Yep! That was interesting @flo!
Guys…I’ve “trained” cats. I don’t use litter boxes because I train my cats to go outside, just like the dogs. I give no quarter when it comes to that.
In other instances (where I find myself giving quarters like it’s a pinball machine) I’ve trained my cats to come when they’re called. If they feel like coming when they’re called, they come.
I once had a cat who ‘fetched.’ I think it was just the cat, tho. Had nothing to do with me. His name was Charlie, 1988.
I have can make a cat “stay” when I command it to, unless it decides it wants to “leave.”
Can’t get a cat to meow or to bark on command.
Or to roll over and to play dead.
Or to shake hands.
Unless it feels like it at the moment.
Ever wonder why we don’t see “service cats” in restaurants or grocery stores?