• slingstone@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    I sing the most stupid songs with the most obvious lyrics (stuff like “You’re a dog!” or “Your name is Mr. Dog!”) to my dog all the time with joy. I’m not sure exactly what’s wrong with me, but my dog loves me anyway.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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      50 minutes ago

      My mother always finds my cats to sing her song to them.

      It’s goes who’s got a fluffy face, you have. And then gives them a cat treat. This is repeated at 6 times.

  • RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    I sing for mother’s cat when I have to medicate her.

    “Medicine time! Medicine time for girl cats! Medicine time for little girls!” I sing as I grab the medicine and ear rag.

    She yells at me to hurry up to get to the second verse.

    “Snackies for good girls! Snackie time!” Then give her treats.

  • hansolo@lemmy.today
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    7 hours ago

    Cats and dogs both are shown to have a human language vocabulary of at least 100 words. If you train them to use buttons that say a few words back, you can have a limited conversation, and they will confirm that they understand the song and that their little hearts are filled with love for you, Mr. Can Opener.