Hey! I'm a little new, but I saw a post about dog training and couldn't help myself from posting about this, though it might be a little bit niche... Does anyone else train their cats to do tricks and stuff?
My story (feel free to skip if you just want to post yours): I got my cat (Misha, but she's a girl, iykyk) and this summer I went down the training rabbit hole after seeing some videos on it on insta, and got the clicker and pouch and everything. She can sit, stand, turn, high five (whether hand with fingertips toward her or fingertips up), touch her nose to finger, and come. I'm currently working on getting her to walk outside in a harness, because she keeps trying to escape the house (it's winter and she's spayed, why is she doing that? Girl has problems.) so I figured why not. And I just started trying to get her to jump on my shoulder, which is probably my favorite trick but I haven't gotten around to it yet. Honestly, I should teach her the command stop, because she's gotten much more accustomed to biting/scratching/jumping on tables.
Anyway, that's my rant, and I hope to hear if anyone else has any experience with training their cats! I think they're honestly so smart it's a shame more people don't do it. But I think I saw a neighbor trying to walk his cat outside in front of his door once, so maybe it's gaining traction?
My story (feel free to skip if you just want to post yours): I got my cat (Misha, but she's a girl, iykyk) and this summer I went down the training rabbit hole after seeing some videos on it on insta, and got the clicker and pouch and everything. She can sit, stand, turn, high five (whether hand with fingertips toward her or fingertips up), touch her nose to finger, and come. I'm currently working on getting her to walk outside in a harness, because she keeps trying to escape the house (it's winter and she's spayed, why is she doing that? Girl has problems.) so I figured why not. And I just started trying to get her to jump on my shoulder, which is probably my favorite trick but I haven't gotten around to it yet. Honestly, I should teach her the command stop, because she's gotten much more accustomed to biting/scratching/jumping on tables.
Anyway, that's my rant, and I hope to hear if anyone else has any experience with training their cats! I think they're honestly so smart it's a shame more people don't do it. But I think I saw a neighbor trying to walk his cat outside in front of his door once, so maybe it's gaining traction?
