What words do your cats understand?

Originally Posted by Katz4Life

All of our cats know their names...we do a different tone with each name

All of them know "Outside" "Snacks" "Treats" "Come Here" "Wheres your toy?"

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You said it perfectly.

My kitties know their names and sometimes come when called. They also know:

NO!
Get down from there!
DOWN!
Come here
Want some nummies?
Let's go night-night and/or It's night-night time!


Stephanie

"Num nums!" (Dinner time)
"Tookie tookie cat" (Da bird time)
"Up here" (Jump up where I am tapping)
"Headbut!" (Gives head but/cheek rub)
"Puss puss!" (Pixels nickname.)
"Widget!" (Obvious!)
"Widget Behave!" (When he tries to get rough.)
"Want some water?" (When giving a fresh bowl.)
"Talk to me!" (Pixel will chirble meow.)


I also talk to them with my eyes a lots. Slow blinks will get slow blinks in return. And I can look at Pixel then look at a spot on my sofa or bed and she will jump up to it.

Blossom's known her name since she was a baby. I I say puss, puss in a high voice, she comes running. I I can't find her I only have to touch her food bag & she comes.

Not a single cat in my house (there are 4) understands the word no. It's so strange.

My two know actions and words. Lexi however is still gettin the hang of it all. They both know thir names though

Links has bee with us since he was born and I think he knows pretty much all of the words.

The words they mainly understand, although like I said Lexi is still learning:

Dinner!
Food
Come here baby
NO!
Up (neither chose to listen to DOWN yet but I'm pretty sure Links knows what it means )
Playtime
Cuddles

They know their names, "come here", "no", "you hungrys", "birdie", and "game over"

My cats understand their names. They also seem to understand when i say no. And they definately understand when I say nothing at all but just open a can of Evo!

Bunny understands:

Bunny
Bunakins
Bunna-bunna-bunna-bunna-bunakins! (to tune of batman)
Shower?
Toy?
Dinner!
No!

Puppy understands:

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So...Puppy's not so bright. For a small while we thought he finally understood "dinner". Then we realized he just comes downstairs when Bunny comes downstairs.

paul understands his name "paul" or "paulie" when i say it (not my wife) but he seems to respond to her sometimes when she calls him nicknames like pooka, pook, poop ect.
he wont come to me when im mad at him, seems to sense a different tone in my voice.
he also seems to understand "no" "down" "treats" and "mousies".

Tomas knows:
No
Down
Get -as in get down or get back
In the house -when he's in the garage and I want him to go back in
Can of food -when I'm telling DH to feed them
Stretch
and answers to "What are you doing?" when he's snooping in stuff.
Fetch
Toy
Come on or come here
Up

Sho knows:
No
Down
Get
Cat and Sho Cat -his nick name
Tell Nick, Go bother Nick, and He'll feed you (while pointing at DH)
Toy
Come on or come here
Up
Bed -when it's time to go to bed at night


Both:
BOYS! -when I'm getting onto them

Both respond to a clicking/noise I make (kind of like what you might use with a horse? ). To them and other cats I use it on it means, hurry up and come on. It also seems to calm some cats.
And the "sssst" noise used as a reprimand/warning.

Hehe, I loved reading everyone's submissions. Niko understands:

"You want luvies?" - He'll come in my lap and nuzzle.
"Sit" or "Butt on the floor" - Yes, he sits. I also have a 'sit' hand gesture he responds to.
"High five!" - And he'll gimme one.
"Supper time!"
"Breakfast!"
"C'mere/C'mon"
"Don't even think about it."
"No."
"Up" & "Down" - With a snap or tapping my finger on a surface.
"You wanna play toys?"
"Whatcha doin'?" - He responds, but alas, I don't speak cat, even if my cat speaks human.
"Get outta here." - If I say it jokingly to someone else, he thinks I'm speaking to him and leaves the room. LOL
"Treats" - He'll look up, but he's not a big treat eater. He'd rather have wet food.
"Who's my handsome boy?" - He'll meow and stretch out a paw as if to say, "I am!"
"It's okay" - When a noise or something startles him.
"Careful/Easy" - If he's kneading me too harshly or happens to jump on me while in play mode.

His name, he knows, but he thinks it means food... he thinks Bubbe/Bubbilah is his /real/ name. *grins* But, as like most of you had said, I think he understands everything I say. Tone of voice has a lot to do with it.. whenever I speak to him, it's always in a soft, almost baby tone- so when my voice gets deeper and sharp, he knows I mean business. I also hiss at him if words don't work, but it's very rare I have to go that far.

Jack's vocabulary...

His name in various forms... Jack, Jackers, Jack-Jack, and of course the occassional little monster

"Come on buddy"

yep little on the small side thus far

my kitties understand:
food
bite
no bite
no claws
bad kitty
lap
good girl/baby/kitty
play nice
bring me your mousie/poofy/whatever
out
down

I swear Maisie understands nothing! If I call her she always looks the opposite way

Kitty knows 'Sit' and 'High Five' and 'Are you comming?' He doesn`t seem to understand what 'Chicken' means which is a suprise as he`s ruled by his belly

Hmmmm, Trout knows her name..the word treats..."where's your ball?"..and "come here" Thats about it!

While Sadie understands such words as sit, stay, down, off (ok, sometimes), shake paw and bedtime, her favorite word is TREATS

Funny, it seems like most of our adorables know their name, some variation of nummies, and "No!" Not that they do anything about that no word.

Originally Posted by butzie

Funny, it seems like most of our adorables know their name, some variation of nummies, and "No!" Not that they do anything about that no word.

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"No", at the very least, makes Niko pause.. which I'm thankful for. The only time when it has no effect at all is when there's people food involved. Or when my mother says it. Hehe. I think the only reason he listens to me is 'cause if he gets really outta hand, he gets scooped into the bathroom for a "timeout."