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Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Thursday, September 09, 2004 - 11:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
As you know I have 2 cats, Angel and Squirt and I talk to them just like they were people. Of course there's also a little baby talk thrown in every now and then. They are very good company and sometimes I think they know just what I am saying. I know they know certain words and tones of voice. Anyone else talk to your babies?

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Thursday, September 09, 2004 - 11:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh absolutely they know what I'm saying! Even when I'm not talking to them directly!

Case in point....if I'm on the phone either ordering a food delivery, or making plans for sis to come over, the minute I hang up the phone, the Boys are at the window looking out for who's coming. And I never even make a move towards the door or do any other type of body language to trigger them taking lookout.

That's just one very minor example! Those fur babies are far smarter than any of us realize. And probably far smarter than they let us know they are!

Bandit
Member

07-29-2001

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 8:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh heck yeah! Mine even have their own voices that Mr_bandit and I made up for them.

Ok, maybe I went too far with my sharing. Now y'all are gonna think I'm a loon. Well, the heck with it--you probably already do!

Hey, it's not any stranger than talking to plants...and people do that!

Djgirl
Member

07-17-2002

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 8:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I talk to everything, including the walls, so why wouldn't I talk to my kids??? Doyle & Willow make the best sounding boards, especially since every now and again I get an appreciative "Meow" out of them in response to something I've said. It just sort of justifies my thoughts.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 8:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
my babies always talk to me. ariel is constantly telling holly "dowwwwwwwwwn", cuz holly is always picking her up. and belle always tells me "moooooooooooorning". geez, doesn't everyone understand meows and barks???

Djgirl
Member

07-17-2002

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 8:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Landi, Willow cries "Mommy" after a nightmare - it's actually the cutest thing because it only happens when she's sleeping in the armchair in the living room and I'm watching TV on the couch. She starts meowing for me as soon as she wakes up from the nightmare, looks around to get her bearings and comes running over for love. It's absolutely adorable.

Egbok
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07-13-2000

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 8:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I always talk to my SugarPlumAppleDoodleDum boy!! In fact, last night I said to him "ohhhh....mommy needs to take you in to get your toenails clipped.."

He then looked up at me with that worried look in his eyes and immediately ran under my bed!! LOL!!


Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 9:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love it! Sometimes Angel "talks" to me. She'll sit right in front of me and I'll say something to her and she licks her lips and she does it every time! Sometimes this goes on for 30 minutes! She's talking back to me but not making a sound. But when she sees my lips move and I stop she starts. Its so funny!

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 9:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I did talk to roo all the time--and called her 'sweetpea' a lot--i swear she got to learn the "goodbye" tone of AOL as i signed-off as she'd get right up there waiting for a petting :-)

Cher
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08-18-2004

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 11:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I talk to Rocky Road all the time - I am sharing a picture (my favorite picture) of Rocky in the recliner. :-)Rocky Road

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 12:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
All the time. We all swear our puppy is my mother reincarnated! LOL

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 6:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My kitty is laying on the desk - right in front of the monitor - listening to Elton John and watching things move on the monitor.

Yes, I talk to her and she knows the sounds of the computer shutting down for the night.



Citruscitygal
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08-07-2003

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 10:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I've been talking to Chloe since she was 6 weeks old. Even though her 10th birthday was Sept 3, I still call her my puppy. She "talks" to me all the time too (if only her barking had volume control). People think I'm crazy but I swear she can also tell time. She wakes me up every morning at 5:00 AM to be fed, and every afternoon at 4:00 PM she sits barking at the treat jar for her turkey jerky. It takes her about a week to adjust to the time change Spring and Fall, then you could set your watch by her. She has me very well trained. LOL

Cher~ Rocky is a adorable.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 10:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh heck all the time, lol. Harvey's the only companion I have during the day most of the time so I'm always talking to him.

This morning the neighbor took the kids to school and we stood in the doorway watching them walk over. The further away they got, the more sad he got (and whiney, lol.) Finally I told him he'd have to wait til they got home to play with them, that they had to go to school. I swear, he gave me the most pathetic look, walked over and laid down in the middle of the floor and pouted! I still have no idea why he was so upset because usually he's quite happy to have my undivided attention, but he was just miserable til the kids got home.

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 10:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I talk to Herc all the time. He has a HUGE vocabulary and picks up on tone so well. (He can always tell if somebody is feeling sad or mad--or happy--he responds differently to each.

