Customer Reviews

The Purrfect DVD - Cat Entertainment Video

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This is hysterical -- I got this over the holiday as a stocking stuffer for the holiday celebratives and honestly never thought to put it in my player until my cats were driving me so crazy (work at home, eep!) that I put it on out of sheer despermation. THEY WATCHED THE THING! STared at it, looking back and forth, I didnt know cats WATCH TV! THey do! They watch it, and they look back and forth like they can actually see the bugs coming at them for real. WHoever made this, THANK YOU - my cats will stay off my desk and actually enjoy themselves as if the season finale of LOST is on or something. WOW! My husband also thinks this, so know it!

Our cat loves this DVD. The sound track is repetitious but this doesn't seem to bother her. There is a great variety of "prey" shot at her eye level. If I lost mine, I would buy it again.

My cat is an indoor boy and I don't want him to suffer from too much boredom so I got this dvd. He's become a real tv junkie now because of this and it's revealed some weird behavior. He goes nuts and meows and attacks the tv when the bugs and fish are on and sometimes reacts to the squirrels. He doesn't even look twice at the birds or mice though. Now everytime I put a dvd in he runs to the tv to see if it's his show. Pretty entertaining and much better than video catnip.

I expect that the primary market for this video (and its competitors) are people who are away at work all day and worry that the cat will get bored. Since "bored" can sometimes be synonymous with "I'll shred the curtains because I can't think of anything better to do," that's a perfectly reasonable plan. It doesn't apply to me, so much, since I work at home full time. Nonetheless, I indulged in this video because I thought the cats would appreciate the "treat" of a video made just for them. And they certainly do!

Plot? Ha. Characterization? Nope. The hour-long video is nothing but pictures of squirrels, birds (mostly pigeons), fish, rodents, and a few bugs romping around, with a soundtrack of birds, crickets, and other critters. It looks like footage that you could tape yourself with a video camera at a nearby park and pet store... except you wouldn't. Nor would you package it into a DVD that has the option to loop endlessly or to play just once through. Well, _I_ wouldn't, and I'm stupidly devoted to my bosses. Uh, I mean, to our cats.

We've played the video twice, now, and both times the cats are fascinated. Their heads bounce from side to side, they stare at the screen, they look tempted to jump up and bat at the screen. (Fortunately, they have resisted this urge. So far.) One cat got very vocal and meowed in a determined manner; I have no idea what he was trying to tell us, but we enjoyed the conversation. During one hour-long episode where I left them alone with the video (and the volume turned way down, since I was on the phone), both cats wandered away... and then rushed right back. Whatever it means to them -- it sure does hold their interest. Which means that I have loads of fun watching them.

The results you get presumably depend upon your own individual beasts, but ours -- one who's smart, the other who is as dumb as a box of rocks -- both liked the video. Personally, I'm ordering a second copy as a gift for a friend who is owned by 7 cats.

Well, this video helps to keep our cat awake for a little while during the day (so he'll sleep more at night), but it is short lived. He's only interested in it for short times, say 10 minutes. If I don't show it for a couple of days and then start it again, he's interested for another 10 minutes or so. It is fun to see him curl up in his bed and watch the TV and he does, sometimes, dust the TV screen for me. His favorite is the pigeons, right up by the screen. Mouse squeaks would be appreciated, as would squirrel sounds.

I turned this on for one of my cats and he didn't seem interested in the birds, but as soon as the mice came on he was very interested. He jumped up on the table where the tv as and was trying to find the mice. He's even gone up there looking for them when the video isn't on.

The Purrfect DVD - Cat Entertainment Video is really the "purrfect" video for your cat. I have three different videos and so far this has the best entertainment. The other videos have to much footage of cats while this one has everything that my cats seek by watching out their window. The loop feature adds to the fact I can leave it on while away and the cats can choose to leave and come back to their hearts desire. My Casper loves to sit on top of the TV and try to find the squirrels or pidgeons that he thinks are at the back of the set when they leave the screen. This deserves a 5 star and my cuddles can't wait for the sequel to hit the stores!!

Pepper loves watching PurrfectDVD, everytime I turn on the DVD, Pepper will sit in front of the TV, stare at the screen, even I am not going to play PurrfectDVD, he meows and begs for it, I can never say no to his request. He's so cute meowing at the TV, scratching the screen... I never feel guilty leaving pepper home alone!

My cats LOVE this DVD. I know it sounds crazy, getting a DVD for your cats, but I worry about them being home alone while I'm at work. So I bought The Purrfect DVD. I was a little skeptical, because I've never seen them engaged in anything and a friend of mine had bought a different DVD and it was terrible... but after popping this in, my cats were distracted by the many animals and sights on the DVD, and wouldn't even play with me!

Don't get me wrong, I can't watch this DVD. ;) I prefer 300 or Batman Begins, but these are my cats we're talking about. They seem to still be engaged after multiple viewings. I don't play it every day for them, maybe three or four times a week on the TV in the bedroom, but being city cats, they don't get to see as many things as the DVD shows.

So until I invest in a leash and start walking them in the park, this will be as good as they get, and they seem to love it!

My cat is fairly entertained by this, for a little while, until she gets bored and moves on.. definitely can't stick with it for hours, but I think she likes it from time to time. It's kind of entertaining for me, as well - cute squirrels and mice! I think my cat's favorite part is the cockroach silhouettes crawling across the screen.