Mini trying to turn off the light

eman · Member Joined: 21 Dec 2004 Posts: 340 Location: Canada

She used to do it so well before we moved to this house. The light switch in the old house was differently shaped and it was easier for her to do it. Here she is trying hard, but it is not easy. Smile

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yO2zh2BzPUI

vene · Super Senior Member Plus Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 4295

Wow, Mini is pretty amazing! Surprised

HDrydr · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 1:55 am Post subject:

that's a great video eman!! cats are very smart!!
Surprised

Chessmind · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:13 am Post subject:

Darn. Once again I'll have to go to the downstairs computer to check out the video. I'll post again when I see it. Very Happy

Bente · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 11:26 am Post subject:

Do you spend a lot of time training them, or are they fast learners? Wink

eman · Member Joined: 21 Dec 2004 Posts: 340 Location: Canada

Each cat is different. Mini is a fast learner. She will do anything for treats. for each trick it only took 10 mins a day for 3 days..sometimes less. With Max it takes a bit longer because he gets bored after few tries and just gives up and leaves. He doesnt like tricks where he would have to move a bit to do them. Like the roll over one or the light switch one. He is a lazy boy lol. Mini tries again and again to figure out what i want her to do. She would do it and then look at me to see if I give her the treat or not. If i dont give her the treat it means that is not what i wanted so she tries some more Very Happy

I have to go over the tricks every few days because they will start forgeting them and mixing them up. It is a fun thing to do in my spare time.

HDrydr · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 7:51 pm Post subject:

that's great and like I said cats are very smart but yes sometimes do what they want and when they are done they are done....
Mr. Green

Chezza · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:40 am Post subject:

LOL, thats brilliant..
Well done Minnie Surprised

Chessmind · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:44 am Post subject:

Finally got a chance to see your video. She is so cute and smart! I love watching all these videos. It's so different from pics. Mr. Green

Cassie · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:29 pm Post subject:

That's so cute. She'll figure out how to do it better with time, she looks determined. You can see that she 'knows' that she can do it, just has to figure out the difference between this one and the old one.

I also love vids. As cute as pics are, vids really bring our babies to life. I'm so glad I got our camera recently so that I too can share some.