I've never owned a cat before... but these ones living in a Burmese Buddhist temple jump hoops when prodded. Looks pretty impressive to me.

My girlfriend's cat (adopted from the family of strays in my neighborhood) plays fetch. You toss a fake mouse, she will run retrieve it, and drop it at your hand for another toss. If you're too busy to play with her, she'll toss it herself with her mouth.

My dogs trained me to throw a ball, and then go retrieve it from wherever s/he ran around the yard with it then dropped it (often deep under a bush), and then throw it again only to go search it out under a bush again.

Or, in other words, they trained me to jump through hoops instead of jumping through them themselves. Now that's impressive!

I've trained my cats to sleep in the rocking chair! Took years of work too!

We'll start on the jump-through-the-hoop trick in the morning. Ben, are you still travelling?

Our cat would fetch as a kitten, and then it realized that "dogs have owners, cats have staff". Now all it does is convert oxygen into carbon dioxide.

this is just stupid

Edited by JMathes on 12/14/2010 10:03:25 MST.

We have a hard enough time getting them to sit for their wet food.



Though we did manage to train them to create a heart image.



And we also convinced them to serve as blankets.


And to stalk deer.


We're hoping their multi-use philosophy will extend to catching deer if times get really tough and food is scarce.

Seriously folks kitty cats, this is a backpacking forum, I don't care if it is in Chaff.

At least it isn't the never ending carbon flame war.

"Seriously folks kitty cats, this is a backpacking forum, I don't care if it is in Chaff."

Seriously Adam, Chaff has no rules, I don't care if you don't care.

"Seriously Adam, Chaff has no rules, I don't care if you don't care."

Coming from a "dog man". You rule Doug!

As per Adam's request- A cat in a sleeping bag:)

Sleep a lot!


Tiny Tim at 13+ lbs..

My black and white kitty can stand on its front paws.

--B.G.--

This website really needs to be revised, totally agree with others discontent on "cat tricks" big time. Whatever happened to reducing pack weight for people who were actually self propelled wilderness travelers?

Here's one for ya Jim! It's Chaff--It's Winter and UL backpackers have more time on their hands...


Super Sally

Edited by Creachen on 12/15/2010 00:11:55 MST.

My grandfather trained his cats to jump through his arms stretched out, so more than 3 feet in the air.
One of my cats understands (and obeys) the command SIT! (the other just looks at me with the "what about it ? look)
both understand "Time to go to bed" , at that they walk out of the house.
One always takes the long way out...
Franco

Sally
Winter ?
it was 29c (84f) here today.
I am starting to worry about this Global Warming thing

Jim
No offence but there are TWENTY SIX forum topics before this one ....
CHAFF : something comparatively worthles (Websters

Edited by Franco on 12/15/2010 00:23:33 MST.

Who gives a cat's ass? The topic is in Chaff, and as far back as my limited memory can go, this is what Chaff is for. It's entirely easy to skip over Chaff if you don't like it. Does this topic have anything to do with backpacking? NO! But neither does 100% of the rest of Chaff topics.

BTW, I have a good friend who has trained her dog to fetch beer. She says to the dog, "Chloe, beer me!" and the dog runs to the fridge, pulls on a rope tied to the door to open it, grabs a beer, SHUTS THE DOOR, and brings the beer to us.

Why is it that we can train a dog to be more useful and respectful than a relatively large percentage of society? Yay Chaff!

Wow, fantastic cat pics, y'all... I am particularly impressed with the cat and deer bonding. Great one, Cary!

Edited by ben2world on 12/15/2010 19:56:55 MST.

i forget what town, but the photos are of her friend's cat

apparently, the deer comes and visits the cat almost every day for an hour or so

they bonded when the cat was a kitten

Always enjoyed stories about "cross-breed" friendships -- like this pic below:



Or this video

Edited by ben2world on 12/15/2010 22:25:15 MST.