We had the cat carrier sitting in the living room beside the sofa. If you said the word home that cat would jump up from whatever she was doing and run to the carrier. My husband trained her by placing dry food in the carrier and saying home. It did not take long to train her. Another cat will go and fetch. I smoked Winston in the red pack. I would ball it up and throw it into the hall. She would retrieve it and bring it back and drop it at your feet. She would do this until you got tired.