[Blindtlk] Tips for clicker-training a cat?

[Jennifer Aberdeen]

Hmmm, I have two cats who do their own thing when they want pretty much. One 
of my cats, however, is kind of an alert cat by nature; when my fiance had 
him at his house, a couple times he did alert him when he needed to eat 
because his sugar was getting low...it was the strangest thing. My fiance 
would be semi-conscious and the cat would stare at him and my fiance would 
snap out of it enough to get some food. That's about all I've seen a cat do 
though. I guess you could train it to do some little thing, but probably not 
anything too useful.

Jen

-----Original Message----- 
From: Judy Jones via blindtlk
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 11:54 AM
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Cc: Judy Jones
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Tips for clicker-training a cat?

Dogs are pack animals and looking for a leader.  Cats are not, so there is 
going to be a completely different mind-set, as far as the cat is concerned.

I understand that, outside of litter box training, it is very rare to have a 
trained cat.  I experienced vicarious cat ownership through our eldest 
daughter who stayed with us awhile before her marriage, and although her cat 
was great to have around, she chose where and when she wanted to interact.

A humorous anecdote I saw once says, "Dogs have masters, but cats have 
staff."

Best wishes.

Judy

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jessie 
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Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 9:48 AM
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Cc: Jessie Mabry
Subject: [Blindtlk] Tips for clicker-training a cat?

Hi list,

My husband and I, both blind, just got a cat and would like to try 
clicker-training her for fun, but we haven't been successful so far after 
various attempts. I've seen a couple articles on training guide dogs, and of 
course Google has plenty on blind pets, but barely anything on blind 
trainers in general, and nothing at all about them working with cats. I'd 
appreciate connecting with  anyone who has experience with this. I can 
provide more details about our trials off-list.

Thanks,
Jessie
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