[meowmeow]

Cats can too...they just don't care about anything you say.

[Jimmy Valentine]

"Cats can too...they just don't care about anything you say"

And that is because cats are really tiny little women in fur coats!

(ducking and running!)

regards,

[Twinkie]

No, believe me this is the way it is with cats -

When you talk, dogs hear "blah, blah, blah, blah, Fido,
blah, blah."

When you talk to cats, this is what they hear

[SamAdams76]

I own a cat and the cat does not understand a single word I say. On the other hand, I have owned dogs that understand a wide variety of words and even complicated (for dogs) phrases such as "Want to go for a walk?" or "Want to go for a ride (in the car)?"

I had a dog that when hungry, would actually trot over to me with his empty food dish and flip it over at my feet. I have never had a cat do anything quite like that.

It is a common perception that cats are smarter than dogs but I am not convinced. While dogs are certainly more high maintenance and more obsequious and submissive than cats, which are admittedly less dependent upon humans, I think that dogs are much smarter.

Nevertheless, cats have their place too. The cat that I presently own keeps rodents out of the house and for that alone, I appreciate having a cat around the house. But dogs are much better companions (and good burglar alarms too).