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Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside

Dennis

The photo above is my entry to the Weekly Photo Challenge with the motto Inside. It is one photo of a new photo shoot with my cat Shyna and I will upload the other photos maybe over the next days as there are some cute images in the set. But talking about this photo here, you can see a cat snack inside her mouth, which is her favorite sort of cat snacks. I thought this image would fit pretty much to the challenge motto. What do you think? Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside

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Red-eyed Cat Shyna

Dennis

Above you can see an image I shot of my cat Shyna. The lighting conditions were perfect as I mentioned earlier in my other article, so that even my cheap digital camera did do a good job. It´s impressive what this cheap digital camera and smartphones can do if all conditions are ok. You´re right, I edited the photo a little bit with Photoshop. I colored her eyes red and I have darken the background a little bit more and I also made adjustments with the shadows and highlights of the image. Here is another version without red eyes… The … Continue reading Red-eyed Cat Shyna

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Handshake Kitty

Dennis

The image above is some months old and in bad quality but it shows how Shyna gives me a handshake. This is just another trick I tought her. I usually say “Give me five” in German, while showing my hand vertical near her paws, and then she does give me her paws. She also knows how to give paw in another variant but then I show my flat opened hand horizontal. It works in different ways too as you can see on the image. It´s pretty cute. It´s some time ago when I taught her how to do this but … Continue reading Handshake Kitty

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It´s Not Bad To Teach Your Cat Tricks

Dennis

I have read in many cat forums and the general opinion seems to be that it is not ok to teach a cat tricks. Is it really not good to teach a cat tricks? In this article you will read my opinion. If you ask me and if you want my honest answer,… Don´t listen to the jabbering you can find in all the cat forums where people mean they would be experts. Especially house cats need activity. Remember they have a small areal and they can´t do things they would otherwise do outside, like hunting for example. Any kind … Continue reading It´s Not Bad To Teach Your Cat Tricks

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How To Teach A Cat The Meerkat Trick Or The Stand Trick

Dennis

I mentioned that I taught Shyna some tricks as she is really smart. Some time ago she started to stand up and it looked like she would imitate a Meerkat. Later I did have the idea to teach her some tricks and the Meerkat trick was on the list too. It´s not that difficult to teach as you might think. All you need is patience and a good idea how to do it. In case you have a cat and in case you are interested to teach the Meerkat trick, I will tell you how to do this. All you … Continue reading How To Teach A Cat The Meerkat Trick Or The Stand Trick