Train Your Dog Month? Choppy has the trained thing down. How about training a cat? That’s far more impressive (And yes, Schooner only has one trick. But it’s one more trick than most cats!)
Howlidays, humor, Random Choppy Stuff, That Darn Cat
Howlidays, humor, Random Choppy Stuff, That Darn Cat
Train Your Dog Month? Choppy has the trained thing down. How about training a cat? That’s far more impressive (And yes, Schooner only has one trick. But it’s one more trick than most cats!)
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I’m impressed! Didn’t think you could get cats to do anything!
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I keep thinking I should work on another trick, but this one is quite impressive to most people – and it took a long time to get him to do it! I am not sure I want to put the effort into a second trick.
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Does he fetch? I have a friend whose cat loves to fetch round hair elastics and the plastic circles off of milk jug caps.
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He doesn’t, but I think he could be taught it, as he loves to have his toys thrown for him. I will have to look for some videos on teaching fetch (as it came naturally to Choppy – not lab naturally, but she will fetch a couple times before she gets tired of it).
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Whoa…are you the cat whisperer?
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Not quite – that’s all I have taught him!
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Your voice even made Sam sit! LOL
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That is hilarious! It’s my ‘make the pets do something by sounding stern’ voice.
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He looked at me as if I’d kicked his baby sister. But it was a quick and full on “sit!’ Maybe I should employ the “Sarah” voice when I want him to comply with some command straight away. LOL
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It works for me! Choppy certainly gets the difference between it and my regular, probably don’t care, voice.
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Schooner may be setting you up here…letting you think some form of conditioning or training has actually occurred. If so, that acting is Oscar-worthy!
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Oh, this could be. He might just be unconsciously imitating the dog.
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He wasn’t going to sit.. he was about to poop and you interrupted him with a treat. That’s what I believe… 😉
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Ha! If so, I am glad I interrupted that particular action.
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I love that Schooner shows the ability to obey
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(Showing the ability to obey is paramount 😮)
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Whether he responds to commands consistently is a question we need to ask Sarah 😃
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He does! At least, he does if he thinks I am going to give him something to eat.
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A reward is always a good reason to obey
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(And actually obeying is a whole different topic 😹😹😶😳)
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🙂
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When there is food involved. Not so much when he has climbed on a counter or table.
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I am sending you this link- you’ll need a cup of tea/coffee and 15mins spare, but you will have such a laugh, it’s about a cat… and a dog
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click through to youtube as its in 3 bits.
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I just plugged it into the computer – the title alone amused me. I keep telling Paul I want to teach Schooner to use the toilet!
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Hilarious….so then I watched even more videos.
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Stuart McLean is incredibly funny. I love that kind of humor! The words he chooses to narrate crack me up!
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I hope you enjoyed them!
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I really did!
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Impressive! Though I still think the cat is humouring you.
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If he is, I’ll take it!
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I, like everyone else, am impressed!!
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Thanks! This is all very encouraging to me with regard to teaching him something else.
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Very nice! I, too, was impressed that Schooner obeyed, albeit for only a moment. And, I noticed you didn’t offer the treat from your hand like you did Choppy. Don’t fully trust those teeth, do you? Humm?
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Not a chance! Plus, he likes them tossed across the room. He has these string treats that he wants you to play with before he eats. Per my many watchings of “My Cat from Hell,” I think it fits naturally in the cat mindset – they normally have to hunt and kill their food, so the chase of the food mimics that.
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Pretty impressive!
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Thanks!
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Aww, Schooner sitting “upon command” is so amazing!! Sarah, I am proud of you, Choppy and finally, Schooner! 🙂
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(Note: I totally left the response to this on another of your comments).
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You are cracking me up, Sarah! Way to make me feel comfortable! xo
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🙂
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Awesome ! Well done. Schooner being around Choppy is paying off !!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
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I think so – Choppy provides a good example. Then again, it’s only one trick, so it’s not paying off very well.
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