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alek0 · 09-09-2002, 06:57 PM

Of course they do, they even react when I talk about them over the phone

They have also learnt entirely on their own to open closets and cupboards and drag my stuff all over the place and play innocent when I come home

One of the last sane · 09-09-2002, 07:08 PM

Our cat generally ignores his name, but always answers to the sound of a fridge door opening.

Ramen · 09-09-2002, 10:07 PM

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Originally posted by alek0:
<strong>They have also learnt entirely on their own to open closets and cupboards and drag my stuff all over the place and play innocent when I come home

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alek0,

Go out and buy those child-proof thingamajigs for your cupboards. If the closet door is one of those that folds down the middle, place a clothes pin at the top on outer part of the metal track.

alek0 · 09-10-2002, 12:16 AM

Last time I tried that, Mitzie dislocated her toe trying to open the cupboard. After that I decided that a bit of mess is better than lots of stress and vet bills.

Ab_Normal · 09-10-2002, 08:37 AM

Last night when I got home I told my cat she was "eeeevil" and she just purred.

09-10-2002, 12:53 PM

Does anyone besides me like The Cat who Walked by Himself from the Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling? I always loved it when I was a child and I still do.

I used to have a Burmese cat who could open six different types of door fastenings. She was the brightest cat I've ever had. Unfortunately, she wasn't bright enough to avoid going on the busy road and getting run over.

Radcliffe Emerson · 09-10-2002, 01:14 PM

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Anyone has a toilet trained dog

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Dogs are toilet trained, they just drink it!

Veil of Fire · 09-10-2002, 01:38 PM

My kitty-cat certainly knows her name. She comes when I call her, if she's not doing anything more interesting at the moment. I've also taught her to speak. I go "Speak, Gabby!" and she goes "Meeow!". And I give her a treat.

Perchance · 09-10-2002, 02:03 PM

Cats can be trained; they're not as intelligent as dogs, not as easy to train- since they have no concept of a pack structure- and not as quick to pick up on specific tricks, but they can learn.

We have one cat who remembers, even months after we first gave them to her, that we put the treats she got for Christmas in a certain place. She would race towards the TV when she saw me coming- since they were on top of the entertainment center- and leap up on the speaker, screaming and glaring at me. Last year, she started doing it again the moment my mother put up the Christmas tree.

Of course, I suppose that is only more evidence of cats' Satanic connections.

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-Perchance.

Ramen · 09-10-2002, 07:06 PM

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Originally posted by alek0:
<strong>Last time I tried that, Mitzie dislocated her toe trying to open the cupboard.</strong>

Get Mitzie drug-tested!

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09-09-2002, 06:57 PM	#41
alek0 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 640	Of course they do, they even react when I talk about them over the phone They have also learnt entirely on their own to open closets and cupboards and drag my stuff all over the place and play innocent when I come home

09-09-2002, 07:08 PM	#42
One of the last sane Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: hereabouts Posts: 734	Our cat generally ignores his name, but always answers to the sound of a fridge door opening.

09-10-2002, 12:16 AM	#44
alek0 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 640	Last time I tried that, Mitzie dislocated her toe trying to open the cupboard. After that I decided that a bit of mess is better than lots of stress and vet bills.

09-10-2002, 08:37 AM	#45
Ab_Normal Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,842	Last night when I got home I told my cat she was "eeeevil" and she just purred.

09-10-2002, 12:53 PM	#46
DMB Guest Posts: n/a	Does anyone besides me like The Cat who Walked by Himself from the Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling? I always loved it when I was a child and I still do. I used to have a Burmese cat who could open six different types of door fastenings. She was the brightest cat I've ever had. Unfortunately, she wasn't bright enough to avoid going on the busy road and getting run over.

09-10-2002, 01:38 PM	#48
Veil of Fire Regular Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: South Carolina Posts: 451	My kitty-cat certainly knows her name. She comes when I call her, if she's not doing anything more interesting at the moment. I've also taught her to speak. I go "Speak, Gabby!" and she goes "Meeow!". And I give her a treat.

09-10-2002, 02:03 PM	#49
Perchance Veteran Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,059	Cats can be trained; they're not as intelligent as dogs, not as easy to train- since they have no concept of a pack structure- and not as quick to pick up on specific tricks, but they can learn. We have one cat who remembers, even months after we first gave them to her, that we put the treats she got for Christmas in a certain place. She would race towards the TV when she saw me coming- since they were on top of the entertainment center- and leap up on the speaker, screaming and glaring at me. Last year, she started doing it again the moment my mother put up the Christmas tree. Of course, I suppose that is only more evidence of cats' Satanic connections. . -Perchance.

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