From my last 2 dogs, one could let me know a number of specific things based on context. (Including, the spin that means: I need you to open this specific gate, or I’m just going to jump it, and not come home for a day.)
The other one just had I need something NOW, and then various emotions (and being hungry was an emotion, and he had it all the time lol).
There’s a lot more, but we have to start bringing in the non vocal markers in (cat) speech to understand I think. Like how furrowing your brow often implies you’re thinking. Or how the cat’s tail moves when it’s screaming at you
Oh, sure. Cats, and dogs, too, can learn how to speak in their own sort of language like that. It’s simple, but effective sometimes.
For my cat, it’s mostly limited to:
From my last 2 dogs, one could let me know a number of specific things based on context. (Including, the spin that means: I need you to open this specific gate, or I’m just going to jump it, and not come home for a day.)
The other one just had I need something NOW, and then various emotions (and being hungry was an emotion, and he had it all the time lol).
There’s a lot more, but we have to start bringing in the non vocal markers in (cat) speech to understand I think. Like how furrowing your brow often implies you’re thinking. Or how the cat’s tail moves when it’s screaming at you