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In reply to the discussion: I need some advice from people who are cat savvy (UPDATED WITH PICTURES) [View all]Samantha
(9,314 posts)Nikita is not quite a year old. She looks to me to be about 9 months. But if you look at the definition of the name, she lives up to it. Some commands she has learned. Sometimes I tell her to get into her "house"; she doesn't then but does when I go back into the house. We are having a storm now, and I have tried to get her to come in. She made progress yesterday, after stepping into the house a few times (not going past the doorway, but once solidly having all four feet on the carpet) -- she turned right around and went back outside. I had everything ready for her.
I am feeling pretty let down because she is out there now and won't go into her "house." I had the the bright idea this morning of checking the bedding, and it was a little wet. I took the shelter apart, wiped it dry inside and out, and put clean, dry bedding inside. She is huddled outside next to the porch stoop, squatting down behind a big bush. We are going to have higher winds tonight.
I guess she just doesn't have the confidence yet to make the leap. The one time I went out to take Cheyenne for a walk, she did follow. And she came up pretty close to Cheyenne.
Sam