TOTALLY GEEKED!

I say "thank you" all the time to the dog. DH thinks it's hysterical. I also talk to the fish when I feed them.

When I had cats, we would have conversations, but they were not necessarily verbal. Certain things are best communicated using fingertips. And purring.

Now the only "pet" I have is Spouse, and we do sometimes have conversations using words.

Yes, both of us talk to our cat. She seems to understand and she can certainly communicate her desires clearly. I also talk to the two cats that have started coming around for food in the mornings. They seem to understand, too. If only one shows up, I ask where the other is and sure enough the one there goes off and brings back the other.

Yep sonny talks to me all the time. It is weird.

Oh yeah, we talk to the dog. I read that dogs have the vocabulary of a 3 year old.

He knows lots of words, not just commands.

When I took long road trips with my dog and had no one else to talk to of course we would converse. He's great company.

The oldest one doesn't talk much, but the two Dachshunds do. They each have their own "voice."

Sometimes the youngest one texts me...but that only happens when DH is home!

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My little baby kitty is so clever. He knows his name, and a whole bunch of words. Toy, food, dish, water, brother, out, etc. He always knows what I am talking about!

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I swear Monster can spell.

We can't say certain words cause he knows what they mean. Outside, eat, hungry, go for a ride, go get...

So we started spelling. Well the little bugger figured that out too!

My poodles would talk back to you. I swear they would really talk. Monster tries his best.

And Spot will talk to you like he is somebody.

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 There is no way to say the phrase "Feed the dogs" at my parents house that doesn't result in thair dishes getting thrown at you. YOu can spell it, sig it, say it in spanish, use different tones of voice make it sound sad or like a question, it doesn't matter.

"Were the canines given anything they may put in their bellies OW!"

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Lexxy wrote:

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Apparently my cats aren't very smart. They know their names. Maggie knows treaty-treats & cheese. Dez knows snuggles. I'm pretty sure that is all they know.

I talk to them all the time. They may also think I'm not very bright for all I know.

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My cats are not smart.  Dex doesn't even acknowledge us speaking to him, Deb is usually under the couch.  She's afraid of EVERYTHING.  If you open the refrigerator door, Dex will come running and rub up against your legs.  Other than that, he has nothing to do with us at all... 

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 Onyx is my scaredy cat.  She spends all her time sleeping on my bed.  She only comes down stairs to eat.

Maggie can hear me pull the plastic string on a cheese stick from anywhere in the house & come running.  She is a cheese - aholic.

I think the OP should have been "why don't you talk to your pets?"

Seems almost all of us do it.

Dogs have owners.

Cats have staff!

It's true. I play doorman for our cats, 20 times a day!

And, we talk to all of them. 

They drive me crazy, at times.

But, all of our pets were rescues. And, God only knows what they had been through. We know Dusty wouldn't have lasted much longer, if Wayne hadn't found her. Same for Spock. (And, that's just the cats.)

Jupiter was so near death, when Wayne and Mere found her. It really is a miracle, she is still with us.  And, honest to God, I didn't want a dog. We already had 5 cats, at the time.

After we spent so much money to save her. And, I could see how much Wayne loved her. I couldn't let Jupiter go.

Back to the original question. Yes, we talk to our pets, all the time.

Do they listen? Sometimes. When they feel like it.