[Blindtlk] Tips for clicker-training a cat?

Tue Aug 30 16:06:39 UTC 2016

My husband remembers hearing about a "guide cat" over in England years ago, but had no other information.

Judy

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I can't see a cat being a guide cat either. Our cat is really good at meowing so we know where he is so we don't step on him. Otherwise – – nope just not possible. Sigh.  It would be nice to not have to take a guide animal out in the winter. That is why I don't have a guide dog. They're more work than a cat. 

Ericka Short
1750 Fordem Ave. #508
Madison. WI. 53704
608-665-3170

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> On Aug 30, 2016, at 5:10 AM, Jennifer Aberdeen via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Yes, I have lots of experience with that. I guess my fiance wasn't totally in that mode when our cat helped him, but he was getting there.
> 
> As far as training a cat to help a blind person...well I guess it can be done, but it would take lots of patience I think. I'm not sure if a cat would make a good guide animal though...I'm picturing my cats as guide animals and I want to laugh.
> 
> Jen
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> -----Original Message----- From: Jude DaShiell via blindtlk
> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 10:47 PM
> To: Ericka via blindtlk
> Cc: Jude DaShiell
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Tips for clicker-training a cat?
> 
> Low blood sugar once it goes beyond zombi mode turns into violence mode.
> I worked with somebody who had more than one of these episodes in the 
> office and Security had to come in and subdue him long enough to get 
> him into the ambulance and moving to the Hospital.  Quite memorable 
> the first time it happened and people with low blood sugar episodes 
> remember nothing of what happened when they were in that state.
> 
>> On Mon, 29 Aug 2016, Ericka via blindtlk wrote:
>> 
>> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 12:52:00
>> From: Ericka via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Ericka <dotwriter1 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Tips for clicker-training a cat?
>> 
>> 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
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>>> Jennifer Aberdeen via blindtlk
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>>> 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
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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 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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