She trained them to follow her everywhere, so even when she goes hinking her cats join her, too.
They even join her up on hunting stands.
How does one train cats to do this?
Step 1: Get the right cat.
That’s it, there’s no other steps. Some cats will do things, others won’t. I’ve tried leash training several cats, some will just not handle it well and others are little escape artists and other ones really don’t care and are just happy to be outside. So much of it is personality based, IMO.
yup. my current ones will not hang out outside. i’ve never had cats that won’t hang out with me outside before, but these little shits. so they are exclusively indoor cats.
Just go pspspspsps
I’m not sure there’s a training thing exactly, all the cats I’ve had have just loved going on walks with us / each other out in the woods. I think they just like sticking together, given the relative size of things like raccoons and coyotes compared to a single cat it seems like a reasonable call.
This was my thought. I have 2 cats that will follow us if we are going for a walk down the street. It makes me nervous, so we never go far when this happens. But it seems like they just have an instinct to go with us.
Take the can opener with you and make sure they know it.
Well you could always leash train your cat if you’re not sure if they will stick with you.
Should probably leash cats in the woods anyway.
My cat used to follow us up the road into the woods all the time… until we got a dog. I didn’t realize it would go down that way, but even to me it felt like a huge betrayal.
Hmm. A friend of ours used to have a cat and a dog. The cat used to joing them for a while on a walk and then go its’ own way after a while. Back home, most of the time, logically as cats don’t like to run as dogs do. Might have to do with the fact that the dog was there first so the cat knew “walking the dog” as everyday routine, not as something interfering with its’ usual life.
I took my cat on vacations with me when he had too many unpredictable health issues to leave with a sitter. He flew with me and took car rides, not thrilled about that part, but there are good meds to keep them calm and from getting carsick. He liked visiting new houses and sneaking extra treats and food from relatives.
We have an RV and travel with our cats. Our home away from home! They like it, and we can take care of them.
Obviously this doesn’t work for overseas travel, but the bulk of our travel is within the US.
Don’t do this. You are taking predators into an ecosystem that has no defense against a predator that even if it doesn’t catch anything will still be fed to come back full energy tomorrow.
They even join her up on hunting stands
Are you talking about the human, or just failed to do any critical thinking here?
Taking a cat on a camping trip is hardly an ecological disaster. Permanent outside cats in the wrong places might be depending on where you live, but this post is just not comparable.
She doesn’t go hunting, she just likes to sit up there for the view and they join her.
Fully agree to the rest. The cats don’t wonder off to hunt, they stay with her at all times and get fed by her.
