I put blue painters tape down as a visual boundary line for my dogs to learn not to cross as puppies.
Only takes a couple weeks of praise training, then the tape is gone.
If I can manage to accidentally drop a knife and cutmy foot or burn myself in the kitchen, they’re fucked. I’ve seen a person carry a stew from stove to counter and trip over their eager pet standing behind them. It went badly for both.
It’s easy to teach a cat boundaries. Praise reinforcement is the way If they’re curious, let them know their curiosity is only ever rewarded by a treat given in one spot and one spot only. Otherwise put them in hi-vis and hope nothing bad happens for 14 years 🤷
My wife trained our cat to sit on a chair, right outside the kitchen area. Cause sometimes she just wants to hang out when my wife is cooking, so that’s where she’s allowed to watch from. Nobody wants a cat under your feet when you’re boiling something
Yep. Pets can be given the space of the world. But keeping them out of a dangerous 100 square feet spot is the least someone can do if they claim “care” for an animal.
I put blue painters tape down as a visual boundary line for my dogs to learn not to cross as puppies.
Only takes a couple weeks of praise training, then the tape is gone.
If I can manage to accidentally drop a knife and cutmy foot or burn myself in the kitchen, they’re fucked. I’ve seen a person carry a stew from stove to counter and trip over their eager pet standing behind them. It went badly for both.
It’s easy to teach a cat boundaries. Praise reinforcement is the way If they’re curious, let them know their curiosity is only ever rewarded by a treat given in one spot and one spot only. Otherwise put them in hi-vis and hope nothing bad happens for 14 years 🤷
Your dog experience doesn’t really translate to cats…
My wife trained our cat to sit on a chair, right outside the kitchen area. Cause sometimes she just wants to hang out when my wife is cooking, so that’s where she’s allowed to watch from. Nobody wants a cat under your feet when you’re boiling something
The MythBusters tested having things fall out of a freezer onto a dog… it wasn’t pretty.
Yep. Pets can be given the space of the world. But keeping them out of a dangerous 100 square feet spot is the least someone can do if they claim “care” for an animal.
I had a cat that refused any training. because they were a cat.
had to get rid of her because she was too much of a danger to have around with a newborn.
A cat that is a danger is a cat who doesn’t feel well at all. Also cats can respect boundaries, if you respect theirs.
sure. letting their shitty buttholes sit on my counter next to clean baby bottles is totally safe.
Don’t you know the famous Cat’s butthole on surfaces experiment from 2021 ?
If their butt is really full of shit they have diarrhea because you feed them bad stuff.