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Is there such a thing as "cat whistle"?
Per buglady:
............Clicker?? Cats can be clicker trained. Some of mine come when called. When they first come in the house, every time I put food in front of them I say their name over and over, for months. Soon they know their name at least. Now, whether or not they're in the mood to respond, well, that's another matter! I have one I have to round up to come in for the night. He may take 15 minutes to get to me, but always comes in the end. Then he has to run out in the street and roll around for me to pick him up. We did something like that using cat junk food. Originally, it was a means to herd the cat into the rec room where it spends the night. We would put a few pellets of junk food on the plate along with the regular stuff, let it get a taste, and then walk the plate down to the rec room. Now, at 18:30 or so this thing is all over us to get on with it... It *wants* to go down there. I don't know what they put in that stuff but our cat sure does like it. So... if it gets out of the house at dusk or after dark, I just grab a container of cat junk food and shake it. Cat hears the noise and come *running*. -- Pete Cresswell |
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Is there such a thing as "cat whistle"?
"dgk" wrote in message ... On Wed, 7 May 2014 06:37:15 -0700 (PDT), wrote: My cats know that when I clap my hands it's time to come in. Usually they do so. But I'm not aware of anything like a dog whistle for cats. I whistle for boyfie sometimes, four part tune that I can do without artificial means. He almost always appears very quickly because I sometimes whistle the same tune when I am about to serve up his dinner. On purpose, because he is a greedy boy and soon learned that my whistle can mean food. Sometimes I just want him in so he never knows if he'll be lucky but he hardly ever risks not coming in just in case his plate is full ;-) I usually give him a few sprinkles (very few) to make it worth his while coming to the whistle. |
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