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Are You Realizing A Tough Time Training Your Cat?
If you are having a difficult time training your cat then read the following very carefully . Successful cat training involves a lot of time playing with your cat. The playing should be gentle and regular as it helps with bonding and loving each other. Most cat training e-books tell you that the food reward or treat is an important factor, but so is the love and trust factor. The cat has to want to please you.
The best example I have ever seen of domestic cat training was at a sunset celebration in Key West.The celebration is of tourists enjoying various entertainment acts put on by the locals. If you liked the performance you were expected to drop some money in a hat. There was a man by the name of Dominique Le Fort catmankeywest.com who had beautiful long hair, white cats.The cats each had a carrier for when they weren’t doing their thing. When they were performing, they each had a simple bar stool that they sat on. Unfazed by the crowd and all the noise, they would leap from stool to stool, through hoops and do all kinds of other neat tricks. It was truly incredible to watch. He had to have spent many hours, days and months in training them. The cats were a delight for the big crowd. Mr. LeForte and his cats are still performing at the Hilton Pier in Key West.
Most of us will be happy if we can get our cat to respond at all, to our summons or when we tell them no. First they must learn their name so use it often. They must also learn your language, both verbal and how you react physically . For each thing you try to show them, use a food treat/reward. Be generous with your praise when they do something correctly. Do things in brief segments because their attention span is short, if they aren’t in the stalking mode. Make sure that what you are asking your cat to do, is safe for the cat’s well being, or you will destroy the trust factor.
Playing with your cat is enjoyable and can be accomplished in a couple of minutes here and there. A TV commercial is an excellent time. Make sure that the toys are safe. Each cat seems to like different items to play with. Our two cats have been rescued and they have very different requirements for what will get them to play. They may get bored with a toy after awhile and then you must find something new. We have one cat who could be on a soccer team, she loves to play with a soft kids ball, but she wants to hide behind a curtain and bat the ball out to you. Our latest rescued cat loves bottle caps [food safe] which he directs under the pantry door. Then he opens up the door and bats it back out. He also likes us to use the back scratcher to gently scratch his back and tickel his tummy. They have both become experts at opening our pocket doors, when they want out of a room. Trial and patience’s will help you discover what your cat likes and enjoys.
A energetic play time before your bedtime can help to ensure a good nights sleep. The more jumping and running the better you will sleep. If your cat is tired and well fed at night it will more likely sleep through the night. Remember that a bored cat is a mischievous cat . It will find something to do. Playing with your cat, gives it a good outlet for it’s mental and physical needs and also helps to keep it healthy, because it is exercising. Don’t just toss it a toy and ignore it. A cat needs some show of love and attention. It will also relieve your stress and gives you some exercise.
Please use a lot of common sense in choosing your cat’s play things. They must be safe. A good guide is would they be safe for a toddler. Stuffed toys should be machine washable and be very careful about what they are filled with. No nut shells or polystyrene beads. Cat nip is a mind altering drug. Yarn, ribbons and strings can be chewed and ingested. Put them away when play time is finished. A trip to the vet is very expensive these days and you don’t want to harm your cat. Don’t be sorry – keep your cat safe!
Author: Judy Jantzen – My husband and I have owned cats for the past 25 years. Currently have a orange tabby and a black short hair. All the cats we have owned have been strays.
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Question by Steve D: What has your cat trained you to do?
My cat has recently trained me to walk around the house dragging some yarn for her to chase. Soon after breakfast she comes and starts asking me. Often she’s very vocal about it, but sometimes she’ll just sit on her haunches and look at me expectantly until I get the yarn out. It’s quite effective.
She’s also trained me to give her a treat shortly after supper when she runs into the kitchen and starts talking.
It reminds me of the episode of “Star Trek – The Next Generation” where Data complains to Geordi that he hasn’t been able to train his cat, Spot, not to jump up on the console when he’s working. Then Spot meows, and Data tells the computer to prepare cat food. Spot eats and meows again, and Data gets out a feather on a stick and plays for a bit. Geordi then remarks, “I don’t know about Spot’s training, but it looks as if your training is progressing nicely.” The writer of that episode knew cats, all right.
So what has your cat trained you to do?
Best answer:
Answer by ??BTriX??
Apparently she is trained to poop behind the TV
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Everything. I cater to my 4 babies like they are my children. They have me on a strict routine! Nice to see a guy who isn’t afraid to admit he has/likes cats!
Just about everything. In the days of Cleapatra the cat was considered sacred, they’ve never fogot this.
Pick her up from the livingroom and keep her in my room with me when I go to sleep at night. If I don’t go pick her up she won’t come in. But if she doesn’t come in then she scratches and meows at the door. But if I open the door to let her in, she won’t come in. She wants me to chase her into my room or physically pick her up. She’s a strange little creature.
To open the doors for her, endlessly. In, out, in, out. She races down the steps to greet me when I get home with a big cat smile on her face so she has trained me to get all emotionally touched by her open, brazen, unashamed love for me. Wow, aren’t cats GREAT???
When I was a kid our cat would go down to the vacant lot at the end of the block and play all day. Dad would come put-ting around the corner in his old VW, coming home from work. The cat would walk out to the street, he’d open the door, the cat would hop inside, and ride home with him. Yep, cats are GREAT!!!
My cat has trained me to let her lay on me whenever she wants. I can be sitting on the couch crocheting and she will hop up, look at me expectantly and make me move everything to allow her to plop down on my lap. At night, I lie on back and she will lay on my knees. If I lie on my side, she lies on my hip. She has trained me to give her small bits of chicken when we have that for dinner.
