Another Cat Story

[Injunbro]

These cat stories & pictures remind me... When Dad was getting old he liked to sit in a rocking chair in the kitchen between the stove & window where he could look outside & refill his coffee cup w/out getting up. The cat also liked this chair & it was often a race to see who got there first. Once Dad was sitting comfortably in 'his' chair when the cat walked into the room, stood there looking @ him for a moment then went to the back door & asked to be let out. When he got up to let her out she cut around behind him & hopped up in 'her' chair... the look on Dad's face was priceless! The man who had trained horses & dogs, handled cattle, etc. just got outsmarted by the cat :O

[RDLouks]

Great Story. Moral: Never try to outsmart a cat!

[Injunbro]

Great Story. Moral: Never try to outsmart a cat!

They're as bad as wives... never try to pull a fast one on them either

[azmick]

Thought I had Barb outsmarted once, next thing I knew I was saying "I Do" in a church

[Oldgungeezer]

The secret to "training" cats is to key on something that they do naturally and give it a "word command" that they'll learn to recognize........then, enforce, enforce and re-enforce repetitively until the kitty catches-on.

This method has proven to work well with "Sheda Meow".

The first "Trick" that we learned (together) was something that she did naturally (on her own). We learned to respond to the command, "Ignore Me"............and she does real well too........chuckle

For her next "Trick" (remaining with the theme of natural cat actions), I plan to teach her how to do "math" (how to add)......kinda like the stereo-typical horse trick of tapping & dragging his hoof..........I'll ask her, "How much is two and two".........and we'll have her tap & scratch the answer in her litter box.........LOL........just gotta wait until she's ready also her addition may not be correct..........Ha!

Ya see, cats can be easily trained.

Best Regards All,

Geezer

[Injunbro]

Geez, I think Linda is trying to train me using the same methods... after 25+ years she already has me so I'll come when she yells "Suppertime!" I hope she doesn't try aything more complicated than that...

[Crazybastid83]

These cat stories & pictures remind me...

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[Injunbro]

These cat stories & pictures remind me...

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Aha! An expert in the uses for cats!

[azmick]

Geez, I think Linda is trying to train me using the same methods... after 25+ years she already has me so I'll come when she yells "Suppertime!" I hope she doesn't try aything more complicated than that...

Many, many years ago, I helped a fellow move his brother out of a place. The guy's brother had up and left a rental place and told my neighbor he could have whatever he wanted that was left. There was a bunch of stuff, all manor of VW Bug and Baja Bug stuff, some tools and asorted crap too good to throw away. In the back there was a half dozen or so 55 gallon drums filled with whole grain and sealed with wax. I'm not into grinding flour and neither was the neighbor but the wheels started turning in my head (always a bad sign). I took the grain down to the place I was working at and built a pen out of old pallets, complete with running water (sort of). I bought a little oinker for about $15.00 and stuck it in the pen. Every day, twice a day, I would drive the front end loader over to the pen, fill the water trough from the water tank in the bucket and make up a new batch of grain by soaking it in water for 24 hrs. Always had one 5 gallon bucket ready and another soaking. The little pig got pretty big pretty fast on it's diet of whole grain, lunch left overs from everyone there and what ever extra stuff I bought. The oinker got big enough to bust out of the pen a couple times but always came running back when it heard the front end loader. One day when the last of the grain was about gone I went over with the loader, shot the pig, lifted it out with the front end loader and buchered it right there. That day we had dug a pit, loaded it with mesquite and had it burning down to a fine set of coals. Cooked the thing all night and ate the hell out of it the next day.
Becarefull how you go through the kitchen door Brother,,,,

[Blackcloud2]

Okay my furry feline kids; if you see our friend AZMick come visit, get off my chair and hide under the bed!