Talkin' to my cat
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Talkin' to my cat
| Thu, 02-10-2005 - 7:08pm |
Several weeks ago I was looking at my Tabby cat and noticed she had a lot of eye boogers almost extending to her nose. In fact, as long as I've had her, she's had eye boogers on her face. I said to her: "You're not doing a very good job of cleaning your face! Do I need to get a cotton ball and clean your face for you every day?"
Since I said that to her, her face has been totally clean of eyeboogers every day! I think she really does understand a lot of what I say to her. Iri
Since I said that to her, her face has been totally clean of eyeboogers every day! I think she really does understand a lot of what I say to her. Iri

Well, of course. My three girls (the genius trio, Lois, Kat, and Tegan) understood EVERYTHING that was said to them. If there was a word or phrase they didn't understand, they asked for clarification. They were frighteningly intelligent about grasping concepts -- it's why I laughed in derision at the news story about the dog in Germany with a vocabulary of 200 words: what an amateur! Jackie understands pretty well, but needs more clarification at the moment, although she's learning. Simon has a decent vocabulary when he can bother to listen, but that's tough for a seven month old kitten. Carter ... well, he understands some. He's not the brightest bulb in the chandelier. We get LOTS of stares of blank incomprehension. It's a completely individual thing. Some understand more than the average human (rare, though), and some are lucky to even pick out their own name and the word "food". Tegan does that EXACT same thing regarding her eye boogers. She'll react to the threat of cleaning by running off and appearing later with perfectly clean eyes. :)
Penelope
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