[Blindtlk] Tips for clicker-training a cat?

[Laz]

When I was about 14 years old I was surprised by what my cat was doing
one day. I was walking past the bathroom and just happened to glance
into the bathroom. My cat was sitting on the toilet doing her
business. She meowed at me and I did a double take as it hadn't hit me
what she was doing. I had not trained her, she just did it. No, she
didn't flush.

I told my wife this story and she didn't really believe me. Since
folks post all kinds of things to Youtube, she did a search and found
several Youtube videos of how to train a cat to use the toilet.

That was one great cat!

Laz

On 8/29/16, Ericka via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I've heard of people training their cat to use the toilet – even flushing!
> Sorry I'd rather spend my time cleaning the cat box. That's pretty cool that
> the cat had a way to communicate the low blood sugar. I understand you go
> kind of zombie like. I'm glad the person is able to pick up on things.
>
> Ericka Short
> 1750 Fordem Ave. #508
> Madison. WI. 53704
> 608-665-3170
>
>  from my iPhone 6s
>
>> On Aug 29, 2016, at 11:08 AM, Justin Williams via blindtlk
>> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> The low sugar thing was actually pretty useful.
>> If you can train them with the litter box, you can probably train them to
>> do
>> something else.  I remember seeing a cat on riplies believe or not eating
>> with a fork or something like that.  I've also talked to people who have
>> walked cats on a leash.
>> Justin
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jennifer
>> Aberdeen via blindtlk
>> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 12:04 PM
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Jennifer Aberdeen <freespirit328 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Tips for clicker-training a cat?
>>
>> 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
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>> 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
>> Mabry via blindtlk
>> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 9:48 AM
>> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>> 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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