My cat is communicating with me.
Paul in Cannon Beach
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My cat Harrison has developed several clear methods of communicating with me.
1. I am hungry - he wll grapple with his bag of food and begin tearing it if I dont feed him.
2. I want out - he will stand at the door and try to turn the knob with his paws.
3. I want in - he will jump to our screen window and begin shaking it until we let him back in.
4. Thank you - he always meows when we let him in. I am guessing it means thank you.
5. I want to play - he will grab your ankles as you walk by.
6. Tell your child to leave me alone - his tail twitches back and forth. That is probably something instinctive rather than learned.
1. I am hungry - he wll grapple with his bag of food and begin tearing it if I dont feed him.
2. I want out - he will stand at the door and try to turn the knob with his paws.
3. I want in - he will jump to our screen window and begin shaking it until we let him back in.
4. Thank you - he always meows when we let him in. I am guessing it means thank you.
5. I want to play - he will grab your ankles as you walk by.
6. Tell your child to leave me alone - his tail twitches back and forth. That is probably something instinctive rather than learned.
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It really sounds like someone knocking at the door. He hasn't found the doorbell yet.
I swear that my dog is smarter than some humans though. For one he can tell time; he listens to our clock and when it bongs the right amount he will let you know that it is time for him to eat. I know that he can tell time becasue with the time change he still waited until it bonged the correct number. He can also spell. I know you are probably thinking yeah right but I sit and spell out R-A-W-H-I-D-E or C-O-O-K-I-E-S and he will get up and go to the drawer where they are kept, but when you spell out B-A-T-H he will get up and hide.
I just get a kick out of him sometimes.
I raised two boys that would do the same thing when we spelled B-A-T-H.
She also empties my sock and underwear drawers each night, if the drawers aren't shut all the way. Maybe she doesn't like how I fold.
As for the underwear drawer, perhaps that may just be fun to pull everything out and watch you put it all back in again.
Ever see the SNL episode with Dana Carvey imitating George Michael? It was from back in the 80's when George's "Faith" video showed him shaking his jeans-clad rear end. Dana makes fun of it in his skit, and proclaims "I have achieved perfect buttness!"
I'm pretty sure that is what Seka is telling me when she shows me her rear-end. She's quite proud of it.
I took my kids to the zoo a few years ago and we spent about an hour watching the baboons. There was one tiny little baboon that would run up to the biggest, meanest looking baboon , whirl around and stick his rear end right up at the big baboon and then run away.
That did not come across as a compliment.
Just in time for Christmas.
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By the way, Seka's butt is far prettier than any of those. I'll tell her that tonight.