Yesterday we talked a lot about the fact that cats can’t be trained. However, did you know that there are competitions for cats? Yes, there are cats who participate in agility courses. I recall watching a cat agility competition once on the computer. I found it charming and humorous that they kept having to take time out and do-overs in order to accommodate the cats in the contest. Not every cat, you see, wanted to do his routine on command. And the judges made allowances for this.
What does a cat agility course look like? It is a series of jumps, tunnels and other obstacles in a variety of arrangements and there’s evidently no right or wrong way for a cat to approach the challenges. The contestant cats are allowed to think for themselves—figure things out.
Think about it, cats are naturally agile. According to experts, a cat can run 30 mph. No wonder you can’t catch an escaped cat without tricking it. However, tricking a cat is also difficult since they can jump 6 times its height and his memory is so long. Yeah, a cat’s short-term memory, they say, is 16 hours. A dog’s is 10 minutes. And how high can a dog jump? Only one times its height.
The first cat agility competition was in 2003 and I guess this is quite the sport now at many cat shows
Do you think your cat would do well on the agility course for cats circuit? Keep in mind that your cat would probably not do it to please you, like a dog might. A cat does agility competition because it pleases them. Learn more at the following sites.
http://www.catagility.com/activities-for-you
http://agility.cfa.org/index.shtml
Show schedule http://agility.cfa.org/show-schedule.shtml
