[Blindtlk] Tips for clicker-training a cat?

Tue Aug 30 16:56:01 UTC 2016

I don't know, it was years ago when he heard about it, pre-youtube.

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Hey is that on YouTube? I'd love to see that!

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

 from my iPhone 6s

> On Aug 30, 2016, at 11:06 AM, Judy Jones via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> My husband remembers hearing about a "guide cat" over in England years ago, but had no other information.
> 
> Judy
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> Ericka via blindtlk
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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
> 
> from my iPhone 6s
> 
>> On Aug 30, 2016, at 5:10 AM, Jennifer Aberdeen via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> 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:
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>>> 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
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>>>> -----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
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>>>> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>>>> Jessie Mabry via blindtlk
>>>> 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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