Who says cats aren't as smart as dogs?

[Mauisgirl]

I thought it would be cool if I could teach Maui some tricks. And ya know what? He learned how to "sit" on command and he also learned how to "sit up" on command, like a dog. It's amazing. I had never thought to train him like that until he learned what "on the bed" means. I can tell him to go "on the bed" at any piece of furniture in my house and he will jump up on it and sit. This comes in handy when I vacuum! lol.

Does anyone else's cats know how to do tricks?

[wayne0214]

Mine remember through repetition of situations and word associations. I have not intended to teach them any tricks, but I'm sure some of them could learn, if I worked with them. Most of them do obey simple commands, like "get back", "you cats wanna eat?" or, "I going to bed for the night".

........wayne

[jenluckenbach]

I think my cats have taught ME a few tricks. HEE HEE

[emily_the_spoiled]

I have to agree with jenluckenbach, Emily has taught me more "tricks" than I will ever teach her :D :D :D

[Barbara]

My cats strictly decline to learn tricks. This is why I think they are more intelligent than dogs ;) (By the way, I love dogs too...My own family is a dog family. My sister breeds Dachshunds and my parents have one)

[NoahsMommy]

Originally posted by Barbara
My cats strictly decline to learn tricks. This is why I think they are more intelligent than dogs ;) (By the way, I love dogs too...My own family is a dog family. My sister breeds Dachshunds and my parents have one)
I have to agree...cats are just more dignified...they don't need our love...they just accept it. :)

BTW, I love dachshunds...they are really smart dogs, at least in my experience. One day.... ;)

Of course cats are as smart as dogs !!! They just have complete different characters ... If they think "NO" , it is defenitely a "NO" !!
A cat has her very own way of thinking ; she desides for you , and not otherwise !! :rolleyes: :) :)

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[Mauisgirl]

:) Good Points. My old cat would (if he could've) probably have flipped me off...but Maui, eh, he's one strange cat :D

[catland]

We have a neighbor cat that is just a year younger than Sid and they played together when they were young, so he thinks of himself as a part-time member of our family. He used to come in to get some of their food (this guy mooches off of a lot of people - and yes, his humans know, I woudn't feed someone else's cat without their knowledge)

Anyway, so we made a game out of it and made him do a trick to get his food. He would have to turn in a circle two times to get his treat.

Then one day, he wised up and looked at us as if to say "Enough is Enough - I'm not doing your stupid trick anymore - and yes, you WILL continue to feed me!"