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I dunno… I think these guys have them beat…
https://youtu.be/m_MaJDK3VNE
gorgeous kee kee’s.
Somehow I can’t see Miss Olive performing stunts on a public stage– I’m thinking she has Gerard trained/herded rather than the other way around.
Well that is just about amazing! I guess lion tamers::cat trainers, or something?
As I am currently working with my two dawgs to improve their return to my whistle, the amount of detail those ladies trained into those cats caused me to marvel. Dawgs do have their own minds, yea, but they have a certain amount of buy-in because they like us.
But training cats? Whoa!
“…two dawgs to improve their return to my whistle…”
It all starts with a leash, and the proper use thereof.
Food is the primary inducement, I have Iam’s mini-chunks in my pocket at all time.
Lavish praise is the reward they seek because they live to please the master.
Voice tone is the key.
high = good
low = bad
Patience works.