ext_86079 ([identity profile] scruffycritter.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] dianec42 2006-10-13 08:10 am (UTC)

My cat affirmative *asks* to be petted.

He does this by meowing and demonstrating on you what he wants you to do.

Since in a sense he was offering paw anyway, I used petting as the reinforcement for "shake hands" and trained him to do so.

His sister was a little different. She got insulin shots after food was presented and she was petted. When in the hospital, a tech put down food for her and she meowed quite the annoyed little meow at him that she dared offered her highness food without petting.

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