioned in episode:

• Transition Guide: Switching to Timed Meals from Free-Feeding
• Transitioning Feline Dry Food Addicts to Canned Food
• Food puzzles for cats: feeding for physical and emotional wellbeing
• Squeezie treats: Catit Creamies*, Churus*, & Tiki Cat Stix*

*denotes affiliate link

--------------------------

🐈‍⬛ Learn how to harness and leash train your cat the RIGHT way with my online course, From Homebody to Trailblazer → kittycatgo.com/harnesstrain

🐾 Give the KittyCatGO Trailblazers community a try with a 14-day FREE trial! → kittycatgo.com/trailblazers