Cats and Doors

[hellison]

Following an converstaion beginning on email re horrendously cold weather approaching and impossibility of closing doors if you live with cats, Sarah (the anon posting on the NG post)has decided to create an exciting and educational website for cats to teach them how to close doors, leading to warmer houses for us all and freeing us from participation in playing Other Side, tho I suspect that will take a lot of the fun out of it for the cats.

Knowing that many of you are Cat owners (or owned by cats), obviously this was the best place to ask for assistance, since you will all benefit from this exciting new educational tool for your furry little overlords.

Anyway, to further this great aim the following would be of great help!

(from sarah)
Yeah, on second thoughts, if we could do something like
1. Cat
2. Door
3. Cat by open door with big red X
4. Cat by open door with big finger pointing at cat
5. Cat by closed door with big green tick

That would make me very happy.....
We could do a bit of promotional gumph - welcome to shutthatdoormiaow.com, THE place for cat door shutting training. In just 5 simple steps, we will show you how to get rid of that
annoying door-opening habit!!

also
Yeah, and then need to find a hoster and somewhere to do the page, and someone who can do html to do the text - Any ideas for promotional text for our new venture?

ETA hehe, a tutorial session? http://eatin.fotopic.net/p10857750.html

ps those of you from Scene (alas, poor Scene) may remember Sarah as Thesme ;)

Comments

[being-here.livejournal.com]

I can html if you want..

[mivvvv.livejournal.com]

Erm not a lot of help here

I do have http://www.welshfestival.co.uk/trouble.jpg which is Trouble checking out a door from the inside

http://www.welshfestival.co.uk/merlin.jpg - Merlin checking out a sort of door

http://www.welshfestival.co.uk/merlinpervert.jpg - Merlin being dirty (Not on topic but might come in handy)

and finally http://www.welshfestival.co.uk/soakydoggles.jpg merely cos it will make Reusses day even better

Cats, Doors and Models

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

Okok, a modelling session was on my mind, but only one - the bit after photo of cat beside open door (bad) and before cat beside closed door (goood)- i.e. I want a pic with cat, open door, and pointy finger. This may prove difficult though.

Otherwise, any situational images of cat-doorishness will suffice.

Your very nice blue lumpy icon reminds me of a black feline called Pedo (don't ask) who worked out how to use the front door knocker (she would leap up, hook her paws around the knocker and swing herself back and forwards). Sounded exactly like a human person and we spent so much '-ing' time running to the door only to find her ladyship walking daintily and smugly in. That kind of cat poses a serious threat in these chilly times, being the cause of much unnecessary door opening, but, GETTING OTHER PEOPLE TO DO IT FOR HER!

Chilliness, cats, doors

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

BTW those of you who wish to understand the reason why it is necessary to train cats to close doors can go to the one and only entry in my journal.

Trouble n door

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

Mivvvv
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Photo number 1 is PERFECT! Classic example of our problem, how can one keep warm and keep fuel bills down when one's feline companion insists on doing that! Trouble indeed!

The one of Merlin advertising his wares is certainly intriguing and could indeed show the end result of the slippery slope that door opening cats are at risk of falling down?
Last one - well indeed it seems a bit canine, but on it's own merits I think it is a work of art. Or Fart, possibly?

www.shutthatdoormiaow.com

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

- we have three images, and web space, so now we just need to come up with some text. Any ideas? Here's some:

Welcome to Shutthatdoormiaow.com!
The website designed to tackle all your cat-opening-doors problems!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As we are all aware the coming winter is forecast to be pretty chilly
(LINK TO MET OFFICE SEASONAL FORECAST). This, combined with rising fuel costs, means we all have to look after our draught proofing needs.

HOWEVER, Cat owners face a particular problem - the Opening-but-not-Shutting-the-Door behaviour so sadly exhibited by too many cats in our Modern Consumerist World. This results in all efforts to adequately heat one's home ending in failure. [IMAGES OF BAD CATS BESIDE OPEN DOORS - MIV'S TROUBLE HERE?]

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Luckily, we at Shutthatdoormiaow.com have come up with an easy 5(?) step behaviour modification programme which will eliminate unwanted door opening in weeks!!!!!!

(MUST DESIGN PROGRAMME)

??
Any ideas on the recommended behaviour modification programme?

positive intervention

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

http://www.perfectpaws.com/train.html

http://cat.lifetips.com/cat/57338/cat-training/index.html (see especially Pet Door Introduction)