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Four years ago, Bootsie used to stare at Mom as if she were a mad woman for even asking her to step through a hoop or into a tunnel. Now Bootsie joins Cinder and I every afternoon at the basement door, coaxing for her turn to do agility. #RainyTheTherapyCat, #cats, #CatsInTraining, #AgilityCats

Mom added weaves to her obstacle course and Dad added a box. Within two months, they had Bootsie doing agility. #RainyTheTherapyCat, #cats, #CatsInTraining, #AgilityCats

From there, it was only a matter of time before Dad got Bootsie to leap over a jump and Mom got her to leap over two jumps. It became a competition to see who would get her to do the most obstacles. #RainyTheTherapyCat, #cats, #CatsInTraining, #AgilityCats

Initially Dad could only get Bootsie to step inside a tunnel. Then take a few steps more. And a few steps more. Then he got her to go as far as the U-bend. But that was as far as she would go. So the next day he crawled through the tunnel and laid down closely-spaced pieces of food all along its length. Then he called Bootsie down and threw a piece info one of the end of the tunnel to get her started. His plan worked. Every time she ate a piece of food, she’d see that another piece of food was only a few inches away. What harm could there be in taking another step so she could eat that piece of food too? Soon, Bootsie had learned that when there was food in the first half of the tunnel, there would also be food in the second half of the tunnel. #RainyTheTherapyCat, #cats, #CatsInTraining, #AgilityCats

Second step: Convince Bootsie that agility obstacles were fun. A couple weeks after Mom and Dad had gotten Bootsie to view the basement as a positive place, Dad discovered that Bootsie would follow tossed treats into our large agility tunnel. #RainyTheTherapyCat, #cats, #CatsInTraining, #AgilityCats

First step: Convince Bootsie that the basement was a good place to be. During mealtimes, Mom and Dad took turns using food to lure Bootsie closer and closer to the top of the basement stairs. It took them about a week. And then it took another week to get her to follow them downstairs. Then came the bigger test of teaching her to do agility. #RainyTheTherapyCat, #cats, #CatsInTraining, #AgilityCats

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