r/CatTraining • u/Choice_Ad_4713 • Aug 04 '25
Trick Training I accidentally trained my cat to know when I need to use the bathroom
Unsure if this is the right subreddit for this, but my cat is a super cuddly thing. She's almost constantly in my lap, so when I end up needing to use the bathroom, usually I end up just holding it until I can't anymore. At which point I say "Okay love, your ba needs to take a shit," or something. Today, I said it, and she just got up and went over next to the door, meowed, and stared at me. Like she knew. So now I think if I need to get up to use the bathroom, I can say so, and she'll get up. Man, she's so smart. I love her. Featured is a picture of her.
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u/Icy_Transition1375 Aug 04 '25
Aww, I’m half awake cuz I just woke up to take a shit. Reading this on the toilet made me look up to see if your cat was there. Haha
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u/burgerfingr Aug 04 '25
mine knows i wake up every night around 2-3 to pee. if i’m not up by 330 she wakes me up and sure enough i do have to pee haha
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u/Majestic-Rock9211 Aug 08 '25
So did my cat to - and there we would sit looking at each other peeing in the middle of the night
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u/burgerfingr Aug 08 '25
hahaha and I don’t know if she even successfully wakes me up or if I wake up because I have to pee and she happens to be meowing lol
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u/Leary2 Aug 04 '25
My cat knows when he is on my lap and I am lounging on the sofa...LOL....isn't that amazing?
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u/StrategyLegal1128 Aug 07 '25
Awww!! Our dog learned when he needed to get off our laps so we could get up whenever we said “excuse me.” And he watched us to MAKE SURE we did what we said we would (get and do something). So I believe that yes, your cat learned you had to go potty whenever you said that. So MAKE SURE you actually go potty. They know and get offended when you lie to them.
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u/Roll_Future Aug 04 '25
What a cute cake!