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I sent an email but did not notice you spooked your address.
The latest word in cat "training" appears to be clicker training. Karen Pryor wrote a book on this, Clicker Training Your Cat. She has a web site, clickertraining.com. Wendy Jeffries has a Yahoo Group on training cats with clickers. If you are serious about training, then why not talk to the professionals who train cats, big ones like tigers and little pussy cats. There may not be any solution but that would seem a logical place to start for serious questions - the professionals. They know how to train dogs not to chase cats, so maybe they know how to train cats to be wary of cars. In a hunting situation, that may not be possible. But it's worth a try. A clicker is only $2 USD and easy to operate. That and some food and you are on your way. It's also good for entertaining a cat and perhaps, and this is extremely important, giving the cat something else to do, namely learning tricks, like enjoying a harness. |
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"minerva nine" wrote in message ... I understand your being irritated by my post -- it was a bit over the top, as I shot it off before giving myself a chance to think. My apologies. Thank you for the apology, I certainly accept it. In a perfect world, all cats would live indoors. However, given that many still live outdoors, perhaps it's best to accept that reality and try to make life better for those that do live outdoors. That is so true. I with I could take in every animal I come across. I'd probably have a house full of not only cats, but foxes, birds, even worms But when love is bound by money, laws and other people around, one just has to settle to 4 cats household with an additional "guest" cat (Sparkie). So yeah, one does what one can. Life is certainly not fair. If I could give one suggestion to Sparky's new owners, it would be to keep him inside at night, as this is when most car accidents tend to happen, due to low visibility and cats being more rambunctious at night (hunting, etc.). I'm afraid there really isn't a way to train cats not to run after things or flee when chased, as I said before, so probably the best thing to do would be to limit their access to the roadway as much as possible at the most dangerous times (night time, rush hour, etc.). I will pass this on to my neighbours, hopefully they will understand and do it, cos they never had to so far. Most of their cats moved themselves in, and were mostly local strays she was feeding, so already streetwise and eager for home, rather then great outdoors. http://www.cat-world.com.au/cat-worldenclosures.htm http://www.just4cats.com/index.html http://www.lisaviolet.com/cathouse/backyard.html Fab links, I'd love to build soemthing like that. I bookmarked them as well, thanks. The only problem is that we both have communal gardens so we will not be able to do it :~( I dearly hope Sparky lives a long, happy and healthy life. Thank you, I certanly hope that too. I think the reason he is still with me, is partly cos I am scared to let him go as I grew to love him so much. But I know I have to eventually cos my neighbours are growing a bit intollerant of my excuses I just wanna do what I can. Gee M9 |
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"minerva nine" wrote in message ... I understand your being irritated by my post -- it was a bit over the top, as I shot it off before giving myself a chance to think. My apologies. Thank you for the apology, I certainly accept it. In a perfect world, all cats would live indoors. However, given that many still live outdoors, perhaps it's best to accept that reality and try to make life better for those that do live outdoors. That is so true. I with I could take in every animal I come across. I'd probably have a house full of not only cats, but foxes, birds, even worms But when love is bound by money, laws and other people around, one just has to settle to 4 cats household with an additional "guest" cat (Sparkie). So yeah, one does what one can. Life is certainly not fair. If I could give one suggestion to Sparky's new owners, it would be to keep him inside at night, as this is when most car accidents tend to happen, due to low visibility and cats being more rambunctious at night (hunting, etc.). I'm afraid there really isn't a way to train cats not to run after things or flee when chased, as I said before, so probably the best thing to do would be to limit their access to the roadway as much as possible at the most dangerous times (night time, rush hour, etc.). I will pass this on to my neighbours, hopefully they will understand and do it, cos they never had to so far. Most of their cats moved themselves in, and were mostly local strays she was feeding, so already streetwise and eager for home, rather then great outdoors. http://www.cat-world.com.au/cat-worldenclosures.htm http://www.just4cats.com/index.html http://www.lisaviolet.com/cathouse/backyard.html Fab links, I'd love to build soemthing like that. I bookmarked them as well, thanks. The only problem is that we both have communal gardens so we will not be able to do it :~( I dearly hope Sparky lives a long, happy and healthy life. Thank you, I certanly hope that too. I think the reason he is still with me, is partly cos I am scared to let him go as I grew to love him so much. But I know I have to eventually cos my neighbours are growing a bit intollerant of my excuses I just wanna do what I can. Gee M9 |
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"Tree Line" wrote in message The latest word in cat "training" appears to be clicker training. A clicker is only $2 USD and easy to operate. That and some food and you are on your way. It's also good for entertaining a cat and perhaps, and this is extremely important, giving the cat something else to do, namely learning tricks, like enjoying a harness. These are great ideas and I will certainly explore that site, and see what I can do. Oh BTW, Sparkie is already used to the harness and leash, he is completely happy with it, although of course he'd want to go further then leash gives him, and I have 6 meter dog leashes It was so funny, when I put it on him first time, he just lie down and didn;t dare move. If it wasn;t for his curiousity and watching other 4 on a leash, he may have still be just sitting around Thanks again Gee |
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"Tree Line" wrote in message The latest word in cat "training" appears to be clicker training. A clicker is only $2 USD and easy to operate. That and some food and you are on your way. It's also good for entertaining a cat and perhaps, and this is extremely important, giving the cat something else to do, namely learning tricks, like enjoying a harness. These are great ideas and I will certainly explore that site, and see what I can do. Oh BTW, Sparkie is already used to the harness and leash, he is completely happy with it, although of course he'd want to go further then leash gives him, and I have 6 meter dog leashes It was so funny, when I put it on him first time, he just lie down and didn;t dare move. If it wasn;t for his curiousity and watching other 4 on a leash, he may have still be just sitting around Thanks again Gee |
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