The thing with Huck is that, being a cat, he doesn't associate being asked to do something with getting a reward for obedience; he just realizes that when he flips on his back, a snack is produced, so any time you're in the kitchen and he's feeling peckish, you'll hear the basement door start thumping against its jamb as Huck is intently somersaulting away, looking up at you expectantly between reps, wondering why you aren't breaking out the treat bag.
Video courtesy of my roomie.
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And thus is demonstrated the blurring of what faith, ritual, training, and superstition mean.
ReplyDeleteWe confuse cause and effect.
ZOMG! A flashback to Tom Hanks and "Joe vs. The Volcano". *sigh*
You have a time traveling version of our Puck, it seems.
ReplyDeleteWe had a gray tabby that did something like that when he just plain wanted attention. But we never dignified it as a "somersault". It was denoted as a "flop" in our household:
ReplyDelete"Look, Ma, that fool cat is flopping again!"
Will from Bama,
ReplyDeleteThat wasn't one of his better efforts. I'd give this one about a 6.7 on the Huck Sommysault scale. I'd be harsher, but he stuck the landing pretty good.
The dog was not amused. Anxiously awaiting Barkley's review.
ReplyDeleteTerry
Florida
Huck hungry, DAMMIT!
ReplyDeleteTam, I think you're wrong about Huck not understanding the obedience thing. he knows if he gives the command, in this case a "sommysault", his pet (you) will obediently give him a treat.
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