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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHow 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.
emilyg
(22,742 posts)kitty butt?"
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)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. " 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)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)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)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:
She's trying to convince me to hand over my wallet!!!
Really sweet face...what's her name?
Because this 65 lb Pit Bull is really a beautiful & delicate little flower.
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)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)they know i use the knitting need to RESCUE CAT TOYS FROM UNDER THE REFRIGERATOR!!
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