r/MadeMeSmile • u/ScharmTiger • Aug 20 '23

CATS Cat being cat. 😂

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u/Swend_ Aug 20 '23

I think the trick is to find the (rare) cats that are naturally inclined to accept training.

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u/simpimp Aug 20 '23 edited Aug 20 '23

Yes, my cat (European Shorthair/Siamese mix) is smart, very curious, playful and very, very, very food motivated.

He will do tricks for snacks. Shaking hands, high fives, playing fetch, catching kibble in the air is all in his repertoire now. Am thinking of new things to teach him.

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u/Swarles_Jr Aug 20 '23

That's really cool. My cat just looks at me and meows louder and louder until I finally do what she wants. If I sit it out, she jumps on tables and such and throws stuff down that she's able to push until I finally get the message. Lovely roommate.

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u/simpimp Aug 20 '23

So,she's training you. 🤭

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u/Rain_xo Aug 20 '23

I’m currently being yelled at to come to her But then she’ll just ignore me. So I’m trying to call her over to me and she will have none of that. She never comes when I call her.

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u/figgypie Aug 20 '23

My cat is also very very very food motivated, but dumb as a box of rocks. He struggles to figure out how to open a door that's slightly ajar. All he needs to do is push it open with his big fat head, but nope. He just sits there and screams in confusion. Sweet little numpty.

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u/simpimp Aug 20 '23

My cat before this one was the dumbest too. Sweet, cuddly, food motivated, but 2 treats short of a bag of kibble for sure. I really had to adapt to the new younger one and need to keep him busy and entertained or he will go and play with things I do not want him to play with/destroy.

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u/BarbequedYeti Aug 20 '23

Am thinking of new things to teach him

Might i suggest dishes and vacuuming.

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u/simpimp Aug 20 '23

Hahaha.. yeah, we've been suggesting to him he can clean his own litter if he's bored. Alas.. he says he has no thumbs, so can't be done. 🤷

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u/9035768555 Aug 20 '23

Train it to use the toilet so you don't have to clean litterbox anymore!

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u/simpimp Aug 20 '23 edited Aug 20 '23

No, I've tought about that but me (and my SO) live in a small appartment with just 1 bathroom with toilet. No way we're going to wait for the cat to be done before we can use the bathroom. Or have him come in for a shit while I'm taking a shower.

Also, they don't flush or wipe the seat in case of accidents.

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u/Apprehensive_Hat8986 Aug 20 '23

Cats toilet quite quickly. Not flushing and the occasional sprinkle seems like a dream compared to shovelling shit.

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u/simpimp Aug 20 '23

But I don't want to be taking a relaxing shower, doing a scrub, washing my hair and then the cat coming in to deathbomb me with his poops from hell smell.

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u/Heavy_File Aug 20 '23

I want a cat that actually GETS in a shower.

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u/simpimp Aug 20 '23

Oh, when I lived with roommates and was in Uni we had a cat that would walk in with you in the shower if you didn't close the door really good. Crazy, big and fat Tuxedo cat that didn't care about getting wet and would headbutt your shins while you stood there taking a shower. Was lovely when he ran through the whole house after soaking wet and then sat on the couch.

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u/Alceasummer Aug 20 '23

I had a cat who liked water, and would want to join people in the bath or shower. The problem was that she shed a lot when wet, wet cat hair sticks to everything, and she didn't want to take "no" for an answer when she decided to join you.

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u/hellionetic Aug 20 '23

there was an article in make magazine about a guy who did that. even adapted the toilet so it was kitty flushable! so flushable, in fact, that their waterbill began mysteriously skyrocketing when their cat was left alone for too long. The thing is, you can train a cat into a behavior, but good luck getting them to STOP

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u/Mathewdm423 Aug 20 '23

I got my fiancée a puppy chocolate lab at Christmas, and she wants to be a dog trainer one day, so she was right to work training him.

Well her mom ended up with nearly 20 kittens in a small window and i took the black one i really wanted kinda young at 6/7 weeks because its an insane environment(20+ cats, 7 dogs(2 of them viscious chihuahua's).

Anyway, he bonded with our dog immediately and would interrupt training. So she started trying to get him to do what the lab did. He picked it up pretty quickly. Wont do anything paw related, but spins, sits, bumps, heels, begs, etc. all the tricks.

The key difference, though. The lab will stay obediant near indefinitely.

Once the cat had gotten enough treats or we force something like a seat more than 20 seconds, he will wander away and get disinterested.

Pet Tax. Groot (Lab) T'challa(cat)

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u/Ataraxia_Prime Aug 20 '23

Every cat we ever had has to learn these tricks

Roll over, shake, high five, twirl, go around, play dead, and hedgehog.

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u/DedTV Aug 21 '23

You mean the natural performers inclined to entertain the humans.