Re-Naming a Cat

Ours all know AND respond to their names. The bitties in particular
will come when called.

Nocturne will flick an ear in vague acknowledgement unless she feels
you have something good to offer her.

Smokey looks at you as if to say, "do I HAFTA move?"

--Fil


You actually have a cat that pays ATTENTION to its name?
What's your secret?

All my cats know their names. Of course, whether they respond when I
call them is another matter.

Enfilade wrote:
Ours all know AND respond to their names. The bitties in particular
will come when called.

Nocturne will flick an ear in vague acknowledgement unless she feels
you have something good to offer her.

Smokey looks at you as if to say, "do I HAFTA move?"

--Fil


You actually have a cat that pays ATTENTION to its name?
What's your secret?

All my cats know their names. Of course, whether they respond when I
call them is another matter.

All three of mine will come consistently when called. For the older two,
it was a combination of giving them treats every time I called them when
they were younger and then no matter what they were doing, they always
get attention when they come when called. It doesn't matter if they have
just knocked something over or are scratching inappropriately or if I
just want to give them attention. There is always reward of some kind
for coming.

For my youngest cat - who does not do treats - I just would call her
name and she got attention for coming or looking at me or any response
and all and when she actually came to me she got enthusiastic attention.

So at this point, all three cats will come to the appropriate name when
called. It helps that all of them really like to be held and scritched
and petted. That reward for coming when called is really important.

Bridget

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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:

Ginger-lyn wrote:

Be careful what you name your cat -- even if it is supposed to be
"temporary".

You actually have a cat that pays ATTENTION to its name?
What's your secret?

All my cats know their names. Of course, whether they respond when I
call them is another matter.

Joyce

Zak always came when I called him. He was not the brightest cat I ever
had but he was very attentive. Topper would always come when I called
also. He _was_ my brightest cat. He had a large vocabulary and
communicated quite well. Anytime one of my cats came when called I
thanked them. I always thanked them for doing what I asked and _most_ of
the time they did. With the two brothers I expect things will be
different as they don't seem too enamored of me so far. At least I think
they will know which name belongs to who but I am not sure they will
care. So far they come to me with two messages:

1. food dish emtpy or close to it

2. want to chase the red dot; come and make it go

oh yeah the third message is for each other:

help help! The human is close to me!


sigh

Andy

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:

You actually have a cat that pays ATTENTION to its name? What's your
secret?

I've taught all mine their names by repeating the name over and over
again while petting the cat when I first got them. Then, the first few
weeks with them, I make sure I say their names several times while
they're eating. This has worked for me.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

On Jan 19, 2:23*pm, wrote:


All my cats know their names. Of course, whether they respond when I
call them is another matter.



Tell me about it I haven't seen Sarrasine since about 7.30 this
morning and I am starting to get a bit worried about her then again
with the weather this awful she's probably found somewhere to burrow
in. She did this yesterday and I was getting more than a bit worried
when she suddenly walked past the living room door and looked at me as
if to ask what the fuss was about

I tried calling her but she doesn't answer

Mind you, she's probably annoyed with me for this morning. Last night
we were playing with the Feather Onna Stick and as I was feeling tired
I put it back in the bag and left it on the sofa instead of putting it
back in the drawer,,,

This morning the bag containing said Feather Onna Stick was placed on
my chair as if to remind me what I had to do this morning. (I'll get
it out in a while, that should bring her out of hiding if it doesn't
then I can start panicking)

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

On Jan 20, 7:56*am, Lesley wrote:
Tell me about it I haven't seen Sarrasine since about 7.30 this
morning and I am starting to get a bit worried about her

Dave opened a box of chocolate brownies (Sunday treat) and Sarsi
walked in from the bedroom (I've been in here for a couple of hours
and not a peep from her) to see if there was anything worth begging
for (not that I would let her have chocolate of course!) then stolled
into the kitchen for a nibble then walked from the bedroom into the
living room then the kitchen, which judging by the way she's getting
in her box in the living room right now the sheer effort has exhausted
her!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:


Ginger-lyn wrote:

I'll keep trying. But I'm afraid the guy may be stuck with Pinky for
life.

Be careful what you name your cat -- even if it is supposed to be
"temporary".

You actually have a cat that pays ATTENTION to its name? What's your
secret?

ROFL

Well, most of them know their names, and they pay attention -- when they
*want* to ;-)

Ginger-lyn

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Marina wrote:
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:

You actually have a cat that pays ATTENTION to its name? What's your
secret?

I've taught all mine their names by repeating the name over and over
again while petting the cat when I first got them. Then, the first few
weeks with them, I make sure I say their names several times while
they're eating. This has worked for me.

Yep, I use the saying-names-while-feeding trick. Got so much into the
habit of it that I still do it, even though they all know their names by
now. But every day it's still, "Here ya go, Cosmo,", "here's your food,
Jackie", "Good boy, Trill", etc.

Ginger-lyn

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http://www.moonsummer.com
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm (genealogy)
http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against
Animals in Movies Website)

Marina wrote:

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:


You actually have a cat that pays ATTENTION to its name? What's your
secret?


I've taught all mine their names by repeating the name over and over
again while petting the cat when I first got them. Then, the first few
weeks with them, I make sure I say their names several times while
they're eating. This has worked for me.

Oh, I didn't mean they were unaware of being addressed, or
ignorant of their names! (However, that does NOT mean they
choose to pay attention!)

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
Marina wrote:

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:


You actually have a cat that pays ATTENTION to its name? What's your
secret?


I've taught all mine their names by repeating the name over and over
again while petting the cat when I first got them. Then, the first
few weeks with them, I make sure I say their names several times
while they're eating. This has worked for me.

Oh, I didn't mean they were unaware of being addressed, or
ignorant of their names! (However, that does NOT mean they
choose to pay attention!)

I find one cat will pay attention if another is called, they clearly don't
want to risk missing out on something.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
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