Can you train a cat?
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 | | |Karen Payne charge, "Go through the hoop; now sit before I give you treatment." Payne is not the formation of a dog, she teaching his 2-year-old cat, Countess Katlyn.
"It's not that cats can not learn tricks," said Payne. "It's just that we never ask them." Millions of cuddling cats are content to their people on the couch, not just earn a minimum of training. But learning to use a scratching post or to keep off the counters is one thing - tricks are entirely another.
Why Bother?
The majority of our pets are indoor cats only residents.
As a direct result of living dramatically life less precarious than their counterparts in the open air, as well as obtaining expert veterinary care and food of high quality, these millions of indoor cats live longer than never before. This is good news.
But according to Nashville, Tennessee-based feline behaviorist Pam Bennett, "The bad news is that many of these millions of cats are bored. Many of them are clinically depressed - and inactivity contributes to increasing the 'feline obesity. "Without forgetting a wide range of confinement related neuroses.
Karen Payne spent nine years with the princess exercising Kitty, whom she praised as the most intelligent of the World cat. The team surprised the public who watched on television or saw a person in schools, hospitals and nursing homes. While the princess, who died in 1995, had an amazing repertoire of 100 tips, Payne said any cat can learn.
"It's not that cats can not learn tricks," said Payne. "It's just that we never ask them." Millions of cuddling cats are content to their people on the couch, not just earn a minimum of training. But learning to use a scratching post or to keep off the counters is one thing - tricks are entirely another.
Why Bother?
The majority of our pets are indoor cats only residents.
As a direct result of living dramatically life less precarious than their counterparts in the open air, as well as obtaining expert veterinary care and food of high quality, these millions of indoor cats live longer than never before. This is good news.
But according to Nashville, Tennessee-based feline behaviorist Pam Bennett, "The bad news is that many of these millions of cats are bored. Many of them are clinically depressed - and inactivity contributes to increasing the 'feline obesity. "Without forgetting a wide range of confinement related neuroses.
Karen Payne spent nine years with the princess exercising Kitty, whom she praised as the most intelligent of the World cat. The team surprised the public who watched on television or saw a person in schools, hospitals and nursing homes. While the princess, who died in 1995, had an amazing repertoire of 100 tips, Payne said any cat can learn.
