Do you talk to your pet as if you were talking to a person?

[MYNextilious]

I do

[TGC> The Games Collector]

Just because it is another species, doesn't mean it's not a person.

[WeeHawky MayThe4thBeWithYou]

yes because how else is it gonna understand what I want

[Hobbit XIII]

In a limited way I do.

[salamander]

yeah, all the time. i have "conversations" with my cats, one sided obviously. animals are very good at recognising tone of voice. soft speaking, gentle tones and inflections. animals are being very good, at this.

sometimes i will ask my cats "questions" just because their reactions are funny. a head tilt, a "meow?", maybe a confused paw at my leg.

[Mina]

no most animals arent self aware

[DoomsDay]

I sometimes talk out loud even to myself.

[Brma]

Originally posted by salamander:

yeah, all the time. i have "conversations" with my cats, one sided obviously. animals are very good at recognising tone of voice. soft speaking, gentle tones and inflections. animals are being very good, at this.

sometimes i will ask my cats "questions" just because their reactions are funny. a head tilt, a "meow?", maybe a confused paw at my leg.

Have you seen that video of the guy talking to his dog in a sweet voice, but being a ♥♥♥♥. Then talking in a mean voice but being sweet? lol it's pretty funny

[HermitTheToad]

The average conversation I have with my cat is along the lines of "Nermal, shut the ♥♥♥♥ up"
and "Yes, I see you, I gave you attention already"

[Pieshaman]

yes and the cat knew exactly what is what, just be consistent.
if cat on lap and I need to pee (or just want stand up)
I say hey I need to pee and cat knows and stand up by itself and just wait till im back in chair and go sit back on lap.
she also knows no means no so she don't beg like a child.
when she was older before dead she needed help with getting in the box, cause the step was too high for old hips. then she made a mew sound that only means that she need help to do some pee or poop.
she could also open doors, but when I asked to close them. she tried but is just physically unable to do that :P
she would also just put her paw on my face and quickly retracts when i open eyes, like it supposed to be sneaky if it was taking too long for me to wake up and she demands some breakfast.
sometimes she mew like telling a whole story, but ♥♥♥♥ knows what that all about, I just pretend to be impressed by her story telling.
sometimes she go watch tv when there is animals in it. she like birds and small dogs on tv.
she not like big dogs, hate wolves and a dragon spewing flames made her just bolt the room. havent seen her for like an hour.
this cat was the smartest cat I ever had.

I also had the dumbest cat, but he was so big and strong he solved problems just with brute force and not his brain. untill he met another cat in the street that was smaller than him but actually had some fight experience with other cats and he got his ass kicked and then he ran to me like a baby and then I called him a moron and he started to pick a fight with the laces of my shoes cause that was probably winnable.
he really was the dumbest.
when he tried to snatch fish from kitchen (he knows he not allowed to get on the stuff there) and I caught him in corner of eye. I just said with angry voice : DO I NEED TO GET UP FROM MY CHAIR BOY!?
and then his claw went away from the fish and he tries to act like "i wasn't trying anything I swear" which is kinda hilarious tbh.

[Patchy (sick)]

Yes :3

[meucakesTM]

Wait. Are you telling me my cat isn't just a tiny human in a fur coat?

[salamander]

Originally posted by Brma:

Originally posted by salamander:

yeah, all the time. i have "conversations" with my cats, one sided obviously. animals are very good at recognising tone of voice. soft speaking, gentle tones and inflections. animals are being very good, at this.

sometimes i will ask my cats "questions" just because their reactions are funny. a head tilt, a "meow?", maybe a confused paw at my leg.

Have you seen that video of the guy talking to his dog in a sweet voice, but being a ♥♥♥♥. Then talking in a mean voice but being sweet? lol it's pretty funny

i do that with my cats all the time lol. "ohhhh you little piece of ♥♥♥♥ you are so cute", but in gentle sweet voice.

it is a real phenomenon called "cuteness aggression".

[Crystal Sharrd]

How else would you talk to them?

[76561198356019466]

No, I talk to my cats as if I were talking to a deity.

If I don't they'll kill me.

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Only to give her commands.