tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post1539247023446761394..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: Dynamite With a Laser BeamSteve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-81040684223786125962009-08-18T12:32:36.350-07:002009-08-18T12:32:36.350-07:00I confess that I find the notion of it being psych...I confess that I find the notion of it being psychologically-damaging to a cat to chase a red dot silly. How is it any worse than chasing anything else it can't catch?<br /><br />Let it chase a rubber mouse or catnip toy and grab that so it gets a sense of victory. At worst, it learns that it can't catch everything.Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-84725695025050119762009-08-17T15:06:02.627-07:002009-08-17T15:06:02.627-07:00Our cat is generally lazy (being a cat and all). ...Our cat is generally lazy (being a cat and all). He'll play with normal toys for a couple minutes, but then seems to get bored and go back to napping. Not so with the laser beam. He'll chase that thing as long as I have the stamina to run it around the room.<br /><br />I found, though, that if I made the little red devil "hide behind a pillow" or otherwise disappear somewhere, the cat would sit and stare at the spot where it disappeared for a protracted length of time. I talked to my sister about it, who, besides being a former professional horse trainer generally knows crap about animals, said that chasing the laser beam is actually somehow psychologically damaging to cats. It sounds suspiciously like doing damage to a totaled car, but she was vehement that, over time, it would cause him some serious problems, so I stopped doing it. It's an urge that's hard to resist, though. It's funny stuff.J.D. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031474024284784846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-12480653480270358212009-08-17T09:54:51.606-07:002009-08-17T09:54:51.606-07:00Now for the Catnip!Now for the Catnip!Dojo Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12057645566330892415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-76634385074283586082009-08-16T18:21:47.934-07:002009-08-16T18:21:47.934-07:00cats *love* the beam!
Nice Queen reference!cats *love* the beam!<br />Nice Queen reference!Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17153918861604759338noreply@blogger.com