In solidarity, I ignored reading the article.
I can’t tell you how many cats we’ve lost. After searching the house entirely and not missing a spot, the darn cat would just walk into a room where we were, and we never even knew which doorway it walked though.
I did find one though. It was in the hole at the end of the pool table, hunkered way down and out of sight and I only found it when I was looking for the pool ball.
Cats need to have some time alone.
However, I had one which sat in my lap for hours while I watched TV and purred w/o stopping the whole time.
Yep. We’ve figured out long ago that our cats don’t give a fig WHAT we say. Our cat, Brutus (a GIRL who refused the first two names we gave her and would only answer to BRUTUS) is as independent as a hog on ice. (One evening, I was calling “Lambchop” (the second name I’d tried on her), but she wouldn’t answer. The neighbor kids across the hill started laughing hysterically and hooting “Lambchop! What kind of a name is LAMBCHOP!?” It seemed she later told me, “SEE WHAT I MEAN ABOUT THAT NAME BEING DORKY?!” So, I changed it to “Brutus”, and she answers to that awful name.)
It's fun to compare the amount of tangible usefulness to humankind displayed by dogs, then do the same for worthless cats.
They had to do a study to find this out? o.O
OK.. I wonder how the study was paid for?
Not my Whiskers. He follows me everywhere, even on walks. The minute I sit down he is on my lap. He even stalks me so he can sit on me.
My cat may ignore me - but I *better not* ignore her.
I guess I shouldn’t bother getting that new Kittyo interactive gadget then?
Kittyo.com
Well, duh. Because this is the wrong approach. Offer him his favorite treat and you'll get his attention. You have to be consistent.
AndyMan loves PartyMix. I say the words, PartyMix, many times while giving him his treat. Now, I only have to say the words to not only get his attention, but to send him running across the yard or the room toward his favorite stuff. If I were discussing politics or the weather, why would he come?
Funny how I temporarily get their attention when I apply a generous application of boot leather to ass when they break the rules in my abode. I told my wife she’d better keep an ongoing head count to make sure one hasn’t crossed that line into Infinity.
My cats know their names and the names of the other cats. At night I put them in their cat barn. If one isn’t around, I’ll call the name of the missing cat and the other cats will look around to see if she’s coming (it’s usually the she who is late). Then when they see her coming, they feel happy.
That happens during the day, too, if I call one and the others will look up to see if the called cat is on its way.
The researchers didn’t use the right call. My cats are extraordinarily affectionate (well, for cats!) but while they know their names (i.e., calling their names will get you The Look, and then if they feel like it they saunter over), what they COME to is “Here kitty kitty kitty!” They know THAT call means dinner!
My cats know their names, wait for me, come when called, and talk to me.
They were looking at the wrong cats.
It does not matter which cat I call. They all come running. They are busy not ignoring me at the moment, doing little things to get attention, like jumping on the keyboard so as to add their unintelligible comments to my post.