stringvest Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My dog used to bark to alert us to something, like > the front door, strangers, wanting to go out, > other doges etc. He would HOWL endlessly when we > left him for any length of time. We found leaving > him radio 4 and a jumper helped for company. > > NOW MY CAT IS AMAZING, SHE HAS MANY MEOWS for > different things. She says "MUM", "ALRIGHT", and > "hello!" in a mewy way like she is trying to copy > but can't manage! What she cannot say in meows, > she uses SIGN LANGUAGE of her own invention, for > instance ... "mum" and then touches my mouth with > a paw to indicate she wants food. If you are > nodding off, she says meow and then touches your > eyes with a paw, because she wants you awake. Once > I was chatting away on the phone ignoring her > meows, so she gave my face a stern slap with a > paw! She has a shouty long meow, if she needs help > off the fence or getting around! She watches CCTV > and television! We have 2 cats, one of which really doesn't give a fook. But the other is much as described above. I really didn't want to belive Lady Seabag, as I thought she was a bit cat doolalley. However, when she was pretty tearful one day the cat got up on the dressing table and swatted a pack of tisssues at right her. I looked on, mouth open wide.