Do you talk to your pet?

[The-Epicly-Named-Man]

Not really, but my dog won't stop talking to me :/.

 

[Mr Thin]

Come on, who doesn't talk to their pets? I talk to my chihuahuas all the time.

I'm know they understand my tone of voice, and I know they understand certain words like 'dinner', 'walk', 'beach' and 'chicken'. I reckon if I ever said all three of those words in the same sentence, they would tear out my jugular in excitement.

Well, they'd try to. They wouldn't get higher than my knees, but they'd try. And I would be encouraging them with conversation because they're so cute!

So yes, I talk to my pets.

 

[Alcamonic]

When my cat were still alive I spoke to him a lot. Helped me cope with stuff that was going on in my life at the time.
Bestests of friends, always there and all cozy, except when wet...

Now I talk to myself, bestest of friends, always there and all... insane.

 

[MeatMachine]

I hold diligent conversations with my beared dragon. He stares back silently, a permenant expression of utter discontent.

 

[Screamarie]

Yup, I talk to my cats and dog all the time. I see them pass in the hall and I say hello. If I have to leave the house, I tell my cat Taira and my dog Mei-Mei that I'll be back soon. I scold my dog like she were a child if she does anything wrong, "Didn't I tell you not to go across the street?! Bad dog! You know better than that!"

Maybe I'm crazy, maybe not but they seem to understand me to an extent. If I have to be gone for an extended period of time I talk to my cat Ally (who seems to believe I belong to him and becomes unruly if I don't spend a certain amount of time with him)I have to sit and talk to him for a minute, "Don't worry I'll just be gone for a day" so he doesn't completely go crazy.

I don't believe they understand my words exactly, but I think they understand sentiment. When I talk to Ally I think he gets the feeling I'm soothing him for something "bad" to come so he's able to handle it better. But that's just me.

 

[Belaam]

If by talk to you mean cuss at, then of course!

 

[Ieyke]

I don't really talk much to my dogs or cat that I have right now in any significant way, but I used to have a cat I talked to.
That little critter seriously acted like he understood what was going on.
Imagine the way a Wizard's Familiar acts towards the Wizard. It was an awful lot like that.

I'm busy - cat sleeps
I'm bored - cat tries to play with me
I'm agitated - cat nowhere to be seen
I'm in a good mood - cat purring and circling me
I'm tired - cat's sleeping next to where I'm at
I'm depressed, standing in the middle of a yard half-way down the block in the middle of the night, staring at the moon - cat comes and finds me, walks up, sits down next to me and stares at me.

I miss that cat

 

[Denamic]

Yeah.
I don't have conversations with them, obviously, but they enjoy the attention.
They also do have a basic understanding of a number of words and phrases.
When I call them good girls, they know they're being praised.
When I ask them if they wanna take a shit, they know they're getting to go outside.
When I ask where the ball or the frisbee is, they go and get it.
They even get the item right.
Meaning they get the ball if I ask about the ball, and vice versa.
I've also taught one of them left and right.

 

[Keepeas]

Of course I do.
You're crazy if you don't.

 

[Lataziba]

my pet talks to me...we always have interesting conversation and compelling arguments....somehow he always wins....i may be insane....

 

[Rad Party God]

Yup, I did when my dog was still alive and even though I knew he didn't understand a thing I said to him, it was a good stress relief.

I really miss him ='(

 

[aprildog18]

I tried talking to my parakeets to make them mimic me, but that failed. I don't talk to them anymore now.

 

[Crazy Zaul]

I talk to my pet all the time, its perfectly normal. The weird thing is that everyone I know claims I don't have a pet.

 

[razor0512]

I talk to my dogs. They're the best listeners.

 

[SovietX]

Yeah I talk to my cats. Some of my cats are actually very vocal themselves (will find you and meow at you without wanting anything) and one of my cats actually meows to say hello to you whenever you walk into the room.

Pets are great, always have someone to talk to.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I used to talk to my Dog all the time.

 

[shemoanscazrex3]

Yeah I talk to my cats all the time

 

[TehCookie]

Talking to my pets is how I train them. I suck at trying to teach them commands, so I just talk to them constantly and have them learn my tone of voice. Telling a cat to come doesn't work very well, but if you ask nicely they will. Not to mention once they do learn your tone it really is like they understand you, since they know when you want to snuggle or if you want to play.

 

[Koroviev]

I talk to my dog all the time. Although, she is really only interested when she hears what she suspects to be some variant of "play," "want," "toy," "carrot," etc.

 

[Divine Miss Bee]

i do! i talk to my cat about everything. weirdly, he sort of responds to my words-he's like having another person around.