December 29, 2006
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Some of you may be wondering how Tigger is doing. Some of you may not have cared until I just mentioned that. He appears to be doing fine, and we have all sorts of fun. One thing that bothered me was that he was mostly an outdoor cat when I got him, so I figured that it would be wrong to keep him in the house all the time. After having him for 2 and a half weeks, I decided that I would teach him where the outside was, since I live on the third floor. My plan was to gradually move him away and let him return to teh apartment, until he figured out how to do from downstairs to my door.
Step one: teach tigger to come when I call. This step was accomplished through bribery. The same treats that coaxed him out from under the bed are the ones that I use. He comes when I call, but he will also come if he hears a drawer open and the crinkling of the packaging.
Step two: teach Tigger what the outside of my door looks like. It’s simple enough, all I did was open teh door, carry him outside of it, put him down, and let him walk in.
Step three: take tigger down some of the stairs, and let him return to the apartment. This is where we had the failure. After about half a flight of stairs, Tigger began to fight, got out of my hands and ran into the apartment and under the guest bed. He didn’t come near me for the rest of the day.
Tigger is approximately 3 years old, which I guess makes him not a kitten. Therefore, getting him to play is sometimes a chore. Right now, his exercise consists of me making sudden moves, and him running away. There is also the exercise where I chase him through the house. However, I was able to use my camera to capture some video of him interacting with a rope from my shoge:
Black 6, out.
Comments (5)
Hi, Thank you for sharing–I was wondering. I can not get the video to play–says no longer available? Take Care, Sharon in GA
Hi, The movie of Tigger is just too sweet. “Older” cats still loves to play. Sounds like you guys are having fun. The problem with step 3 is Tigger apparently thinks he’s going to be given away again. Be sure to show reassurance–maybe walk just half flight down and give a treat and go back. I saw the craziest thing other day. My friend has a small dog-okay don’t know what kind. She got him when he was a puppy. She also has a cat. This cat has become it’s mother. I saw the cat place her front leg around the dog and lick and just baby. Then the dog (about a year old) will do the same. If and when I get a video camera I will have to tape this. Got any special plans for the first? Have FUN! Sharon in Athens
Your cat is very cool.
awww. He’s awesome.
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