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Post by ellie on Feb 3, 2020 10:32:23 GMT
I would love to know how they manage to train cats as I thought they were totally untrainable. Feline’s entire disinterest in doing anything to please human beings bu is one of my favourite things about them. 😀. Or is that just my cat?
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Post by queenzod on Feb 3, 2020 12:33:16 GMT
They use food as a motivator! So it’s not about pleasing a human, it’s about getting those noms, lol. And some cats are more interested in what they’re being asked to do than others. I imagine for a movie (not some kind of circus act), the main thing is to get them to move from point A to point B, so that’s pretty easy. But hasn’t everyone seen cats that play piano, walk a tightrope, jump through a hoop, or get a human to open 25 cans of food in a row b/c they’re not going to eat that? 😉
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Post by mllemass on Feb 3, 2020 13:07:32 GMT
But doesn’t training take time? The cat they hired to play Peter had to look like the cat in the paintings, so they probably didn’t look for one that was also trained. I’m thinking that animation took less time than training the cat. I guess we’ll see when the movie comes out!
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Post by sgev1977 on Feb 3, 2020 13:18:15 GMT
It could be that they are just animated "real-life" cats but remember that there were rumors that they would include some stop-motion animation. We will see! Again I don't know Will Sharpe work as director but I'm hoping for something crazy based in the Flowers reviews!
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Post by mllemass on Feb 3, 2020 16:02:33 GMT
Flowers had all sorts of things, including animation. So Louis Wain should be interesting!
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Post by ellie on Feb 3, 2020 16:07:26 GMT
As QZ says the only thing you can get cats to do is move from point A to point B by bribing them with food. And then only if they feel like eating at that particular time or they like that particular smell or they haven’t got something more interesting to do like getting another nap or washing their face. Again. There’s a reason why you’ve never heard of Pavlov’s cat!
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Post by MagdaFR on Feb 3, 2020 18:31:23 GMT
Do you say they're Pavlov here?
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Post by ellie on Feb 3, 2020 18:42:35 GMT
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Post by queenzod on Feb 3, 2020 19:35:19 GMT
Magda I love that! Sometimes they’re wearing little hats that look like pumpkins.
Who says you can’t train cats? 😃
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Post by mllemass on Feb 3, 2020 20:00:44 GMT
Cats can be so weird! I can’t wait to see this movie!
I spent years babysitting for a family who had a big fluffy cat named Tasha. Tasha never came anywhere near me, and when the family moved to a larger house, I rarely even saw her when I was there. But there were two times when she needed me and let me know!
One evening, I was watching tv when I heard a noise at the window. Tasha, who wasn’t allowed outdoors, was on the window ledge outside, scratching at the screen. When she saw that I had seen her, she walked along the ledge, stopped and turned to look at me again. I stood up and walked in the same direction -toward the front of the house - and she ran off. When I got to the front door, she was already sitting there, waiting for me to open it.
Another time, it was late and I had fallen asleep watching tv. I woke up when Tasha meowed in my face - I don’t know if it was her meowing or her fish breath that actually woke me! I sat up, and she started heading out of the room. She stopped, turned around to look at me, and meowed again. I stood up and followed her, and she ran to the kitchen. I found her meowing beside her empty water dish. I filled it with water, of course. So this cat that had never once acknowledged my existence certainly knew how to communicate with me when she needed something: “Hey, wake up! Come on! Hurry up! I’m thirsty!” Ha!
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