The Nerf deterrent?

Getting my cat's attention is our favorite trick. In the archives, I
see one mention of Nerf balls being used to play fetch. Has anyone
else messed around with Nerf balls as a toy or method to get your
cat's attention? Any experiences with Nerf balls or other Nerf
things?

Thank you.

in article , John Doe at
lid wrote on 3/19/05 10:49 PM:

Getting my cat's attention is our favorite trick. In the archives, I
see one mention of Nerf balls being used to play fetch. Has anyone
else messed around with Nerf balls as a toy or method to get your
cat's attention? Any experiences with Nerf balls or other Nerf
things?

Thank you.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. There speaks a person not long a cat slave. It
will probably earn you a dirty look, "the ear", and the back turned on you
or simply doing the opposite of whatever you want.

Karen wrote:

in article , John Doe
at lid wrote on 3/19/05 10:49 PM:

Getting my cat's attention is our favorite trick. In the
archives, I see one mention of Nerf balls being used to play
fetch. Has anyone else messed around with Nerf balls as a toy
or method to get your cat's attention? Any experiences with
Nerf balls or other Nerf things?

Thank you.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. There speaks a person not long a cat
slave. It will probably earn you a dirty look, "the ear", and
the back turned on you or simply doing the opposite of whatever
you want.

Usually, I do not touch my cat unless it knows I'm right there,
otherwise I give it verbal notice before touching it. That
probably keeps them sharp sensory wise. Sudden contact probably
can be alarming/memorable.

Yeah, it depends on how intent they are, as Brandy*Alexandre put
it (funny, in my opinion):
"I'm wondering if you can really teach a cat "no." I mean by "no"
that they have to stop what they're doing, shut up and sit down.
Kami responds to "no" as in "oh, okay, I don't really have to chew
the power cord," or "all right, it's not that important to me to
drink out of the shower faucet." But I was eating ice cream and
"no" had zero effect. It meant absoluely nothing to her, as she
insisted on putting her face in my snack and trying to get some
for herself."

On 2005-03-20, Karen penned:
in article , John Doe at
lid wrote on 3/19/05 10:49 PM:

Getting my cat's attention is our favorite trick. In the archives, I see
one mention of Nerf balls being used to play fetch. Has anyone else messed
around with Nerf balls as a toy or method to get your cat's attention? Any
experiences with Nerf balls or other Nerf things?

Thank you.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. There speaks a person not long a cat slave. It
will probably earn you a dirty look, "the ear", and the back turned on you
or simply doing the opposite of whatever you want.

I dunno. Oscar likes to watch me throw a little ball we have (not nerf, but
similar) ... if she's in the mood, she'll chase it, too, but I have to
retrieve it *sigh* ... and if DH bounces the ball off the wall (catching it
each time so that Oscar can't get it), Oscar can't seem to help but watch each
arc.

We haven't used it as a means of distracting her from something she wants to
do, though; these are just observations.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

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