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what is up my fine cat mojo tears it is i your cat daddy jackson galaxy hope everyone's doing
well today um hope that you know we have been spending a lot more time with our cats in general
over the past year or so and i hope that you're making great use of that time so
today's scoop is about a very popular toy that i get a lot of questions about what is that toy
we do that the laser pointer we're going to talk about the laser pointer today because it
is actually a bit controversial people who love playing with their cats and dogs with the laser
pointer just swear by it they think their animals love it there are others who point out some
dangers and some frustrations etc so it is very it feels actually very binary when you're looking at
comments and videos etc so the scoop is about what works in my life what i've observed over the years
hard-won wisdom that i'm not passing on to you so you can avoid the kind of ridiculousness
that i had to put up with and then i had to be like why is this happening and then i figured
it out and then i was like i gotta tell other people about this man because i don't want this
to happen to anybody else when i say this i mean destruction and hangriness and just just nuttiness
in my house and it's times like right now we got seven cats man so here's the thing about
laser pointers right here is that i would say that in my experience it's a 50 50 maybe maybe 70 30
that cats who just go crazy for it or at the very least are really intrigued by it believe
me i've got cats and dogs in my in my home who will drop everything they're doing including
food out of their mouth to go after that damn thing is it actually a toy when i say to you
go play with your cat no i don't consider it a toy unto itself it is a very frustrating thing
for a predator right so this predator is going oh that thing whatever that thing is it looks
good and then they just freak out trying to get it and yes we are wearing them down but
we're wearing them down without ever having the ability to finish the cycle hunt catch kill eat
right now when we see cats go with wands with feathers on them they will run they will catch
they'll wrestle with a little bit they'll put it in their mouth they'll do all the things that
nature has told them to do laser doesn't do that i think it's a really frustrating and borderline
mean thing to do to just do the laser for a while and then just call it a day which is why i tell
you to always if you want to do with a laser grate then transition over to something more concrete
not concrete feather works really well but concrete will just tire you out and break teeth
anyhow i tend to break them down into like you got cats who are like sports cars right that you
break out that feather that's like turning the key they're gone right then you got some who you just
gotta crank the motor a little bit a little model t action here you just gotta get that crank on in
order to get them really activated into playing and a lot of us have found that the laser is a
shortcut just a room right so that's okay vroom off you go once the laser gives you the ignition
and the cat's moving great then transition after a little while now you're getting that run run
tired you're also transitioning to prey tired where you're you know sneaking something around
corners where you're flying in the air you're keeping it away a little bit then letting them
get it complete the cycle that's how i like to use a laser pointer [Music] another thing that i like
to use the laser pointer for is when i've got a cat who is just getting fixated on another cat if
it's just a matter of stalking like this cat over here well he's my favorite little squeaky toy and
i'm going after him because this is going to be fun all i got to do is take this it's in my pocket
which is one of the great things about laser pointers point it where he can see it and lead him
away and then again transition him to something else whether it's some treats whether it's
more play because he's telling you he needs it all these things have worked really really well for
me over the years i mean can you imagine how much better it is if you see your cat stalking another
cat you can get them away with this as opposed to yelling at them as opposed to throwing a pillow
instead of throwing a fit or whatever it is trying to scare them away this is great
because there's never a moment of damaging you know it's all about leading i just love that
so yeah for me lasers hold that purpose redirection
quick engine starting that kind of thing i have seen bad things happen if i don't
follow through if i leave my cat hanging at an 11 you know this cat goes up to 11.
these guys are 11. you know he's gonna go cause havoc someplace else he's gonna knock stuff off
the shelves he's gonna bug the other cats or the dogs he's gonna swing from the chandeliers to some
degree or another and i'm gonna get what i'm gonna get frustrated i'm going to get angry because this
is happening to me now right these are all bad things that conditions happen from this thing
just in this one little thing finish the cycle that's all i got to say man because i don't
want the blowback where you're like well jackson said the laser's fine no no i know you like it no
go one other concern that i have heard is that this will damage your cat's eyes if it if they
look at it this is not conclusive but these things are incredibly low intensity lights [Music]
if it just passes by your cat's eyes from whatever i could find in my experience again
disclaimer no damage whatsoever if the cat actually stares at it for a while and you
for some reason are letting them then there's yeah there's always a possibility that that something
can go wrong but in terms of just trying to lead your cat from one place to another and
as you go by they happen to you know get look at it it's not again in my experience it's not going
to do anything that's the only other concern i hear about it's bad for them to look at
it and it's also frustrating the frustrating thing check for me the other thing not so
check for me like i said i really do think that there are upsides to the lasers just remember
it's like somebody offering you a single potato chip what you say a single potato chip
what what you said like that just made me really sad a single potato chip
like a little tear almost happened there i need a little more than that
or one half a spoonful of the best ice cream you ever had i'm a little hungry which is why
i'm doing this right now i just realized i'm a little hungry that would be really
not fun for you so when i pull out this toy and then i make the sound that's game on for my cats
three cats come running immediately so now let's say that i was to go this is fun aren't we having
fun guys oh i gotta take a call all of a sudden you've got those three cats who are like well
let's now make stuff happen in this house you know let's go torment a dog let's go chew up something
you know what i mean and then we go why why are you doing this to me that's it when we know
that nothing turns a cat on more than connecting with their raw cat connecting with the predator
and we see so many positive things come out of it just remember if you start play finish it
like i said any toy that works let it work for you man and that includes the laser
pointer just remember to be responsible about it and this is hard earned wisdom here because
when i first started using the laser pointer i fell into every trap that i'm telling you about
so that's it my mojo tears uh a little bit of just uh you know pov about the led oh he did it i don't
just must have been all that potato chip talk let me know what you guys think about your experiences
with lasers well the good and the bad and that's what you know i always love having conversations
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to stay safe out there and and really just show love uh this week it's just so important not just
the animals in your life but find some humans too because we all need it right about now don't we
i agree and that's it for me all light and all love and all mojo to you go get it go get it
you