Lately he has been becoming more and more obstinate about sneaking out the door. We absolutely do not want him to be an outside cat, but it's a fight to try and keep him inside. So last night I decided to put a jar of treats next to the door and anytime we leave and he is in the kitchen we will toss a treat away from the door to distract him. He bought into this concept so fast it wasn't funny. I even lured him into a sit with one of the treats. So I started thinking, maybe I would try the clicker again.
So this morning I took a retractable pen and a handful of treats and started clicking the pen and offering Stewie a treat. After a few clicks he began looking at the pen and waiting for his treat!!!! So I'm thinking we're gonna be starting to teach him some things.
Casey
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I have the twin of your cat. We call him Rascal. He is untrainable. A creature of absolute freedom and self-determination. He is an outside cat, and we worry about him being out in that big dangerous world out there, but so far he is also a smart cat who always comes home to eat and be petted and loved, and of course to rest between excursions in the outer world. His best friend out there is a basset hound.
Aww, Stewie can be quite independent when he wants to be. Actually, it's more like he can be affectionate when he wants to be, the rest of the time he's doing his own thing. He wants to get outside, but I live on a very busy road and have coyotes and fisher cats in yard all the time, so we're trying our best to keep him in.
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