What is your cat saying to you?
So I was interested in this article at Vetstreet about why some cats meow at us so much.Often (we're not really shocked to learn) it's to get something from us. Dinner, a stroke, a scratch behind the ear.
Or sometimes they're letting us know it's just time to get up and out of bed already. Breakfast is late.
Annie often meets me on the front steps as I drive up at night, meowing all the way down the
steps and then coming back up onto the porch with me. Do you have a vocal cat? (According to the article, they learn pretty quickly that meowing will get them fed or petted or something else that they want.)
Now that I think about it, my cat really is quite multi-talented.
She also does couch yoga.
About the Bloggers
Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.
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