Who says that you can't teach an old cat new tricks? Well, maybe that has never been said...
Thanks to our friend Janice, we learned that even six year old brown mackerel tabbies can learn to do things on command. Or at least sit & shake "hands" for a treat. :-) It took less than 10 minutes to teach Jemima this new trick. What's next? Roll over? Speak? Fetch? Vacuum the floor? Do the laundry? I am certain that we will progress to more difficult commands as time goes by.
See the video below. The noise in the background is from our fountain. If the water was still you'd be able to hear Jemima purring loudly as she shakes. She LOVES to perform. Bartholomew is somewhat envious of his sister's newly-developed skills, but he will not participate in such an activity as this, even if it does garner a few tasty cat treats.
We obviously have had too much time on our hands.
