#training cats

[wishful-seeker]

So i go on walks with my cats through the woods sometimes. My 9 kitties would follow behind me in a line when i was young, it was very cute.

I didn't really train them to do this, they just liked me so much they'd follow me, i was one of the pack.

But i just realized today they probably follow me because i also follow them!

So if you want to train your cats to follow you i highly recommend whenever you see them, follow them. And i mean CLOSELY

Ya know those two cats who love each other so much they walk up against each other, tails intertwined? Yeah do that with your cat, mimic every step they take, pet them while you do it, and ask them to lead the way.

It teaches them the following game, so when YOU start leading the way, they follow your every move.

[sarcastic-salem]

Literally trying to talk my cats out of a territory war — yes, really.

See, I’ve always been of the mind that cats and a lot of other types of animals are just as smart as humans. To a degree. Like there have been videos of people teaching cats how to tell time, cats will literally jump through hoops if you train them to, and there are times when I swear my cats speak perfect English. This is partially because I’ve done some research on reading cats’ body language. I’ve read books on the subject and have watched several documentaries.

If you want a layman’s introduction, I highly recommend looking up Jackson Galaxy on Youtube or watching his Animal Planet show My Cat From Hell. Jackson is a professional cat behavioralist and helps people figure out why a cat is unhappy and/or misbehaving. Heads up, though, his line of cat toys is complete garbage.

But like example—

Me: Tesla, you have to let me brush your fur.

Tesla: How about nah😶

Me: Tesla. You need your fur brushed.

Tesla: *Hisses and walks away*

Tesla is the newest member of our little family. She is an orange-and-white floof. Or if you want the more specific name, a flame-point ragdoll sausage cat. A sausage cat — also called munchkins — are built short and long with stubby legs and big paws. The name comes from their resemblance of dachshunds — AKA weiner dogs. But, personally, I feel Tesla bares more a resemblance to a corgi. I use the term sausage cat, a nickname for munchkins, because I think it sounds cuter than munchkin.

You can find a picture of Tesla and her sister in my bio.

But my older cat, Shuri, is kinda timid and Tesla has decided to take advantage of that, so that she can take over the living room and the kitchen. Cats can be extremely territorial if they don’t immediately love each other. Tesla and Shuri get along, but Shuri can get irritated because she doesn’t always want to play when her sister does. And they’re both lap cats and I’m just one dude. So that’s not helpful.

Basically, I’m sitting here trying to explain to baby Tesla that the living room and kitchen are shared spaces and she cannot banish her sister to the bedroom. And Tesla’s got her ears pushed back — this is a sign of unhappiness in cats — and her eyes are all big cause she knows I’m disappointed. And I can just see her going, “But Daddy….”

When you reprimand a cat it is EXTREMELY important to pet and kiss them afterwards in order to re-establish a sense of trust and safety. It lets them know that even though you were upset they are still safe in your presence and will help you maintain a happy, loving relationship with your cat.

And I want to make it clear that I am not angry at Tesla. But when Shuri is afraid to sit on the couch or eat in the kitchen that is an issue.

Now, if you don’t mind I’m gonna go play their anti-anxiety playlist and pray to Loki that these two chill the fuck out.

[ocrmeyer]

I’ve been training my cat 🐈‍⬛

This was training day number three!

By the end of this training session he went on the wheel & started walking on it by himself - that earned him an extra treat!! I wish I got THAT on video NEXT TIME 👏🏻

TLDR: I would call training my cat has been a success this far & and I am SO PROUD OF HIM ❤️🤗

[nightmare-from-heaven]

To the people who say cats aren't trainable

So talented

[glassshine]

peem poom

[foldingfittedsheets]

Imagine you were roommates with someone who didn’t speak your language. And like. You guys are best friends, you love your roommate so much. You hang out all the time and it’s great.

But sometimes when you go to scratch an itch they suddenly get so upset. Like they’ll yell or clap or make weird sounds. You have no idea why because you’re itchy. You gotta scratch the itch! But it makes them so upset that you only scratch itches when they aren’t around.

