How do you get a cat to pay attention to what you say :) ?

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Thank you for your answer! :) Have a wonderful day! :)

Answer 1

Hi there~do you pay attention to what your cat has to say?? I mean this seriously. My cat companion expresses herself in many ways, tone, voice inflection, WORDS & phrases. I've learned her language, & she's learned mine. (& NO, cats don't "meow" at you only when they want food!) If I call her name three rooms away, she comes running to me. I, or my OTHER roomate have probably posted this a zillion times, but as to single words: If I/we tell her breaskfast is ready, (she isn't ready for breakfast), she looks up & says "Ne-ot-NEOW" very politely. Of course this means "Not now." After three or four gentle nudges (at intervals) when the alarm has gone off, she puts her nose in my ear & raises her voice a bit with "Ne-OW!" obviously meaning "Now!" When crawling under the covers in an invisible cat bundle, she makes tiny "squeaks" of contentment before turning three times to settle in. If she's not ready to crawl under the covers, & just rubs her chin along the bed, I'll ask: "Well, aren't you going to talke to me?" & she goes "Hmmm" & if I speak her language then, we have entire dialogues. Our dialogues are usually in BOTH languages combined. If I cross the room, & she's been napping, she immediately looks up & says "Hel-yow." One might think a cat couldn't pronounce "H" but she does. It's very important to talk to kitty just as you would to a friend living with you. The verbal communication can develop into a wonderful thing. Have you ever read Lillian Jackson Braun's "The Cat Who.." books? Qwill talks to the two cats constantly, not "baby" talk. Never raise your voice to a cat--for one thing, they have very sensitive ears, & also, raised voices are offensive to them. If this kitty climbs on my fax, all I do is look at her & say firmly "No." She gets right off. When I groom her, I say things like, this is a great cat salon, but you never leave me a tip, & she squints her eyes & says: "Ik ik ik!" So, also don't say cats haven't got a sense of humour.

NOW. I don't know where so many people have formed the opinion that cats are evil, don't care about anything but their own wants, suspicious>(cautious, wise, intuitive) & so on. These people have obviously never bonded with ANY cat, or given a thought to understanding them. Cats WILL do what they'd rather not, like getting a PETacure with grace, or an injection & even pills. They are more nurturing than any human I've ever known, & will try to comfort you when you're under stress, even though you think there's no way they could "pick up" on it. They ARE psychic. (Thanks Patzky!)

If you've gotten this far, one last thing I'm compelled to say: There is no need to "bash" dogs, nor should there be any competition. They are totally different. Yes, you can train a dog to do almost anything for a "treat." Not so a cat; cats have dignity & self respect. Dogs will roll over or play dead or perform silly tricks for food. Would YOU??

There is no OWNER or SLAVE involved; if that is the way one feels, perhaps it would be best for both to part ways. There is another interesting aspect of the dog vs the cat: A dog will stay wih an abuser; a cat will not. SIGH....


gazpacho--perhaps the cat you refer to is a reincarnated dog?

Answer 2

Well I trained my cat the avatar yes her when she was little but just get a water gun worked for me and NO and snap of my finger or pick them up and tell them you can train a cat our kitten is coming soon a few more weeks so I get to do it all over again?

Answer 3

Ignore it, that's what the cat'll do to you. Dogs have owners, cats have staff. Dogs come when called, cats take a message and push delete.

[I'm sorry, cats DO listen to feelings, just not all the meaningless jabber that seems to come from us. I think they read pheromones as well. They definitely communicate. I can often her mine laughing at me. And I've learned how to speak "tail" as well as several different tones and nuances of "meow". They have me well trained.]

Answer 4

First, open a can of fishes, then talk to the cat. It will still not understand what you want, but you will have it's attention....

Answer 5

adjust your pitch, and the vocalizations you make. ours respond better to almost a loud spoken whisper (like a "chh-chh-chh" noise) than anything we actually 'say'. of course, any noise accompanied by the food bucket being opened brings instant results.

any cat worth his whiskers will NOT pay attention to what you say unless they're good and ready to.

unless it's a psychic cat, they ALWAYS seem to be curious and listening to what you say :)

Answer 6

Why you are talking to a cat?

Answer 7

You have to know their secret real cat name rather than there pet name. I tried Babelfish on my cat but it just ate it.

Answer 8

Try some Cat Nip Tea, it's not banned yet!

Answer 9

Impossible Task! Sorry!

Answer 10

you really cat train a cat but if you had it scent's it was a kitten he may respond to you more