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Lola learned how to JUMP!

post #1 of 35
1/2/10 at 7:24pm
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I am beyond thrilled, I've spent all night working with Lola, trying so hard to teach her how to jump up on things. She can finally jump up on this one desk - nothing else, but man - she can jump!

May be a stupid thing to teach a cat, to jump on the desk, but for a cat who has never been out of a cage until a few weeks ago - never knew freedom - this is huge!

She's so funny to watch, gauging the distance, if she can make it, etc. Very cautious for an un-coordinated cat!

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post #2 of 35
1/2/10 at 7:27pm
Lola can jump!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:blob turq:
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post #3 of 35
1/2/10 at 7:36pm
That's neat, Nat!! She's learning all the things she has been deprived of until now.
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post #4 of 35
1/2/10 at 7:37pm
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Ahhh....the things that make me happy.
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post #5 of 35
1/2/10 at 7:44pm
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Originally Posted by white cat lover View Post
Ahhh....the things that make me happy.
Why shouldn't it make you happy, Nat? She's getting her life back.
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post #6 of 35
1/2/10 at 8:29pm
Awww sweet Lola - it reminds me of how Smudge jumps up on things. Even now with things she knows she does the hesitate, turn in circles, stand up like a meerkat thing

I love that Dory comes over to cheer her on too
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post #7 of 35
1/2/10 at 8:53pm
Alright gogo Lola!!!



So cool that she is learning these things. She reminds me a bit of EG when we first got him. He knew how to jump, but he was deprived of his mommy at 4 weeks so me and Isie had to teach him a lot cat stuff..
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post #8 of 35
1/2/10 at 9:54pm
Go LOLA!!!


(If this doesn't call for a Blob Party, nothing does!)

What's funny to me is that while she's gauging how high it is and everything, I'm cheering her on and encouraging her. "It's OK baby. You can do it! Jump, Lola, jump!" Even though I know that she does jump in the video or you wouldn't have posted it.
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post #9 of 35
1/2/10 at 10:04pm
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Originally Posted by valanhb View Post
Go LOLA!!!


(If this doesn't call for a Blob Party, nothing does!)

What's funny to me is that while she's gauging how high it is and everything, I'm cheering her on and encouraging her. "It's OK baby. You can do it! Jump, Lola, jump!" Even though I know that she does jump in the video or you wouldn't have posted it.
I hadn't even read this post, and there I was - "you can do it Lola! Jump, Lola, Jump!"

WTG Nat - and Lola!
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post #10 of 35
1/2/10 at 10:18pm
That was super cute! Loved that little balancing act she did! Yay Lola!
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post #11 of 35
1/2/10 at 10:35pm
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Dare I hope that little bulb came on over her head? I'm seeing some major problem solving skills. If I step in front of her, she stops & moves around my legs - rather than running into them! And when I opened the stair door, I didn't have to poke, prod, & coax her down the stairs - she ran down them of her own free will ahead of me!

that this keeps up! It's good to see her being a kitty!
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post #12 of 35
1/3/10 at 2:00am
I just love how Dory comes over to give her some encouragement!

Well done Lola!
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post #13 of 35
1/3/10 at 5:30am
I was cheering for her to jump, too. I love the way Dory wandered over to give her support. When she finally jumped, I smiled.
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post #14 of 35
1/3/10 at 6:23am
YAY Lola! I love the Meerkat pose right before she jumps.. Nice of Dory to cheer her on!
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post #15 of 35
1/3/10 at 6:26am
I would guess the hardest thing for her is to relate a surface she can't see to what she CAN see from the ground.
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post #16 of 35
1/3/10 at 6:27am
Bless her heart!

When Whisper first came into our house, she was scared to death to jump on any furniture. We think the other people may have beaten her or something to make her so frightened of getting on furniture. Whisper would only sleep on a rug inside the kitchen door.

That lasted....oh, about a month or so. Fourteen years later, Whisper has become the "resident hump in the bed". She sleeps anywhere she wants to....because she can. And she knows it.
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post #17 of 35
1/3/10 at 8:24am
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Originally Posted by carolinalima View Post
Lola can jump!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Exactly that!!
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post #18 of 35
1/3/10 at 9:58am
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Originally Posted by mrblanche View Post
I would guess the hardest thing for her is to relate a surface she can't see to what she CAN see from the ground.
I'm sure of it. It's neat to watch a cat measure the distance to an unfamiliar surface. We watched our RB boy Gryphon fog out the distance from the porch railing (normal height, 3 inches wide) to the divider between our porch and the neighbour's (roof height, 2 inches wide). It involved stretching himself, along the porch railing, and then up the divider, pondering -- and then he just did it as if he'd done it a zillion times before, which we knew he had not (he never did again either -- his curiosity had been satisfied). It was a beauty to behold. Watching Lola reminded me of that day.

Sounds as if Lola really has made a breakthrough about what she believes she can do -- watch out, soon the world will be her oyster, and she'll be unstoppable.
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post #19 of 35
1/3/10 at 10:39am
Way to go, Lola!! I pray this is only the beginning of many jumps for her!

She's got a magnificent tail, too, btw!
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post #20 of 35
1/3/10 at 10:41am
What a great accomplishment. Now that Much is getting older, it is interesting watching her calculate distances that she used to not even think about.
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post #21 of 35
1/3/10 at 10:48am
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Someone sitting pretty on the (very messy) desk, proud of her accomplishment!

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post #22 of 35
1/3/10 at 11:32am
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Originally Posted by white cat lover View Post
Someone sitting pretty on the (very messy) desk, proud of her accomplishment!
Awwww!!!! WTG, Lola AND Natalie!!!!
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post #23 of 35
1/3/10 at 12:05pm
that a big thrill teaching a cat something new to them. Kato still judges the distance and he has never been crated. His yowl stops you. He rides just as well (if not as safe) out of his crate.
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post #24 of 35
1/3/10 at 5:23pm
You go girl!
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post #25 of 35
1/3/10 at 7:35pm
Nat, I see that the corruption of lovely Lola is proceeding successfully!!!! She is an adorable doll baby! If I had the room, she'd be residing in sunny California!!!!

Am waiting with bated breath for new pictures/videos of her growing accomplishments!:nod :
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post #26 of 35
1/3/10 at 8:54pm
Oh sweet kitty!! How can you not help but cheer her on!?!?!!!
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post #27 of 35
1/3/10 at 10:20pm
Way to go, Lola!!! Yay! And what a beautiful kitty she is, too, WhiteCatLover. It's so gratifiying to see her learning to be a real kitty - I can only imagine how good it makes you feel!!

BTW - You know I follow your photo site, right? Half my emails every day are notifications that you've uploaded something new!!! I'm tempted to think you upload more photos than I take!! *chuckle* Very beautiful photos, too!
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post #28 of 35
1/3/10 at 10:25pm
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Nat, I see that the corruption of lovely Lola is proceeding successfully!!!! She is an adorable doll baby! If I had the room, she'd be residing in sunny California!!!!

Am waiting with bated breath for new pictures/videos of her growing accomplishments!:nod :
Ooh I think you should get more space so you can adopt her, then I can visit her!
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post #29 of 35
1/4/10 at 8:40am
So happy to see that Lola is free at last and now jumping :-)
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post #30 of 35
1/4/10 at 11:43am
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Ooh I think you should get more space so you can adopt her, then I can visit her!
With all due respect, you would be more of a corrupting influence!
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