Dear Sparkle,
My humans play with me lots — my favorite is when they pull out Da Bird — but there is one game that really drives me crazy, and not in a good way. It’s the Red Dot game. The problem is I can never catch that stupid red dot, no matter how hard I try! I chase it all over the living room, I climb the walls in my attempts to capture and kill it, but it gets away from me every time. Last time, I got so frustrated that I caught and killed my human’s foot instead. She did not like that! So what can I do about that Red Dot? Do you have any tips for catching it so I can stop going nuts?
Signed,
The Red Dot Must Die
Dear TRDMD,
Oh man, that red dot laser toy… it’s a sucker’s game. Did no one ever tell you that? I have no tips for you because there is no way you will ever catch it! That is the ugly trick your humans do not tell you when they pull it out. See, the red dot is mainly a figment of your imagination. You see it, but it doesn’t really exist. That’s why, when you corner it and pounce on it, there’s nothing there! Pouncing on nothing a few times would make me want to kill your human’s foot too. Some cats do enjoy chasing after the red dot, but others are more like you — the game ends in more frustration than fun.
Come to think of it, I do have one tip: once your humans are done making you crazy with the red dot, you should release some steam by finding something and killing it, thus completing the cycle. Obviously, your human’s foot was not a good choice. You should probably make it something that is not attached to your human’s body — another toy or maybe a bug that had the misfortune of entering your house that day. Once you have had the satisfaction of grasping something in your paws and making sure it is dead, you should feel a whole lot better. If your humans were really smart, they would put that stupid red dot away and just use toys like Da Bird instead — now that is a great, highly killable toy! Or… maybe you can teach them. The next time they pull out the red dot and get you wound up, go kill some knickknacks that are sitting on some shelves, or kill the sofa. After you have done this a few times, maybe they will figure out that the red dot is not the toy for you.
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Ah the red dot game! Star LOVES the red dot game! Leo is not impressed.. But Star would never be the same if we got rid of it.. Of course, they both love da bird too!
Good advice! We don’t all like the same stuff!
We’ve never played with a red dot but it sounds like fun.
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
It’s a sucker’;s game for sure. I refuse to even play it anymore because it’s a no win for me.
we like to chase that evil red dot – but we never catch it either. mom will get us wound up chasing it and then switch to other toys so we have something to kill (other than each other…MOL)
MUST. KILL. RED. DOT.
Hooray! I’m not even a cat & I hate the red-dot toy! You are one smart cat. Take Sparkle’s advise & kill something else….or don’t even play with the dot & walk away from it!
We call those the devil dots because we can never catch them. It doesn’t stop us from trying!
I think I am glad I am a goat
Good advice, Sparkle, as usual. I haven’t chased the red dot for a long time now. It may be evil but I got a good work -out.
I actually caught that evil red dot once and it never came back!
I go through cycles. Right now, I chase the red dot. For awhile I didn’t. TW knows to give me something real at the end of the game so I can kill it. Her friend refuses to buy the laser because she says it’s a cruel and sadistic toy for cats. BTW, I need some advice. How do I submit a question?
WE don’t do the red dot any more because there are so many of us, that we nearly kill each other. Mom does the DaBird, one in each hand. It is wild around here.
By the way, glad there is enough money to bring Bella over from Afghanistan. Any news on that??
Take care.
One of our cats loves the red dot. Unfortunately, the dog does too. He ends up chasing the cat away because he is so much bigger.
Mom says I will only play with the string after I take care of bizness.
Excellent advise!
purrs
>^,,^<
♥Abby♥Boo♥Ping♥Jinx♥Grace♥
I got one. If the humans keep teasing you with a red dot that isn’t there, then make something of theirs not there, like their car keys.
We hate that red dot. Well, ours was a purple paw but it is nearly the same. We ended up attacking each other so mum threw it away. She said she didn’t want it to make us bad tempered.
We’ve never seen a red dot but now we know what to do if it comes here!
Dear Sparkle! That is the bestest advice, Where did yous learn all of this.
Kisses
Nellie
Sparkle, I feel just the same! Glogirly talked about the red dot and I’m SO glad she forgot all about it. I like to KILL my prey. Even if they are made of feathers and stuffed with nip. If I can’t deliver a good bunny kick or two, I’m OUTA there!
: ) Katie
That red dot game is not a game…it’s torture.
As always, darling, this is absolutely the correct advice. I have a big brain in my freakishly large head,* so I gave up early on the RDG.
*Or so say some very rude “friends” of the Human. As if!
The kitties-who-came-before just stared at my woman when she tried to interest them in it, like “Are you nuts? We’re not chasing that. It isn’t real!”. She gave up. She hasn’t tried it with me.
We luff the red dot, especially Leia.
Excellent advice as always, Sparkle. Melly doesn’t have much patience for the dot, but Scarlett goes nuts for it. Scarlett is a bit of a special snowflake, though.
I personally don’t cooperate with that stupid no-win game. I just ignore the red spot and look at the human as if to say do you think I am that stupid.
Man I just can’t see that dot. Drives my sisfur Sienna nuts though!
Have you tride spraying the red dot with haresprays so it will stay in place so you can ketch it? We only git to play red dot on the iPad. I have not tride spraying the iPad with haresprays to make the red dot stay in one place, tho.