And my Herckle is so polite. He will not get excited and start moving around in the morning until I say, "Morning" to him. Then he jumps up on the bed and runs all around. He knows mommy is going to haul her butt outta bed and take care of him. But until I say that word, he is calm and quiet and doesn't disturb me. I find that astounding!

If I am working at my PC in the afternoon and he needs to go out, he will come over and whack me with his paw. Honestly. I really think he is smarter than both my kids! LOL! (Well, I did have to potty train them--while Herc came trained!)

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 10:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My boys know my sound sceme on my computer too. I have a wolf howl as my "exit Windows" sound. They know when that wolf howls to come running to get their "night night" treat. Then we head off to bed.

On the occasion I have to reboot the computer during the day, I have to turn off my speakers first, or they'll come running for a treat if they hear that wolf howl!

Puppylov3
Member

01-26-2004

Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 10:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes I talk to Casper. He's a flame point (half breed) siamese - ergo he talks back. he's quite verbose. If I stay out too late, travel for business, go on vacation he goes into yaky cat mode and I get cussed at for ignoring him.

He is also jealous of the phone. If I talk on the phone he comes running from wherever he's been hidng and demands attention - often talking to me while I am talking to someone else.

Rosie
Member

11-12-2003

Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 10:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
HUSSY!

Lostintheglades
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07-10-2000

Friday, September 24, 2004 - 4:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have always talked to my fur babies. When I talk to Millie she looks at me with her head tilted to one side, and then the other saying "Really?" or "I understand."

When I talk to the new pup, his expression reminds me of Eyeore, he listens and then says, "Thanks for noticin' me."

Nalah(our cat), always replies, "So why are you telling me this? Do I look like I care?"

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, September 26, 2004 - 7:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I talk to both of them. And Costa talks back!! Both of my kids actually know quite a few words, so when I talk I have to be careful not to say a trigger word. For example, "dinner" means something VERY specific to them. If I'm being chatty and tell 'em I think it's dinner time, well, you can guess the effect that has!

Speaking of talking... Costa just walked up to me to tell me he's hungry. And yes, he's speaking to me. Very demanding, as a matter of fact!

Djgirl
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07-17-2002

Monday, September 27, 2004 - 10:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Costa, I know that demanding tone! Doyle is the same way! He will sit in front of his bowl, heaven forbid he can see the tiniest fraction of the bottom of the bowl and will demand that it be filled up again! lol

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, September 27, 2004 - 9:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Costa has some Siamese in him. He's pretty darned chatty, and it's kinda funny actually. I keep thinking I'll train him to "speak" on command (since he was so easy to train to sit/beg/shake/high-five).

Funny how my little girl doesn't "talk" so much as "chirps." She's laying right by my knee, in her "frog leg" pose. When I pet her, she "murrs" at me. The only time she talks is when she yells (as in when mom clips her toes or takes her to the vet). She likes it when I talk to HER though.

Djgirl
Member

07-17-2002

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 7:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
How funny... our male & female are just like that too!!!! Now, Frog Legs... is that where the back feet are straight out and the front are in the middle showing off the splendid glory of their fabulous tummies??? Willow sits like that when she's on my lap and I think it's the funniest thing I've seen - it doesn't hurt that she's a little on the chubby side so her tummy's out for the entire world to see! :-)

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 12:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL... Kassie's frog legs are when she's on her tummy, and her back legs are, well, like a frog. Sorta spread at the hips, with her knees bent.

She also does her seal imitation, or what I call a ballerina pose. On her tummy, back legs stretched out totally straight behind her, so I can see her pink toes.

Her otter position sounds like what Willow does. Kassie will be on her back, her back legs stretched out, and her front paws in the middle of her chest. Like an otter waiting to hold a fish.

For some reason, she's the only one who does these animal poses. Costa is too normal to do a frog, seal, or otter! <grin>

Oh yeah, if she's doing an otter, I can bend down and KISS her tummy. But if I DARE to TOUCH her tummy with my hand, she'll murr at me and roll over. What's the diff between me burying my nose in her rabbit tummy or petting her I have no idea!

Djgirl
Member

07-17-2002

Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 7:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I hear ya - Willow does the same thing, but this position is when she's sitting up rather than have her back legs bent and sitting on them, they're stretched out in front of her and her front legs are in between them - it's absolutely the cutest thing I've seen. I definitely have to get a picture of it and post it here!