Saturday, March 08, 2014

Can I train my human to stop playing that loud music?


Dear George,
I’m Lenny, named of course after the great Leonard Cohen. I’m six years old now but when I was much younger I adopted a human family.
I don’t recall all the details as I was quite busy training them from day one, especially the male human who wasn’t that much into cats I think. I never had an issue with my female human – she’s well trained; she is the perfect mom.
But, between you and me George, I must admit I adore my human kitten; she is pretty, she’s fun and she is a good friend. We play together, we eat together, we listen to music together – we spend lots of time together. My problem is my male human, her daddy!
Yes, he warmed up to me lately but I don’t think he really understands that “cats rule”.
If I’m listening to Lenny Cohen with my human kitty - he plays Bach….loud! Very loud!
I’m very playful by nature but how long can a cat have fun on Bach? I gave him plenty of signals to change the tune but he won’t get it. Do you think I failed in training him?
What should I do to make it clear that I make the rules, I run the house?
Waiting for the miracle
Lenny

Dear Lenny, 
It is my impression that the human females are more easily trained than the males. Many human females find this to be true too!  But let me congratulate you on being a responsible owner, and starting a training regime from day one.  If only all cats did this, we would have a population of much better behaved and happier humans.
A human can be trained without knowing he is being trained. So the fact that your human male doesn't understand that "Cats Rule" is not in itself important. Dumb creatures without much understanding can nevertheless be trained by us. Indeed, I would go further. Most human pets don't even realise that their cat is training them!
As for Bach? This is a tricky training problem and I am not sure it is worth the effort. Leaving the room when this music is loud may be helpful. You will be spared the assault on your hearing: your human will lose the delight of your presence. In theory this is punishment. But here's the difficulty. If your human has not been properly socialised to cats, he may not care that you withdraw your presence. 
So it may be that it is not worth your effort to train out this particularly irritating bit of behaviour. Sometimes we have to accept the things we cannot (or do not care to) change. 
Yours
George 
PS.  It could be worse. My late human used to play military band music very loud.

12 comments:

  1. Lenny, you are very, very cute!
    And between you and me?....I think Bach suits you better than Lenny Cohen who is a bit too much on the dark side! Just think about!
    Hugs
    Minnie

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  2. Bach? Cohen? Are you all nuts? Did any of these two write anything for cats? Comm'on man - listen to something specifically composed for cats - like CATS - the musical!
    Diego

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  3. Lenny, you look a lot like me! That means you are handsome!
    Maybe we are related? Anyway, you are lucky that the only problem you have it's your human daddy! My problems are much bigger as my human moved in with another human who has 3 other cats - so, ugh! I have to do a lot more training.
    Vegas

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  4. CAT VictoriaMarch 08, 2014

    "Dance me to the end of love" Ah!
    CAT Victoria

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  5. Hallelujah!
    Frederico

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  6. Bottom line is, peeps are hard to train. They're always so slow on the uptake.

    Purrs,
    Nissy

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