You Could Be Burned As A Witch!

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Anybody ever tell you that? Rick has told me that several times. The girls are so attuned to me that all I have to do is say, "Ready for bed?" and Molli jumps off the back off the couch and meets me in the bedroom. Last night, Muffin was in her stroller in the computer room with Rick. I walked in and said, "Muffin, I'm going to bed. Coming?" And she hopped out, hit the floor, and we walked over to the bedroom. (They understand the word "Bed", I think.)

One afternoon, we were sitting at the kitchen table. Muffin was sitting next to me on the table and we started "talking". She'd chirp and I'd talk. Rick said "I swear to god she knows exactly what you're saying!"

And then one day I was sitting at the computer while Rick was on the laptop. Mollipop walked back and started yelling at me for lunch. I said, "Sit down a minute, OK? As soon as I'm done, we'll have lunch." And Molli sat down! Rick looked at her, looked at me, and said, "Burn, witch, burn!" :lol: I stood up and said, "OK, let's go!" and she and I went out to the kitchen.

Followed by Rick hollering, "You're just lucky this is the 21st Century!".

(Rick started telling Jackie to "Get your leash!" when she wants to go out. Well, Rick doesn't know it, but I've been working with her to pick up her leash. If we ever get it figured out, when she needs to go out, I'm going to say, "Well, get your leash, woman!". And when she picks it up, I can hardly wait to see Rick's eyes. So far.....not working out well.)
 

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They understand us. When Sophie's getting into something, all I have to do is ask, "What are you doing?" She knows I'm talking to her and she gives me the, "It wasn't me" look but she stops.

Lilith knows what 'Do you want to go cuddle?" means. The answer is always YES. If she sees me go into my room, she thinks it's cuddle time and if I don't get there fast enough, I get yelled at.
 

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Just this morning Emma did what I told her to do. She was sitting on the coffee table and I told her to go sit on the warm SnuggleSafe I put under a blanket on the sofa. She walked off the coffee table onto the sofa and promptly sat on the SnuggleSafe:clap:

She'll also use the litter box before I scoop at night. I'll ask her if she has to pee and she'll look in the box for a second and climb inside to use it.
 

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lol.

I know that "Dinner!" was one of the first words that my cat Milly learned. By now, she's also learned my usual sentence pattern when I talk about this topic. That is, before, "Dinner" comes the phrase, "Want some... [dinner]". And before those words, comes "Are you hungry?"

Now she races to the kitchen just with my utterance of, "Are you hungry?"
 

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Just this morning Emma did what I told her to do. She was sitting on the coffee table and I told her to go sit on the warm SnuggleSafe I put under a blanket on the sofa. She walked off the coffee table onto the sofa and promptly sat on the SnuggleSafe:clap:

She'll also use the litter box before I scoop at night. I'll ask her if she has to pee and she'll look in the box for a second and climb inside to use it.
You're lucky. Our cats wait until after I've cleaned the litter boxes before doing their business. Burdock is the all-time champ at this.
 
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Oh I hear that way too often :) Even just now, my cat was walking across the room, and my husband stopped him to pet him and I was like: "c'mon don't stop him now, he's going to poop". And my husband is like: "whaaaaaaaaaaaat, how do you know that". And of course as soon as he was let go, he went to the bathroom to poop. This is one of the example of little things you simply get to know if you know how to observe your animal. But to be honest I don't really possess the power to make them do stuff, like you seem to do. I may be a strong witch, but they are even stronger cats, it seems :)
I think being a witch is all about great connection with nature (therefore with a cat), intuition, understanding, love. And being serious for a while, it's devastating that so many of these women were treated how they were.
 

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Artie used to know the words: Num Num--for food, Bed, jump, NO, Get Down, All I had to do was point downward.. and he got the message..
We would constantly have conversations.. Back and forth.. I swear he understood what I was saying in English, and corrected me when I tried talking, "Cat"..

He used to Yell at me also.
WE also played hide and seek...

I could get him to poop in the box, on command.. and he would tell me when he used the box and it needed cleaning..

Yes, Artie would know my nightly routine, and wait for me in the bedroom..

With Geoffrey, the farthest we have gone is: Num-Num in the morning, and he tells me when he uses his litter box.. without me training him to do so....
 

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(Rick started telling Jackie to "Get your leash!" when she wants to go out. Well, Rick doesn't know it, but I've been working with her to pick up her leash. If we ever get it figured out, when she needs to go out, I'm going to say, "Well, get your leash, woman!". And when she picks it up, I can hardly wait to see Rick's eyes. So far.....not working out well.)[/QUOTE
Back in the day when we only had Max and he was an indoor cat, I started teaching him how to play "hide and seek." It took awhile, but finally I knew he would do it every time. The first time I asked my husband if he wanted to see the cat play hide and seek with me, he said "Sure, all cats know how to do that. Go ahead." Well did his jaw ever drop. Keep it up, girl. Jackie will learn how to do that and Rich will roll his eyes big time. Wish I could be there to see if when it happens.
 
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This morning, when I came up the steps from my treadmill in the basement, Amber was sitting at the back end of the couch. Rick was watching the weather while eating his breakfast. Amber chirped at me. I looked at her, pointed to her, and then pointed to myself. Never said a word. And Amber walked along the top of the couch over to me, so I could pick her up. Rick was watching and when I picked her up, he muttered, "Witch!" Amber looked over at him and meowed at him. He said, "Well, she is!"

It's amazing how our cats can even pick up on our mannerisms. We don't have to say anything; they just get it.
 

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It's funny, I accidentally stepped on one of my mom's cats, and she turned to swipe me (she is not a tolerant cat), and I apologized, and she instantly lowered her paw. . .my mom thought it was so funny that the cat understood an apology.
Cats understand a lot more than we give them credit for.
 
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blueyedgirl5946 blueyedgirl5946 When we realized BooBoo was getting deaf, he and I worked on sign language to communicate. For example, when it was time to eat, he could watch the other kids and take his cue from them. But he also watched me. And he knew that if I put my hands together three times, that meant lunch was ready. And he'd hop down from the cat tree and come out to the kitchen. If I motioned to him, he knew that there was fresh, cold water in the dish....and he loved cold water with ice cubes. We had so many ways to communicate. And I'd talk to him, although he couldn't hear me. But he was so smart, I think he knew anyway.

You're right....we don't give our kids enough credit.
 

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Winchester Winchester No matter what dog lovers believe, I still stand by my beliefs that cats have a lot better understanding of their humans and what is going on than dogs do.
I agree 100%. Our dog was a Border Collie- allegedly the smartest of the dog breeds. The cats are way smarter than she ever was.
 
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