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Surprised I Speak Your Language?:Understanding those barks and meows
sfgate ^ | December 17, 2008

Posted on 12/17/2008 12:13:33 PM PST by JoeProBono

When your dog says "Woof," you hear an eager, "Let's take a walk." And your cat has a certain entitled meow that you know means, "Put more food in my bowl — now!" You are not alone. Sixty-seven percent of pet owners say they understand their animals' barks, purrs and other sounds, according to an Associated Press-Petside.com poll released Wednesday. In a finding many parents of teenagers might envy, 62 percent of owners say that when they speak their pets get the message.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cats; doggieping; dogs; epigraphyandlanguage
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To: JoeProBono

If, by some chance, I don’t understand my cat when he mews for food, by Jove he’ll repeat himself until he’s understood.


2 posted on 12/17/2008 12:15:51 PM PST by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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My cat has a cute way of telling me that guests have arrived. It’s kind of a panicked chirp, with big eyes.


3 posted on 12/17/2008 12:19:18 PM PST by CaliGirlGodHelpMe
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To: JoeProBono

“Whats that Lassie, Timmie fell down the well .... again?”


4 posted on 12/17/2008 12:20:41 PM PST by Lokibob (When handed lemons...Refuse to sign for them. Life's lemons can't be delivered without a signature.)
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To: domenad

5 posted on 12/17/2008 12:21:27 PM PST by JoeProBono ( Loose Associations - Postcards from My Mind)
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To: domenad

>If, by some chance, I don’t understand my cat when he mews for food, by Jove he’ll repeat himself until he’s understood.

*nod* - Meow... Meow... MEOW!!


6 posted on 12/17/2008 12:21:31 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: CaliGirlGodHelpMe
My last kitty had a "whisper meow" she would use at night when she wanted to get in bed with me. It was very cute.

Wish current cats would adopt practice!

7 posted on 12/17/2008 12:22:20 PM PST by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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8 posted on 12/17/2008 12:23:15 PM PST by null and void (Hey 0bama? There will be a pop quiz every day for the next four years...miss a question, people die.)
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To: JoeProBono
Dog Write

I have a Border Collie - she is so intelligent you could almost have coherent conversations with her. She'll sit up which tells me she wants something. I'll tell her to 'show me' and she'll run over to whatever it is she wants ...scary.

Dog

9 posted on 12/17/2008 12:23:15 PM PST by SkyDancer ("Talent Without Ambition Is Sad, Ambition Without Talent Is Worse")
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To: JoeProBono
Dog owners prevail over cat people when it comes to claims of successfully speaking to their animals: Three in 10 dog owners think their pets are baffled when they speak to them, compared with nearly half of cat owners who say the same.

Cats understand humans just fine. Don't confuse not knowing with not caring.

10 posted on 12/17/2008 12:24:35 PM PST by steve-b (Intelligent design is to evolutionary biology what socialism is to free-market economics.)
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To: JoeProBono
understand each other's sounds completely

My pets and I have a symbiotic relationship. Sometimes I do want they want and sometimes they do what I want.

11 posted on 12/17/2008 12:25:24 PM PST by MosesKnows (Love many, Trust few, and always paddle your own canoe)
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To: JoeProBono

My dogs not only understand quite a few words, they also can understand the spelling of some of them.


12 posted on 12/17/2008 12:26:44 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: All

Merry Christmas!

13 posted on 12/17/2008 12:28:44 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; apackof2; Shannon; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; metmom; ...

Bouvier des Ardennes

WOOOF!

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14 posted on 12/17/2008 12:33:26 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: JoeProBono
I have talked to my little Pomeranian/Chihuahua, Chachi, as if he were a little kid since he was a puppy. He understands most of what I say and I have learned to understand him too. I don't think there is anything unusual about this, but even my vet seems skeptical that he knows the names of most of his toys. But he does. They are capable of much more than we give them credit for.

He's my baby and there will be lots of cool stuff from Santa under this little guy's tree!


15 posted on 12/17/2008 12:34:17 PM PST by Mama_Bear
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16 posted on 12/17/2008 12:36:15 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Every few generations the really, really bad ideas come back around for another go."--Howard Tayler)
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To: JoeProBono

My wife and I started to spell certain words around our dog, such as “walk” and “cookie”. He caught onto that real quick and now, we’ll just use the first letter, but speak it softly because as soon as he hears the “w” in “walk”, his ears perk up. All he has to do is look at me in certain ways and I know if he wants out or if he needs to eat.


17 posted on 12/17/2008 12:38:03 PM PST by rochester_veteran ( http://RochesterConservative.com)
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To: JoeProBono

SFGate is excerpt only for a reason, and any further attempt on your part to circumvent the rules will result in appropriate action on ours.


18 posted on 12/17/2008 12:40:45 PM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: Mama_Bear

what a cutie...


19 posted on 12/17/2008 12:41:54 PM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.)
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick

Thank you. I think so too. I am a proud Mama.


20 posted on 12/17/2008 12:43:15 PM PST by Mama_Bear
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