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Justice wanted

(2,657 posts)
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 12:52 AM Mar 2012

How sad is my life when I tell my cat "No Ifs, Ands or MEOWS about it". I know he can't

understand me I was just trying to figure out what he wanted - for me to "eat" with him than he goes sit on his "Throne" and looks at me like I'm here.


I think I need a life.

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How sad is my life when I tell my cat "No Ifs, Ands or MEOWS about it". I know he can't (Original Post) Justice wanted Mar 2012 OP
I tell mine - "want me to beat emilyg Mar 2012 #1
Often it is the WAY you say things, not what. They do know certain words. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #2
You're right... pipi_k Mar 2012 #4
At 5:30 on Sat. and Sun. mornings, my wife's dog knows she's late getting up. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #9
My dog does the same thing. baldguy Mar 2012 #3
Holy cow... pipi_k Mar 2012 #5
Orchid baldguy Mar 2012 #6
Hee hee... pipi_k Mar 2012 #8
I am convinced that felines can understand human language hifiguy Mar 2012 #7
our cats love it when i get out the knitting needle trueblue2007 Mar 2012 #10
 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
2. Often it is the WAY you say things, not what. They do know certain words.
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 10:19 AM
Mar 2012

I taught my cats to sit on command. They do. Dogs can spell. I can't even use the word "canine" anymore - they know what it means. Every time I come up with a new way to say something, their gray matter sucks it in and records it as associated with what's about to happen. &quot Kid's name), can you please provide an opportunity for the four-legged non-felines to evacuate their bladders?" - works once. After that it becomes synonymous with "Yo, walk the fucking dogs."



pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
4. You're right...
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 10:42 AM
Mar 2012

Dogs really can spell.

I have special treats I give them every now and then. All I have to do is start to spell the word and they get all excited.

They can count, too.

They get fed at 8 AM and 4 PM each day.

We have two clocks that make "bong" noises on the hour and another clock (Mr Pipi's not mine!) with a different bird call for each hour.

At 4 PM, Lucy's ears perk up when the clocks strike 4. Then about 60 seconds later, the 4 PM bird...a woodpecker...makes its sound. If I'm sitting down or napping she and her sister Nikki will come tell me it's their dinner time.

Also, we have a camera system around the house. Lots of cameras... So one will get ready to make a poo out in their yard and the other will come in and watch her sister on the special TV screen connected to all the cameras. Then the scene will repeat when the watcher becomes the watched. It's funny...they do not watch TV. Only each other on "the box" which is what we call it. They haven't quite figured out yet how the doggy in the box ends up being able to burst through the doggy door when the poo is finished.


 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
9. At 5:30 on Sat. and Sun. mornings, my wife's dog knows she's late getting up.
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 12:17 PM
Mar 2012

She jumps up on the bed and starts snoofling around our faces and licking any exposed arms or hands until we're both laughing our asses off. "MOMMY! TIME TO GET UP!!!"

 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
3. My dog does the same thing.
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 10:28 AM
Mar 2012

She'll sit in the middle of the floor & just stare at me. Like her momentary needs & desires are blatantly obvious, and I'm just too stupid to understand.

This post needs a pic:

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
5. Holy cow...
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 10:45 AM
Mar 2012

She's trying to convince me to hand over my wallet!!!




Really sweet face...what's her name?

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
8. Hee hee...
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 11:57 AM
Mar 2012

Do you think she thinks she's a French Poodle, maybe?

I had some neighbors once who had a funny little dog about the size of a Chihuahua.

His name was "Savage". He was a scrapper!



anyway, Orchid is a lovely girl, and I like her name. It's not the run of the mill doggy name.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
7. I am convinced that felines can understand human language
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 11:42 AM
Mar 2012

perfectly well. And since they can, they expect us to understand them as well.

Cats find humans to be useful domestic animals.

trueblue2007

(17,237 posts)
10. our cats love it when i get out the knitting needle
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 03:03 PM
Mar 2012

they know i use the knitting need to RESCUE CAT TOYS FROM UNDER THE REFRIGERATOR!!




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