I don't think you can control a cat, they are all different. I have 2 cats, one is a house cat that wanders around the garden for a couple of hours a day, the other, disappears for 3 days at a time. When we were surrounded by flood water we never saw that cat for a couple of months, but walked in doing exactly what it did before, amazing, a great rat catcher.
The cats are both neutered females, they hate each other..........😂