Mine understand quite a few things that we say:
Of course they each know their own name.....and Toby will say "Hummmm?" (like "Yeeees???") when he is called or spoken to by his name. (Tedy just comes running thinking there must be food to be had!)
If I ask, "You Guys wanna get brushed?"...they go over to the cupboard where their brush is kept and lay down waiting.
If I say "Dad is home!"......Tedy will run and sit on the rug by the back door till he comes in. It probably helps that he always brings a treat from the bag he keeps in his truck....which Tedy LOVES....but Toby does not. (He`s not as much of a would-be-junk-food-junkie as Tedy would like to be)
If i say "I SEE YOU TOBY!" ...he will run and hide and wait for me to "find" him....then i hide and call him and he comes and finds me. If he did`nt actually see where I hid, he`ll come into the hallways and yowl "Rrrroow?" (actually does sound like a ? mark at the end too) because he wants me to call his name again so that he can tell where the sound of my voice is coming form for sure. Tedy does`nt like to play this Hide-N-Seek game....but he sure is intrested in watching us play.
If I ask "Do you guys want the winow open?" ...Even before I make a move towards the window Toby will jump up on the sill and try to hurry me.
If i go outside they will often run to the door as if they want to go out too (Toby has escaped twice before !) but when I say "NO!" they will both lay down on their sides on the rug as if to say "Who me? Why I was`nt going to try to get out! I was just going to lay here and nap on the rug!"
The latest new thing that Toby has started the past few weeks (and this does`nt have as much to do with his understanding my words as it does with me trying to understand him) is that when I get after him he will walk away from me saying "Rat, rat, rat, rat!"....and I`m not sure if he`s just meaning "yea, yea, yea, yea...I`ve heard it all before" ...or if he`s actually calling me names!!! What do you think?
CATS! Are`nt they fun??????
Of course they each know their own name.....and Toby will say "Hummmm?" (like "Yeeees???") when he is called or spoken to by his name. (Tedy just comes running thinking there must be food to be had!)
If I ask, "You Guys wanna get brushed?"...they go over to the cupboard where their brush is kept and lay down waiting.
If I say "Dad is home!"......Tedy will run and sit on the rug by the back door till he comes in. It probably helps that he always brings a treat from the bag he keeps in his truck....which Tedy LOVES....but Toby does not. (He`s not as much of a would-be-junk-food-junkie as Tedy would like to be)
If i say "I SEE YOU TOBY!" ...he will run and hide and wait for me to "find" him....then i hide and call him and he comes and finds me. If he did`nt actually see where I hid, he`ll come into the hallways and yowl "Rrrroow?" (actually does sound like a ? mark at the end too) because he wants me to call his name again so that he can tell where the sound of my voice is coming form for sure. Tedy does`nt like to play this Hide-N-Seek game....but he sure is intrested in watching us play.
If I ask "Do you guys want the winow open?" ...Even before I make a move towards the window Toby will jump up on the sill and try to hurry me.
If i go outside they will often run to the door as if they want to go out too (Toby has escaped twice before !) but when I say "NO!" they will both lay down on their sides on the rug as if to say "Who me? Why I was`nt going to try to get out! I was just going to lay here and nap on the rug!"
The latest new thing that Toby has started the past few weeks (and this does`nt have as much to do with his understanding my words as it does with me trying to understand him) is that when I get after him he will walk away from me saying "Rat, rat, rat, rat!"....and I`m not sure if he`s just meaning "yea, yea, yea, yea...I`ve heard it all before" ...or if he`s actually calling me names!!! What do you think?
CATS! Are`nt they fun??????
