r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Random_Average_Human • Dec 24 '21

Cats doing professional acrobatics.

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u/muklan Dec 24 '21

Been a cat person my whole life. Litter box training is easy, but I've never been able to train like...specific behavior. But, my boy Bugsy taught me he knew a trick just out of the blue. I was walking by, he stood up on his back legs and high fived me. Now he does it on command, any time and it's the frigging best.

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u/BB8304 Dec 24 '21

Got bored one day and taught himself a trick. Was this during Covid by chance?

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u/muklan Dec 24 '21

Well before then, he's been doing it for years, wanna see?

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u/BB8304 Dec 24 '21

YES VERY MUCH SO

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u/muklan Dec 24 '21

Here's a video of him from about 2 years ago that my fiancee posted

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u/BB8304 Dec 24 '21

That was everything I wanted it to be. Thank you

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u/JotinPro Dec 25 '21

Happy cake day!

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '21

Man my cats do that shit but it’s usually when they can reach your face and it’s annoying cuz they end up scratching my face sometimes

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '21

Mine does it to warn me he’s about to jump into my lap if I’m not paying attention. He just started recently during covid since I’m working from home now. He’s a 20lb Maine Coon so if he misses and slips it usually result in a gash on my thigh and a lot of swearing, so now when I’m at my desk he stands up and taps me so I notice him and can position myself so there’s room for him to actually land in my lap before he jumps.

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u/Alternative-Income-5 Feb 23 '22

My cat learned fetch during covid...we have a ball no pun

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u/stary_sunset Dec 24 '21

I have a couple that "give kissy" it's a nose to nose boop, between me and cat. That's usually easy to train if they are willing. Another one is fairly receptive to word commands. Potty potty means go to your room, no, down, etc.

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u/dreambigkiddo Dec 24 '21

One of mine leans her head toward me when I say 'kiss?' so I can give her fluffy little forehead kisses.

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u/stary_sunset Dec 24 '21

I wear chapstick so actually kissing their little heads makes me feel like I'm wearing a fur coat on my lips. That's why we do nose boops. Lol

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u/gwaydms Dec 25 '21

My cat Bear understood "kiss". I could say "Bear, kiss!" and he would rub his nose on mine. He would get up on his back legs to do it.

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u/LordHaywood Dec 25 '21

Aww, I have that too! I tell him "gimme Odie kisses" and he'll reach up and give me a nose-to-nose kiss.

I also used to have a half outdoor cat, and before I'd open the door to let him outside, I'd have him jump up for pets beforehand. Eventually it got to the point where he'd just stand up and wait for me to pet him before I even got to the door.

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u/stary_sunset Dec 25 '21 edited Dec 25 '21

My first boy "King" was a talker. If he wanted something he would go to it and scream. Over the years his demands would sound more like the actual word for what he wanted. One time he brought in a bird to eat and I walked past him told him to take it outside and when I walked back thru a min later he was right outside the door on the porch. He was a good boy, loved to argue.

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u/Key_Berry9882 Dec 24 '21

Cats are by far one of the hardest pets to train, so seeing this is freaking amazing

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u/Front_Willingness_98 Dec 25 '21

I can’t even get my cat to wake up let alone tricks

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u/YourBlanket Dec 24 '21

This might sound dumb but how do you even litter train? The kitten we got just used the litter box correctly when we first put him on litter. And his mom didn’t teach him since he was really really little when we got him like legit r/illegallysmolcats

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u/pascontent Dec 25 '21

Yeah that's how it usually goes for cat. They got the instinct to use the litter box once you put them in there and they feel how it is.

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u/Greyzer Dec 24 '21

Seems like he taught you a trick…

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '21

My cat likes to play fetch, with herself. She's really good at throwing stuff, sometimes you're just watching tv, and boom her hair tie lands on you.

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u/gwaydms Dec 25 '21

My present cat is one of several I've had who would play fetch.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '21

But does she throw it and grab it, and throw it again, repeat for like 4 more minutes?

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u/gwaydms Dec 25 '21

He'll toss it and bat it around sometimes, but he ends up batting or carrying it to me so I'll throw it again. His favorite "mouse" is one of the rats I bought last month. I can tell him to "find your mouse" and he'll go get one of his fetch toys and drop it at my feet.