For the love of cats
Communicating With Your Cat
by Joyce Sanders
Joyce Sanders 
Hi all,
I wanted to start this discussion concerning communicating with you cat so we can all better understand why we become their butlers! LOL You know
they need an Entourage, don't U? LOL
I am starting with this snippet:
Are cats smart?
In the animal kingdom, the cat's IQ is surpassed only
by monkeys and chimps. Cats think and adapt to chang-
ing circumstances and learn by observation, imitation,
and trial and error. Interestingly, cats seem to learn
more quickly from their own mothers than from examples
set by unrelated cats, but imitate humans. They have
been shown to exhibit greater problem solving abilities
than dogs. Tests conducted by the University of Michigan
and the Department of Animal Behavior at the American
Museum of Natural History have concluded that while
canine memory lasts no more than 5 minutes, a cat's re-
call can last as long as 16 hours, exceeding even that
of monkeys and orangutans.
It is also said that Cats understand up to 600 words where
Dogs understand around 300. Now isn't THAT the Cat's MEOW!
Jan 8th 2009 11:09
Hi all,
I wanted to start this discussion concerning communicating with you cat so we can all better understand why we become their butlers! LOL You know
they need an Entourage, don't U? LOL
I am starting with this snippet:
Are cats smart?
In the animal kingdom, the cat's IQ is surpassed only
by monkeys and chimps. Cats think and adapt to chang-
ing circumstances and learn by observation, imitation,
and trial and error. Interestingly, cats seem to learn
more quickly from their own mothers than from examples
set by unrelated cats, but imitate humans. They have
been shown to exhibit greater problem solving abilities
than dogs. Tests conducted by the University of Michigan
and the Department of Animal Behavior at the American
Museum of Natural History have concluded that while
canine memory lasts no more than 5 minutes, a cat's re-
call can last as long as 16 hours, exceeding even that
of monkeys and orangutans.
It is also said that Cats understand up to 600 words where
Dogs understand around 300. Now isn't THAT the Cat's MEOW!
Jan 8th 2009 11:09
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Comments
Hi Joyce,
Agree with you about cats, and I KNOW I'm a cat servant.
My girl comes and gets me from the study to open the back
door for her, rather than using the cat door!
She's perfectly capable of using it, she just prefers to have
my attention. I think she's jealous of the computer. LOL
Jan 8th 2009 16:37