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What are some "cool" "tricks" to "teach your cat? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For example, I like to train mine to accept me providing scritches (petting) with my feet and for them to be equally comfortable with using foot as hand

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[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The cat I had when I was a kid would occasionally use the toilet. Just for peeing.

When he was done he'd paw the handle. He wasn't strong enough to actually flush it, but he tried.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This definitely happend 😹

[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It did, but if you choose to live in a universe where cats don't try to emulate humans, I'm not going to stop you.

I miss that cat. We used to chill out and Doritos together.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Its all good man, I saw the cheap shot and I literally couldn't contain myself. Its more of a reflection of my im/compulsivity than commentsry on ur truth-telling dealio

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah… every story on the internet is 100% true, take it from me.

Source: am internet

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Good @thorbot!

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

I mean there are hundreds of videos of cats using toilets, so maybe his parents had taught the cat to do it?

[–] arkh2183@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thelonious Monk, famous jazz pianist, actually wrote a book on this. We tried to get our cat to do it but alas, too dumb (sorry Herbert).

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

U can't be serious?!

EditNotAnEdit: u sure you aren't thinking of Charles Mingus or is that his stage name or something? I had to look it up but ironically i may still be overlooking this vital issue