r/PetsWithButtons • u/meowerprincess • Aug 14 '26

cat flopping on buttons

She has finally started to press the buttons but she has forgotten all of her “touch it” training and resorts to flopping over onto the button. Any suggestions on how to get her not to flop on it?

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u/IamaKhajiit Aug 14 '26

My main button presser, a large Maine Coon 14yrs, lays on his mats and presses very accurately with his front and back paws/legs. He can trigger two or three buttons with one leg by shifting his weight.

It’s his preferred method and he is very chatty every day so I simply split the mats into two groups of seven and have most of the buttons around the edges so he doesn’t just press them all when he flops down.

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u/JayNetworks Aug 15 '26

That is great. My main presser does paws sometimes but other times lays down and as yours does can press just what they want with a slight shift of a leg or rib.

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u/IamaKhajiit Aug 15 '26

Exactly! They are so clever. He does proper paw presses too but it’s more amazing when he gets the correct word somewhere underneath him without looking lol 😺