Posted on 12/02/2013 5:07:58 PM PST by Dysart
So I am not alone! My husband walked through the room and I mentioned the title of this thread. I coulda swore I saw a little smile shoot out the side of his face. It was then I knew, he knew, what I was thinking. LOL
I have always been a dog kind of guy, and have had one my entire life with short durations without one.. I have had cats from time to time especially on our ranch..
However, about a month ago a kitten adopted my son and me, and has become my heartthrob.. The first 2 weeks she avoided us like the plague, but slowly became a sweetheart, and a lover girl, licking and kissing, meowing and purring on my lap and my shoulder.. Be still my heart.. :)
Our four LOVE turkey from the deli, and will come running from the four corners when they hear the butcher wrap crinkling. Unfortunately for them, the cheese wrapper sounds the same. They hate cheese. If it's turkey, it's a nice day. Cheese? Then it's puke on your pillow or in your shoes.
Dogs come when they’re called.
Cats take a message.
Same here.
they paid for that research??????
My kitties love attention. They also like to make sure I get up in the morning to feed them at 5:30. They start in about 5:00, walking on my head, knocking over stuff, you know the routine. It always works! LOL
Yes I can I said. I hit the electric can opener. Around the corner she came. We grabbed her and finished the treatment.
Beautiful picture and story.
You should secure a grant and repeat this experiment. Somewhere there’s a buck to made in connecting the dots between the sound of a can opener and its power to summon cats. I’m sure it’s evolutionary. If only someone were intrepid and curious enough to investigate.
1 of our cats knows all food prep sounds, but especially the microwave door, and will come running meow talking. So I always say, yes Booboo, I’m making your /whatever and then ignore him lol
Ping
My cat actually will go against my wishes. If I ask her to do something (you know, stop tearing the curtains to pieces), she will evilly continue with a big grin on her face.
Two can play at this game.
Grand Master Fluff is staring at me and I am pretending not to notice.
Cats choose to ignore almost everything.
I see. Report back with any definitively overt moves on GMF's part to gain your attention such as pulling up pinterest on your laptop or bringing you a bundle of flowers instead of dead rats.
This will be a sure sign that your feigning detachment only strengthens his resolve. From that we can infer a reverse psychology stratagem on behalf of GMF; and we can extrapolate that to all cats, I suspect. More study needed.
Great picture. We have an 18-pound Maine Coon that adopted us after he was abandoned in our neighborhood. Unless it’s nap time he generally has to be in the room with someone and often on a lap.
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