My Cats Know - They Have Just Seen The Suitcase & Are Looking At Me Strange!

I swear, cats CAN read your mind. They know that you're going away, and they resent it something rotten! I mean, how come you're allowed to go away and do interesting things and they're not?! Remember that what is worse that the guilt you feel NOW, will be the guilt you feel when you get back. They'll present you with their backs and give you the cold shoulder until they feel you have suffered enough. Cats are great, aren't they?

My animals don't know when I'm going somewhere except for my dog Lucy when she hears the car keys. She gets excited and thinks we are going out. I sneak out the front gate if I go to the post office or to visit my friend for a minute. If the goats see me they call out and cry and stand watching me at the fence. They call out to me till I come home. I'm told when I go anywhere in the car, they stand at the fence and cry for ages. So cutr....they love me. Mind you, when I come home they swamp me and search for what I brought them. They are big kids!

Oh yes, even when I'm going out to work I've had one or more of my cats either try to go with me or engage in obstructive behaviour like lying down in front of the door so that I can't open it. One time a few weeks ago I was just going out to the shop and my Felix was doing this. I moved him from in front of the door and went out. Then, just after I got back I heard this crying at the front door, and sure enough it was him He must has gone out the back way, (they have free access to the back garden) and gone through the neighbours gardens to get round to the front - presumably to look for me. This sort of thing is getting more infrequent now though as I think that they realise that I'll be coming back again and I'm not leaving them for good.

Hi Doll I think they do know. Your cats know because you have a good connection! My son has a 6 month old pup that comes to Gran's while he's at work daily. He is on 12 hour 5 day a week shifts right now so Nuke can not stay home all day. When it gets close to 7 pm Nuke starts jumping up and running to the door at every small sound...He knows it's time for Daddy to get here and take him home...lol oxxoxoxoxoxo

I've got 2 cats and a dog and whenever they see the suitcases or overnight bag out they are not impressed, the dog sits on the sofa looking at us to say I don't want to go away and usually the cats are chucked out the house but on return they shout continuously at us even when I've fed them they still have a good old moan!! Yes they know what is going on!

Oh yes animals know when you are going away and they are not invited!! I have no pets anymore, but when I did they always used to know, even before I got the suitcases out. I would always feel so guilty how they would sit and look at me and even worse when we were actually going and I would see their faces as I left.

yes i really think that they do, know when we are about to leave they can sense it. Animals sense a lot of things that we do not give them credit for.

Yes. It happened for us also. When we were going out of station which was very necessary, my cat was restless. She was smelling the suitcases, running in between the suitcases and bags, making uneasy noises, did not eat properly and was not leaving my husband. Of course my daughter took care of her. Then everyday we used to talk to her on phone, with speaker on. When we came back, she was thrilled and ate well. But was restless till the suitcases were settled. Next time, when I was going out, again the same thing she did after seeing the suitcase. But she was ok later as my husband was there to look after her. I think they know something unusual is going on.

When I had my dog he knew....and when my son would be gone for a bit our dog would pee in his shoes! Or on his bed. Kind of like.....you'd better not leave me~! They are way too smart!

I do not know whether my dog knew when I was going to be away, but I do not have a dog anymore! I would not feel guilty as long as I had someone watching my pet while I was away!

Hi Ellie-yes my two dogs know everytime-its lovely to know how much they love you but it also makes it equally hard for me to leave them when seeing their puppy dog eyes of 'why are going mummy please stay'-also if I've only gone down the road and got back they greet me as if I have left them for 3mnths! So in answer to your question YES they do make me feel guilty if I go anywhere!!

ellie_ My cat days are over, but yes they know how to lay on the guilt. One of my cats used to plop right on top of my suitcase, as if to say 'where you go, I go'. I like having two or more cats because if I come home to one cat, I feel guilty for leaving him alone all day.

My cat used to go with me to my parents house and my grandmas he HATED travelling but i couldnt justify leaving him home alone for 3 or 4 days at a time or he'd go snakey and wreck things. Everytime i packed my bag hed be hiding because he hated the kennel he had to ride in. One time i had to unpack my bags to get him to come out from under the fridge so i could put him in the kennel and into the car to leave.

My cat is the same way. She could care less when we are here, but if she can tell we are leaving she goes crazy. She unfortunately has a valid reason to do so though. She is a rescue cat, that I got from Siamese Cat Rescue and she was left in an abandoned house when her "family" moved out. I'm not sure how someone could do that to her, but none the less. She goes crazy anytime we try and leave. We have taken a ton of weekend trips, and she seems to be calming down, knowing that we will return. We always leave plenty of food, and sometimes my best friend will come stay at our apt. so she is not alone. However, she still knows when we are getting ready to go somewhere. We will be leaving tomorrow night to go about 2 hours away, so Im not going to even act like we are going anywhere until about an hour before where I will rush around and pack everything. When we come back, however, she is so excited she can hardly stand it. It's the cutest thing.

pets can really be very sentimental, we have 2 pets in the company where I'm working, a shitzu puppy and a Pomeranian, they are both sweet and emotional especially the shitzu, he knows if her mom (my lady boss) is going out of the office and he will not leave her side. my lady boss will then have to snoop and run to be able to scape from him, as soon as the dog notice that she was missing he will stay in the door and wait for her crying silently until she comes back.

My cat has passed away but it has only been two years now. She definitely let me know that she was displeased when she saw the suitcases come out. She knew what that meant. We were going out of town for the weekend. It was comical to watch her. I would spread the suitcase out while I was packing and everytime I came back to put something else in the suitcase she would be laying right in the middle where I couldn't get anything in. I would have to move her off the suitcase each and everytime. Then when I would finally get the suitcase packed and closed she would sit in front of the bedroom door right in the middle of it and turn her back to me. Every once in a while she would look over her shoulder as if to say she was upset with me. I would have to reach over her to get through the bedroom door. Than she would position herself right in front of the front door and lay down and stare at me. I always had to lift her up and move her. And of course when we would get back from the trip we would get the I am ticked off at you treatment for a couple of hours and then she would come and make up with us.

I hope that you are really enjoying your weekend away. Yes, my pets know when they see my large backpack that I am going off traveling. My dog Secret looks sad when this happens, his body language and his eyes tell me this. He follows me around and looks upset when I go out. Magic my other dog is not quite as upset as Secret. She knows something is upsetting Secret but perhaps she is not sure what it is. Secret looks for lots of extra fuss like your cats. I feel guilty when I take my large backpack out and set off on my trip.

It is funny how animals can sense when you are going to leave. I think it makes them sad. My kittens are only 4 months old and I have not left them for more than just few hours at a time yet but one of these days I am sure we will take a vacation (if the gas prices ever go back down) and then they will wonder what is going on.

Ellie..My Baby follows me everywhere you would think she's part Dog..LOL..she seems to know whats going on when i go to work, Haven't gone on any trips, but will let you know then..LOL