They tried this kit, but were not satisfied with it. When people heard we were doing this, they thought we were crazy, Emily said. The standard reaction seems to be, You can t train MY cat to use the toilet. As the sisters developed their own training technique, however, they produced a videotape that proves they can teach cats to do everything except flush afterward. The key, they say, is understanding the mind of a cat.
Cats are smarter than dogs.
They just don t have as much desire to please, Emily said. Sarah added that the main obstacle is stubbornness not intelligence. Cats don t like change. They re like people that way, Sarah said. Most problems, she stressed, can be handled by slowing the process down, taking a little extra time with each step.