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Kids, cats, and lasers

Skeptic Bob

Skeptic Bob

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I don’t know if anyone came up with this before but it is so much fun.

I have two boys and two kittens. Today we grabbed a couple of those cheap pen lasers that cats love to chase so much. As I was watching my kids use them to play with the cats, each trying to get the cats to chase their own lasers instead of their brother’s, I got an idea.

I got some masking tape and created 4 circles near the four corners of the room. I then assigned two circle to each of my boys. I told them every time they can get a cat into one of the circles they get a point. To keep them from just bouncing in and out of the same circle they are required to alternate between their two circles.

It is so much fun. They have to balance their time between luring the cats into their own circle and distracting the cats from the other person’s circle.

We have two cats but you only need one cat and two players. Now I just need a name for the game.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
I don’t know if anyone came up with this before but it is so much fun.

I have two boys and two kittens. Today we grabbed a couple of those cheap pen lasers that cats love to chase so much. As I was watching my kids use them to play with the cats, each trying to get the cats to chase their own lasers instead of their brother’s, I got an idea.

I got some masking tape and created 4 circles near the four corners of the room. I then assigned two circle to each of my boys. I told them every time they can get a cat into one of the circles they get a point. To keep them from just bouncing in and out of the same circle they are required to alternate between their two circles.

It is so much fun. They have to balance their time between luring the cats into their own circle and distracting the cats from the other person’s circle.

We have two cats but you only need one cat and two players. Now I just need a name for the game.
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I have a 150+LB 1 year old Newfoundland who plays with a laser like a cat.

Great fun, but skill in laser operation is critical.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
I have a 150+LB 1 year old Newfoundland who plays with a laser like a cat.

Great fun, but skill in laser operation is critical.
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A Newfoundland chasing a laser? Yeah, you could wreak some havoc with that combination. :)
 
Skeptic Bob said:
I don’t know if anyone came up with this before but it is so much fun.

I have two boys and two kittens. Today we grabbed a couple of those cheap pen lasers that cats love to chase so much. As I was watching my kids use them to play with the cats, each trying to get the cats to chase their own lasers instead of their brother’s, I got an idea.

I got some masking tape and created 4 circles near the four corners of the room. I then assigned two circle to each of my boys. I told them every time they can get a cat into one of the circles they get a point. To keep them from just bouncing in and out of the same circle they are required to alternate between their two circles.

It is so much fun. They have to balance their time between luring the cats into their own circle and distracting the cats from the other person’s circle.

We have two cats but you only need one cat and two players. Now I just need a name for the game.
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LOL....that is excellent!

Who says you cant herd cats??

That's a bit like playing cat hockey...nicely done.
 
Weaponize.
 
Polar Bum said:
Canine demolition derby.
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A full grown cat with claws is a weapon right off the shelf, but a kitten one would probably need to strap or tie something dangerous to it.
 
Polar Bum said:
LOL....that is excellent!

Who says you cant herd cats??

That's a bit like playing cat hockey...nicely done.
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Hmm...“cat hockey”.

My wife is telling me to chill out because all of a sudden I am talking about taking this idea on Shark Tank and selling it. :) Something like it is probably already patented anyway. But you could have an analogue version that requires a score keeper. That would be dirt cheap to manufacture. But you could also have a more expensive electronic version that automatically logs touches, similar to how fencing competitions do.

Surely someone has already come up with this. I mean, EVERYONE knows cats love chasing lasers.
 
ecofarm said:
A full grown cat with claws is a weapon right off the shelf, but a kitten one would probably need to strap or tie something dangerous to it.
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Aint that the truth...though, even the small ones have cleats for climbing.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
Hmm...“cat hockey”.

My wife is telling me to chill out because all of a sudden I am talking about taking this idea on Shark Tank and selling it. :) Something like it is probably already patented anyway. But you could have an analogue version that requires a score keeper. That would be dirt cheap to manufacture. But you could also have a more expensive electronic version that automatically logs touches, similar to how fencing competitions do.

Surely someone has already come up with this. I mean, EVERYONE knows cats love chasing lasers.
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The person that makes money off this will do so at the expense of others that think "Someone probably already did this".
 
Polar Bum said:
Aint that the truth...though, even the small ones have cleats for climbing.
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Some catnip so it doesn't know up from down, a couple laps around the sofa and target lock.
 
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Skeptic Bob said:
Hmm...“cat hockey”.

My wife is telling me to chill out because all of a sudden I am talking about taking this idea on Shark Tank and selling it. :) Something like it is probably already patented anyway. But you could have an analogue version that requires a score keeper. That would be dirt cheap to manufacture. But you could also have a more expensive electronic version that automatically logs touches, similar to how fencing competitions do.

Surely someone has already come up with this. I mean, EVERYONE knows cats love chasing lasers.
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My wife loves the ‘kitten bowl’ the day of the Super Bowl. As kittens, she would run the laser across glossy paper and they would skid. I run the laser up the wall.

The younger one has his claws, the other doesn’t, always a sore subject. They couldn’t be more different in EVERY respect. No claws loves milk, not claws; he likes cat treats. No claws will get in the cage to the Vet; claws is terrible.

When either sneaks outside when a door is left open, no claws ignores the laser, claws comes to the laser. Claws is a farm cat; no claws a city boy; claws has a weak meow, no claws is a talker; no claws gets off on catnip, claws ignores it; need to get back to sending pics from this iphone

Both are kept on halters and long leash outside
 
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Polar Bum said:
The person that makes money off this will do so at the expense of others that think "Someone probably already did this".
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No doubt.

I am a bit stoned at the moment, though, so the idea might seem cooler to me than it actually is.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
No doubt.

I am a bit stoned at the moment, though, so the idea might seem cooler to me than it actually is.
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I'm stone sober.....and I think it rocks. :rock:rock
 
We play a variation of this game, called "Catch the cat before mom sees the dead mouse, bird, squirrel, whatever" as the dog stands stupidly watching, saying to himself, "duh, huh, what's goin' on here? Why won't they let me nap? Heck with this, I'm gonna nap anyway." ..... "Wait, is that a snack?" "Yo cat, share!"
 
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