Training your cat to ride on a boat & love water with Fisher the Mainecoon

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Fisher is a maine coon cat who loves being on water. He spends his time on boats, tubes, stand up paddleboards and with his humans, Lorraine & Finn. We asked Lorraine & Finn about how they trained Fisher to be comfortable on the water, how they take him on the boat and how they developed trust between themselves and Fisher.

What we talk about

• How Fisher came into Lorraine & Finn’s lives

• About Fisher

• Catexploring Fisher does

• Managing human nerves with catexploring

• Introducing Fisher to water

• Developing trust with your cat

• Understanding Fisher’s limits

• How Fisher learned to swim

• Comfort on the water

• Making sure you are confident while catexploring

• Packing list for taking Fisher on the boat

• Cat friendly sunscreen

• Keeping Fisher cool while catexploring

• Boat safety with Fisher

• Fisher and his lifejacket

• How to know floating devices are cat friendly

• Advice for new catexplorers

• Most entertaining comment said while catexploring with Fisher

• Catexplorer who inspire Finn & Lorraine

• Product, service, program that has been a gamechanger for Fisher

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Guest – Fisher the Maine Coon

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Life jackets

Fido Pet products

Catexplorer’s suggestions for life jackets

Catexplorers that inspire Fisher, Finn & Lorraine

@hunkysushi

Sushi, Janet & Suzzane on the Catexplorer Podcast

@ziggy.and.charlie

@adventurecatpeaches

@olive_the_adventurous

@miss rigby boatkitty

Miss Rigby on the Catexplorer Podcast

Music

Music for this episode was composed and performed by Kory McIntyre.

Cover art

The photo used for the cover art for Season 6 of Catexplorer Podcast is of @boulderbengal

Thank you to our superstar Season 6 Catexplorer Podcast Producers

Co-Producers

Roxythe_kitty

Ziggy & Charlie

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XaviernJasper

Senior Producers

Aria (aria_the_ragdoll)

Mac

Assistant Producers

Luna & Fawkes

Linus with the Short Tail

Maisie