As the (self-nominated) Pixies Pet trainer I must say that cats are great at picking up tricks if it is worth their while. I taught my parents' cat to do a recall (put on a sit stay and walk 6 feet away give the come command and he sat right in front of me..... it was cute, the most damned difficult thing was teaching him the down-stay....

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