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scott
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If you could teach your pet one (and only one) new thing...
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Sep 20 23:54 UTC 1999 |
So if you could train your pet in one specific concept, even a non-simple one,
what would it be?
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scott
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response 1 of 23:
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Sep 20 23:55 UTC 1999 |
Mine would be to teach my cats that messes should be made on the floor, not
the carpet. I wouldn't mind vomit, mouse parts, and the occasional poop
nearly as much. For some reason cats like to make messes on soft surfaces.
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gypsi
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response 2 of 23:
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Sep 21 00:21 UTC 1999 |
I would teach the kitties that the computer table is an evil, evil place.
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jerome
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response 3 of 23:
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Sep 21 03:12 UTC 1999 |
But if you do that, they'll jump up there to protect you whenever you're near
it.
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jiffer
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response 4 of 23:
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Sep 21 04:57 UTC 1999 |
I would teach scott to stay off the kitchen counters.
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gypsi
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response 5 of 23:
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Sep 21 05:16 UTC 1999 |
<falls down laughing at an image of Scott Helmke crawling around on Jiff's
counters>
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scott
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response 6 of 23:
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Sep 21 21:10 UTC 1999 |
Use a squirt gun to discourage counter use by cats. Or, when you can't be
there, balance cookie sheets on the edge of the counter. When the cat tries
to make a smooth landing, crash! Very effective.
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mooncat
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response 7 of 23:
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Sep 22 00:46 UTC 1999 |
I would like to teach the cats to use the toliet instead of a litter
box... Much easier to clean. <grins>
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jerome
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response 8 of 23:
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Sep 22 14:19 UTC 1999 |
(resp:5 That was the image that I got, too :-)
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scott
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response 9 of 23:
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Sep 29 23:44 UTC 1999 |
Actually, in my house being on the kitchen counters is a dunking offense.
A few minutes ago Conan got The Treatment.
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otter
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response 10 of 23:
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Oct 3 18:09 UTC 1999 |
Strangely, BuckShot loves a good dunking, but will do everything in her power
to escape a squirting.
My first answer to #0 was "to come when she's called", but she's getting
pretty good at that. There are more things I'd like to see her un-learn than
learn, I guess.
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mooncat
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response 11 of 23:
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Oct 4 03:02 UTC 1999 |
I would like my cats to un-learn drinking from the sink. <grins> It's
now the favorite thing for all three cats. Two of them will sit in
there on the counter and cry until someone comes in and turns the water
on for them. <laughs>
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beeswing
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response 12 of 23:
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Oct 4 04:15 UTC 1999 |
Harlis does that sometimes. I am scared I'll have hot water running one
day and he'll stick his little face right in it. :(
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mooncat
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response 13 of 23:
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Oct 4 16:52 UTC 1999 |
Heh, the white cat taught the other two a trick- they always test the
water with a paw (lightly dabbing at it) before they put their faces in
the stream to get a drink.
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carla
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response 14 of 23:
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Feb 6 06:46 UTC 2000 |
Bad kitty! Don't walk through my freelance work before the paint dries!
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otter
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response 15 of 23:
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Feb 20 15:06 UTC 2000 |
But it's paper!
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carla
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response 16 of 23:
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Mar 17 05:20 UTC 2000 |
no, it's metal. Heh.
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happypup
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response 17 of 23:
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Oct 12 13:36 UTC 2002 |
Time to revive this one too... ;)
I would teach Baya, who is a dog, unlike most of (or all of) the pets in this
item, to howl on command. (We may well do this. We've been working on it,
and we're starting a class devoted specifically to tricks this week, so who
knows what we'll learn!)
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happyboy
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response 18 of 23:
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Oct 12 17:31 UTC 2002 |
one of my favorite sounds in the whole wide world.
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slynne
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response 19 of 23:
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Oct 13 19:39 UTC 2002 |
Well, since we are not limiting ourselves to simple concepts...
I would like my dogs to learn how to do my taxes for me. Also, it
wouldnt hurt if they could learn how to give a decent manicure.
Currently, they just slobber all over my hand and they *never* put the
polish on evenly.
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jep
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response 20 of 23:
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Oct 13 21:36 UTC 2002 |
If my tropical fish could learn to cook and clean house, I guarantee
I'd keep them forever.
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jiffer
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response 21 of 23:
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Oct 14 05:45 UTC 2002 |
I would teach my cat to speak english...
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slynne
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response 22 of 23:
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Oct 14 17:50 UTC 2002 |
I wouldnt. It's bad enough that I have to listen to her bitch at me in
cat. If it were English it would be: "Let me outside!", "Where were
you? I was home alone with the DOGS all day", "How come all I ever get
is dry food" ETC ETC ETC
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jiffer
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response 23 of 23:
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Oct 20 04:21 UTC 2002 |
No, I am optimistic that my cat is above that.... maybe he can learn to
request manicures instead of attempting to chew is own claws off... weird cat.
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