Any cat trainers out there? I'm going to try and start teaching the kitties tricks again and am inviting anyone else who has some to join in and post videos. They both already know sit, high five, and spin but that's about it.
I want to teach roll over but to do that I need to get them to lie down and I have thus far been unable to do that. I tried with Neko today and had no luck. He'll sit and when I try to lure him down he just lowers his head to the floor without moving his legs down. If I try to move the treat forward he just gets up and walks with it. Any ideas? I think last time I tried with Willie I started trying to lure him under my slightly bent knee to see if that would get him to go into a down position. I think we made some progress but I eventually gave up.
I didn't get a video so here's a picture of my cats acting like cats (Neko in front, Willie in back):
I want to teach roll over but to do that I need to get them to lie down and I have thus far been unable to do that. I tried with Neko today and had no luck. He'll sit and when I try to lure him down he just lowers his head to the floor without moving his legs down. If I try to move the treat forward he just gets up and walks with it. Any ideas? I think last time I tried with Willie I started trying to lure him under my slightly bent knee to see if that would get him to go into a down position. I think we made some progress but I eventually gave up.
I didn't get a video so here's a picture of my cats acting like cats (Neko in front, Willie in back):