Re: Cats--progress note

Mine always think there will be something NEW today.  Geez I really hate to
dissappoint, but....

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Theresa" <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Cats--progress note


> My Calvin's favorite thing to say to me in the morning is FEED ME (even
> though there is always some food still in the bowl.
>
> Theresa
>
> Jesse Bell wrote:
>
> >EXACTLY. If you just watch them...it's not too difficult. My husband
> >just gets amazed that I know what my cat wants and that she asks for it.
> >She jumps on our bed with the "look". No sounds come out at all. I say,
> >"Hi Raja" (in that tone that says you are just the sweetest angel) and
> >then I say, "O.K., I'll get it". And I go get her treats, or whatever it
> >is that she wants at the time. He says, "how do you do that? How do you
> >know what she wants?" All you have to do is take the time to watch and
> >listen. And cats WILL go to the person who will LISTEN to them. They
> >aren't dummies.
> >
> >
> >
> >james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
> >Yeah, me too. I think they are ether asking questions ["Can I go out?"]
> >or telling you something that's important to them ["Hey, bozo! My food
> >bowl needs attention!"]. And once they learn that you will respond to
> >them in a certain way to a certain sound, they seem to do their best to
> >use the same sound that got desired results the last time. Animal
> >behaviorists say cats make something like 109 distinct sounds [dogs
> >make 8 or 9], and I don't think any of those cat sounds are without
> >somewhat specific [if primitive] meanings. It's just that we're too
> >dumb, usually, to figure it out.
> >
> >On Nov 1, 2005, at 3:08 PM, Jesse Bell wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>I just love cats that are verbal. I had one once that just followed me
> >>around having little kitty conversations. He even sounded like he was
> >>asking questions sometimes. It was so cute.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>james singer wrote:
> >>Just got back from the animal shelter where I put my brand on 12+ month
> >>old tricolor. I'll pick her up tomorrow. Her shelter name is "Patsy,"
> >>but that will likely change when she comes home. She's a homely little
> >>thing, but she chose me--followed me around talking to me the whole
> >>time I was there--so I figured I had to take her. Maybe we ought to
> >>name her "Pearl"--remember that doll in the 60s, "Poor Pitiful Pearl"?
> >>
> >>Island Jim
> >>Southwest Florida
> >>27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >>Hardiness Zone 10
> >>Heat Zone 10
> >>Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >>Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >>
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> >Island Jim
> >Southwest Florida
> >27.0 N, 82.4 W
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> >Heat Zone 10
> >Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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