Your cat stories were funny! I’m more of a dog and horse person, but I have “talked” to a few cats. LOL<<<
Oh, I talk to horses and dogs too.
People ask me how I get my good dogs, it is simple talk to them and you will find the right one.
More than once, I have gone to the Humane society and talked to the dogs and came away without one or found the right one.
I am not into fancy training of dogs, so a dog must understand what I say to it and respond.
One of my favorite dogs, was Grandpa Ira’s miniature poodle.
Bear dog would keep the other cows and steers/bulls back and away from Ira, while he milked, one hoof and Bear would have been a grease spot.
Or the chickens got in my garden and were doing damage, we were on the other side of the mobile, from the garden and sitting in the patio, I told Grandpa and he calmly said to Bear,
“Bear dog, those chickens are bothering me and they need to be in their house, not my garden.”
Bear dog made short work of getting them out of the garden.
Ira said that his grandkids were teaching Bear to sic um, and he did not want Bear being sicced on anything or other person, so he taught him the “they are bothering me”.
The best part, was when I found a Bear Skin in the local dump and drug it home, it got nailed to the over hang of the patio and Ira told everyone “See the bear that my Bear Dog killed, that is how he got his name....”
still makes me smile, seeing the town folks who bought the bear story.
We lost a dog just before Thanksgiving. Stupid dog! Laughing as I say it. We had him for 11 years. Chihuahua. ONe of the meanest, nastiest, most ill tempered dogs i’ve ever owned/been owned by but he was so deep in my heart. Good thing he loved me/I loved him or... He and I had such a rapport, I could look at him and think “ride” and he’d run to the door. Not only that, he’d go to the right vehicle once we got outside. Good dogs should live as long as people. It hurts too much to lose them. :) :(
Love your “Bear” story.
I’m not even going to start about how smart the goats were! LOL
Granny talks to goats too, and they talk to her. Just ask her.
ROFL!!! That was great!