Re: OT Cat Advice Needed

Our cats come--after a fashion--when called. It works best in the evening; they want to be in when it gets dark. Both are scared of the street and won't go closer to it than about 20 feet. Usually, not always, we let them come and go as they please--cat door into garage, garage door open. I think that makes them more amenable to coming in when we want them to. 


On Jul 30, 2007, at 12:09 PM, Daryl wrote:
Diesel really loves being outside, and spends hours either on the screened porch or perched in an open window. I thought he'd be a happy inside cat, but 
I guess he spent too long outside before we brought him in.
Anyway, a year later, and he still wants out. A couple of times he's dodged out with the dogs. Once, he cruised out while I was slaving over the drawing board and didn't realize that the dogs had opened the door a bit. Another time, he apparently pounced at a bird or chipmunk, and pulled the screen right 
off the porch pillar.
Anyway. He's let me pick him up and bring him in each time. I've been careful not to pick him up the first time he approaches me in the garden, so that he doesn't associate me with a quick trip inside, and when we're inside I've been trying to teach him to come when called (yeah, laugh at me- I've only had dogs before), but I'm sure there will come a time when I can't pick him up and 
he'll out-stubborn me.
So. For those of you with indoor-outdoor cat experience - do they just wander in when they get tired of being outside? Do they come when you call? Have you been able to teach them to avoid roads? We've got a fenced yard, but a 4' 
chain link fence is no match for an athletic cat, I"m sure.

d

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Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
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