Postby JokerGirl » Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:53 pm
Thanks for both your posts.
I'm having to work on this with Sugar. Not with cats, but with my parrots, fish, and two squirrels.
Luckily, she's very intelligent, and very food driven, so even though we've only had her a week, she's making progress.
I would categorize her prey drive as extreme. At first she wouldn't break her attention for food, but will fairly easily now.
Just worked with her, and she's to the point where she will look at the "thing" for a few moments, and then look at me or look away. Granted, this is with her lead and Gentle Leader on, but it's at least some progress. Even had her lie down for a brief nap in the computer room where my cockatiel is.
It's going to be a long road, but to already be seeing progress gives me the motivation to continue working with her on it.