• homes@piefed.world
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    7 hours ago

    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:

    • hello
    • hey (to get my attention)
    • I want something
    • expressing happiness
    • expressing unhappiness
    • I am angry
    • I am scared
    • zarathustrad@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      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).