My cat trained me hold him tight in my arms when I’m watching a movie…. or to let him out at 5:00 A.M…. he usually wakes me up:P I love him like nothing else on the world.
Be at her every beckon meow. LOL!
Nothing…
My Cat and I have an agreement.
He leaves me alone and I take care of him.
It is a trade off because I refuse to own an outside pet that hunts for itself and brings home fleas..
My cats feel their bowls shold be overflowing at all times. They’ll work together and wake me up in the wee hours of the morning if there are only 5 or so kibble left. (I generally leave several heaping bowls out now so I can sleep in until 8am). When my male cat wants the litter box cleaned he sits on top of it and lets out this very strange meow. I clean his box thouroughly. He is happy. I am happy and fully trained I’d say. Smart animals.
he tought me to open and close the door when he wants to come and go and to not go to bed till he,s ready to go out.skrach his tummy.also he tells me my wife,s chair is his.dogs are easyer to train.
To be absolutely sure that darn box is clean everyday.
My cat likes to walk past my head, just as I’m falling asleep, and meow for me to lift the covers. She thinks no door in the house should EVER be shut. The only two times she’ll come to “here, kitty, kitty” is pouch food or a newly opened dryer. Lately I’ve been trained to run a load of laundry right before bed. She gets a warm dryer to sleep in and I don’t have her meowing at my head around midnight.
my cat has trained me to get her a glass of water,when she wants a drink,she jumps up on the counter by the sink.she only drinks out of a coca cola glass,she won’t drink out of a bowl.oh,and i have to hold the glass while she drinks.also she pulls a piece of dry food from her dish and puts it at my feet so i can throw it for her and she chases it.
I have two. My lovely cat, Samwise, trained me to “fetch” his toys. He will start out by bringing me his toy to throw for him, so he can chase it. He will bring it back once or twice, then “act” (seriously) like he’s lost it, come to me and beg me to find it for him. I learned this was all an act when I discovered him looking exactly where he left it.
He’s also trained me to drop whatever I am doing when he wants attention.
Another thing is, he has trained me to only buy certain foods and treats for him, as he refuses all others.
I, on the other hand, have used his natural abilities, as a “ham”, to do tricks for his treats.
The other cat, Chloe, has also trained me to drop what I am doing when she wants attention. She has trained me to play with her in a very specific way, ways that she likes. She trained me to keep her litter box very clean (if I don’t, she will go potty on my bed).
They have both trained me to lift the bedcovers at night so they can crawl under them, feed them, keep their litter box clean, and respect their intelligence.
They are my babies.
I am 54 years old and have had cats since the age of 2.
Mine has me trained to the minute. As soon as my alarm goes off she meeeeoows until I prepare her wet canned food in her food dish. If I walk away her meows get longer. Its pretty cute-and shes only 61/2 weeks old!
My cats just sit around and do nothing. At best, the youngest one *7mo, so says the vet that asks YOU what your pet’s diagnosis is* has me trained to pull the puppy off of him.
They have trained me to fetch them the required level of food and water for their bowls. It has to be just right ya know : )
Everytime I walk down the hall she meow’s like crazy, training me to not walk down the hall without going into her room and putting more food in her bowl. Fat slut
My Maine Coon will bite me (slight nibble) on the ears, nose, cheeks, or neck to wake me up two times during the night and feed him wet cat food. He will only bite me and not my wife because she won’t get up to give him food, but I will whenever he bites me. I had to go to Wal-Mart at 5:30 am last weekend to get him food because we ran out and he was biting me. My cat has trained me to cater to his every whim and fancy.
My cats have trained me to do the kitten shuffle…if not I would be a stumbling fool. LOL
I rescue cats and find them homes so I usually have a houseful. And if I go to the kitten room or kitchen they all come running and then follow my feet closely so they don’t miss out.
So now I don’t know how to walk normally. Force of habit to do the kitten shuffle. :)
I am trained to be my cat’s butler. I open and close the door for them at all times day or night. I am trained to put water in the bowl at the sound of my cat Leo’s digging and food in the dish at the sound of his licking empty dish. I am trained to pet Jasper at all hours of the night when he jumps onto the bed. I am a trained to make Sugar and Jasper nice cozy beds on the couch to sleep. I have been trained to lift covers for Leo when he meows to go under the covers to cuddle. What can I say? I am a trained human.
We have three. We humans are bowl fillers, door openers, little foam ball throwers, pooper scoopers, loose and balled hair collectors, chin, head and back scratchers, and in the winter, space heaters from which to suck warmth. They have taught us the correct way to read a newspaper or magazine (the only important words are the ones you can see around their body) , the proper use for the toilet (cat petting seat), and tub (personal water fountain), and the shampoo and conditioner they like us to use (Herbal Essences). My Himalayan tries to scalp me if I come to bed with my hair still damp after using this brand of shampoo. Its like they put catnip in it or something. She buries/tangles herself in and bites me on the head. One of them has taught us to let him outside with the dogs so he can poop outside. He refuses to poop in the litter box. He will pee in it, but if you don’t let him out when he yells in the hallway then you get to pick up the pile. Another one has trained my husband to open the wet food for her. She runs to him yowling her “Timmy’s in the well” meow and continues trying to lead him into the kitchen until he follows. Once she has him in the kitchen she will sit on the table yelling at him until he produces the wet food. (He feeds her on the table so the dogs don’t gulp it up in one bite.) In return for our servitude we get the pleasure of basking in their fuzzy presence; which is all you should ever ask of such royalty. We wouldn’t have it any other way.