How do I explain written language to a cat? OMG! Kitty just did something she's never done before as I was writing my headline! / myLot

@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Nov 22

I...am...working...on...my...book...Everything...is...fine...

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Nov 22

@JudyEv Are you laughing near me yet again?

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (326094)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Nov 22

@TheHorse

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306853)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

4 Nov 22

Yes, you are Kitty's slave and she knows it.

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Nov 22

She does. And she keeps upping the ante bit by bit.

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Nov 22

@just4him I am learning...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306853)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

4 Nov 22

@TheHorse Like any good slavedriver does.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458862)

• Switzerland

4 Nov 22

Kitty is training you, now she knows that "just in case" she can ask to be lifted and placed on your desk.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458862)

• Switzerland

5 Nov 22

@TheHorse Ouch, she now jumps everywhere she can.

@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Nov 22

Sigh. She no longer needs to be lifted.

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Loretta

@noni1959 (9883)

• United States

4 Nov 22

Your kitty and mine must be related. She fought me for my Cabellas jacket and she won while I froze outside tossing carrots to the horses.

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Nov 22

...I...am...fine...Kitty...does...not...always...win...

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josefina

@josie_ (9763)

• Philippines

4 Nov 22

Albert Einstein famously quipped, “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” He was a genius and probably had a cluttered desk. Given your desk is in a similar state, I'm sure you can come up with a language understood by kitty.

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Nov 22

I hope he really said that one. Einstein and Twain are often "kinda sorta" quoted. Heh. My desk shows me to be a rather active thinker.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (157012)

• United States

4 Nov 22

Let's face it. Kitty has you in her control.

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Nov 22

And she knows it. I wonder if I'll find her asleep on my desk, just to drive the point home, when I return from an errand I am about to run.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (45570)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

4 Nov 22

You may not be a 'cat person' but you sure are a cat's person.

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Nov 22

eudhcbkf7445t3633338697&&$^. Don't tell The Horse I wrote this. I continue to feign ignorance of English speech and writing. --Kitty

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (45570)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

4 Nov 22

@TheHorse S'aright =^.,^=

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Nov 22

@BarBaraPrz ((&(#THANKS**^*$_

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snowy

@snowy22315 (170350)

• United States

4 Nov 22

I told you when your first adopted her, they rule with an iron paw. They consider themselves successful when they can make you do their bidding.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (170350)

• United States

5 Nov 22

@TheHorse Well, to her you are "dad."

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Nov 22

@snowy22315 And mom. It's the moms who lick their tushies, I think.

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Nov 22

*I* adopted *her*???

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (159400)

• Boise, Idaho

4 Nov 22

Cats just want your love and attention. And, they want to be as high as they can be.(high as in height, not mood)

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (159400)

• Boise, Idaho

5 Nov 22

@TheHorse ..........Our older kitty, Silver, likes the top of the book shelf.

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Nov 22

She used to like the top/back of my couch as well.

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Nov 22

@celticeagle So she can see what's going on in her domain?

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Archie0

@Archie0 (5636)

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4 Nov 22

Aww cute kitty well cats dp communicate well.my mom had cat his name was Pappy and he use to respond when my mom use to talk. And they use to talk like two ladies gossiping about neighbors

whenever my mom asked if he is bund he use to meow. Whenever he wanted a small chat he use to come and sit in the kitchen and they use to chit chat. There use to be very interesting conversations between them. But he never responded to any of us.

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Nov 22

Manny critters, including little kids, are quite selective about who they talk to.

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (48444)

• Mojave, California

4 Nov 22

Cat's may be independent but they attention seekers when they want it. They will do anything to mess you up when they crave that attention. I learned this from house sitting. Dogs easy compared to cats when they want attention.

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Nov 22

Cants always know where the "energy zone" is and will find it.

Four Walls

@FourWalls (62391)

• United States

4 Nov 22

You are a good slave, Mr. Horse. One less person to fall into the clutches of kitten domination now.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (62391)

• United States

4 Nov 22

@TheHorse — exactly, because she knew that you’d do what is right….which is feed him, love him, and become his slave too.

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Nov 22

I am fully enslaved. When that "other cat" invaded my house a couple of weeks ago, Kitty watched from the next balcony and did not appear to be the slightest bit concerned.

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Nov 22

@FourWalls Um. No.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (73678)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

5 Nov 22

Kitty is probably testing you to see how far she can go and wat you will do. I had a few incidents when one of my cats chose to suddenly jump on my keyboard by my desktop PC, On the computer table there is no room for a cat so I just kept taking the cat off and finally all of them have understood that my work area is a work area and they are not welcome there so that helped. In other words if you don't want Kitty to do something be loving but relentless and let her finally see where she is and is not welcome otherwise she will take over and do things her way and might wind up messing up your work.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (73678)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

5 Nov 22

@TheHorse

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Nov 22

Hopefully she will understand that her place to sleep is atop my papers, to the right of my keyboard.

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Nov 22

@RasmaSandra Can't we all just...get along?

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Giorgia Tsampa

@giorgia80 (13)

• Patrai, Greece

5 Nov 22

Cats are generally very curious but adorable animals. They usually behave strangely and their movements are unpredictable.

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Nov 22

They make quick decisions. But they do have patterns.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (95596)

• Marion, Ohio

4 Nov 22

Her training of you is progressing very well

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Nov 22

It is. I accept my fate.

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Fleur

@Fleura (29206)

• United Kingdom

4 Nov 22

She will take over... Obviously she knows you are right-handed.

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Nov 22

For back-scratching purposes?

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Angie

@andriaperry (116860)

• Anniston, Alabama

4 Nov 22

Wrapped around her little claw

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@TheHorse (206293)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Nov 22

And so it goes.

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Nocturnal Writer

@Nakitakona (56302)

• Philippines

24 Dec 22

I remember what Mameng, our male cat, is doing while I am writing some interactions in myLot posts from my handy phone. He rubs his head on side for I am reclining on my bed. I don't mind him. Then he tries to reach my phone. I move it away. He climbs on tummy and stays there comfortably.