Nook,
Sounds like a great cat!
Joanna

"NOOK" wrote in message
...
You just work on his natural instinct
I have a couple of training poles I used to teach him to cut off his
prey as it runs. I also fish one under the leaves and brush and jerk
it away from him to get him to dive in and pounce on his prey. One big
mole he caught by diving into a pile of sticks and brush using the
very way we practiced. He came out with blood on his nose and the mole
in his mouth. A stick had poked a tiny hole in the side of his nose
but he still had a firm grip on that mole. This is a very trainable
cat. I have taught him to use a step ladder.(now if he just had thumbs
I would teach him to paint) He understands that the knob on the sink
makes the water come out, he touches the knob (but the thumb thing
again) He knows the words, up, down, squirl, outside, no, he will come
to you when you whistle for him. He will play fetch the ball untill
you are sick of throwing it and you go to bed, he will jump up on the
bed and drop the ball on you to play more. With a little more teaching
he will understand right and left. He almost has it now but he gets
confused and just walks off like a little kid. He will walk with you
on a leash with his harness on. The key to teaching any animal is
exploit there natural ability and what they like to do and work with
them until they get tired or loose interest then stop and come back to
it later. He is on a diet now cause he has gotten up to 18 lbs.
House of Stan
NOOK


On Thu, 06 May 2004 23:01:27 GMT, "J Fortuna"
wrote:

NOOK,
You do indeed sound quite busy, but at least some of it sounds like lots
of
fun (greenhouse, upcoming trip to Costa Rica, cat). About that cat, how
does
one go about teaching a cat to hunt? Just curious.
Joanna

"NOOK" wrote in message
.. .
Busy busy busy
Lets see...
Painting the sun room and hanging ten foot long poles to hang pots
from. Pressure washing, sanding replacing boards, and staining the
deck so the plants from the sun room can go out on the deck.
Moving grown up plants from the propagation room to the sun room.
repotting all ten inch pots. putting in RO water lines on the deck for
misting and morning waterings. Trying to get the USDA forms 586 and 87
for importing to save a bit of time at arival point. (if you would
like to speak to a live person for help please press one now.....
"Hello I'm not in right now leave me a message and I'll get back to
you, NEVERRRR)!!!!"
Mounting new Stans that are ready to go on cork. Convincing my wife
that a "small" (he he) green house won't look ugly where I want to put
it.Spending over 2 grand to have trees cut down in the back yard (for
the green house) and trees trimed up in the front. Trying to teach my
wife about care and feeding of seedlings just out of flasks so when I
go to Costa Rica later this month I don't have to pay my plant man to
take care of them. Working in the yard and flower beds as fast as can
go before it gets to hot. Trying to fit in some docent work at the
botanical gardens. (don't think it is going to happen untill late in
the summer)
Teaching A plus cert. Teaching the cat to hunt the under brush (he is
up to four moles so far)
Oh yeh.. and a more than full time job with the newspaper
"House of Stan"
NOOK










On Tue, 04 May 2004 22:12:51 GMT, "PhalGuy"
wrote:

Hello everyone!

Is it me or it`s been very quiet here this week?
Maybe, we all are busy with spring cleaning, repotting, etc....