Otherwise stuff is fine, they feed you and you’re happy living with them. You play games and stuff and even though you don’t speak the same language you both have a lot of fun. It’s just that sometimes they’ll burst out for no reason and you just get to deal with it.

That’s basically what it’s like for our pets, I think.

[wacadoodles]

The Abandoned Thundersnake

(just a neat idea for a setting that Warriors should totally have:) the cats belong to some of my followers ! Train was referenced from a Finnish steam train located in the woods of Essex)

[flannelepicurean]

i love that he doesn't say "up is BAD," he says "up is NO." that is such good practice for establishing boundaries in an actual DISCIPLINE way, i.e., "discipline" in the sense of "to teach." not just "good" and "bad" or "yes" and "no." like... "good" isn't just "you're allowed," it's "i want you to do this." and the flip side isn't "you are bad in some way/will be punished," it's "not allowed/this is a boundary."

DATA IS DOING GREAT PARENTING AND/OR MANAGEMENT, Y'ALL, NOT JUST TRAINING A CAT. BE LIKE DATA.

HUMANS OF THE WORLD: BE LIKE DATA.

can’t this show just be nothing but data training cats

[iamgoodtobeart]

HELLO TO ALL, Here're a bunch of thumbnails that i made for my gameplay of The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (it's a very long title, i've notive it just now lol). I think i wanna reuse that kind of style for things about sonic, with all the dot shading, the more comic and game vibes. I was SO MUCH inspired in that period by the art style of that game. For being totally free was like a little big jewel, i really raccomand it to everyone, lovers or not of Sonic. I reached just the Fourth episode, but i wanted to show you all the covers i made anyway cause i think i wanna restart it and play that game another time, cause it's freIT'S VERY BEAUTYFULL and also was like, my first recording lol (bad mic, bad voice i was sick, bad eng).

Oh, and yeah, i called my character "TheHeckareYou?". Lmao.

I love TheHeckareYou

Hope you all like them (i think my favourites are the last 2) and if you wanna see the gameplay so far, check the playlist on youtube here:

STAY TUNED IN THIS DAYS CAUSE WILL BE OUT A NEW VIDEO OF A NEW GAME (and it's a Portal like so).

[justcatposts]

This is amazing

(Source)

[pangur-and-grim]

Belphie is such an interesting kitten, compared to the other two.

baby Grim presented some challenges, because she loved to destroy property (mostly climbing various shelves and mantles and knocking everything she could to the floor), she was mildly aggressive toward Marmaduke the family cat (she felt that at the ripe age of 4 months, she deserved to be king), and she was fairly aloof for a kitten, more into running about than cuddling. in most ways, she was like a tiny mafia boss.

Pangur I instantly soul-bonded with, because she was so sickly and pathetic. and neurotic, too - everything was scary to her, people, places and animals. she’d explore the house and play, but there was always an ‘expecting an eagle to swoop down and grab her’ energy.

now Belphie! he’s a healthy active boy with zero fear, and zero aggression, but (fortunately or unfortunately) someone cranked his Play button to maximum and then broke off the handle. he is either fast asleep, and the cutest kitten on earth, or racing about and flailing and climbing and pouncing. which means that he can’t be let outside the kitten room unsupervised yet, because his baby willpower is only so strong, and he will eventually break and start jumping on Pangur and Grim. so in a way, he’s the healthiest happiest cat I’ve ever had, but he’s also the most complicated, because he still has to spend most of his time jailed in the kitten room.

[amtrak-conductor]

Attention riders, there is a cat on the train. He is not a paying rider but he is too cute to kick off.

[ikana-graveyard]

たま電車 | 6.22.24

[henkeboy]

"Overcooked" - Work in progress

Toothless: The most cat-coded dragon to ever exist

[margysmusings]

I’m as impressed as hell that they managed to train not just ONE but FOUR cats!

Good kitties

(via)

[elshe]

Dragon Lover = Cat Lover

They’re simultaneous.

So here I have the gang trying to lure a cat into their clubhouse with a fish. 💀 I think it’s a cute idea that they were all eating dinner as usual when Tuff pointed and said, “look it’s a cat!” and everyone got excited lol