Was chatting with a fellow today that I had not seen in over a year.?ÿ Before I got away I had heard a fantastic story that just happens to be true.
This fellow has had health problems throughout his 70 years on this planet.?ÿ Myasthenia gravis being one of the major ailments.?ÿ A couple of months ago he nearly died.?ÿ I'll skip the long part of the story but the critical element involves his daughter's large cat, named Hiccup, but generally called Hiccy.?ÿ He and Hiccy were the only creatures present when he collapsed on the floor.?ÿ His lungs were barely working and he was unable to move.?ÿ He knew he needed help but his cell phone had fell to the floor when he did but was about three feet away from his outstretched arm.?ÿ He began a conversation with the cat and emphatically saying, "Hiccy, I need the phone.?ÿ Bring the phone to me."?ÿ The cat looked at him and did not comply.?ÿ He kept repeating that message until he passed out for about the fifth time.?ÿ As he came to he saw Hiccy with outstretched front paws pushing the phone across the carpet towards his hand.?ÿ With some additional coaxing it actually pushed it to the spot where he could grasp it and call 911 before he passed out again.
I am glad the cat brought him the phone but I've got to believe there was some (a lot) Divine intervention there.
Andy
Best I could ever teach a cat was to do the "guy nod".?ÿ?ÿ
It's hard to teach a cat anything. I've been trying for years to teach our cat to roll over before getting fed. Just a little experiment for my amusement.
She now cooperates, but won't do it without me first positioning her and giving a push.
She learned the sounds associated with food quite well, of course, and you can't prepare it without her showing up.
Ffft Ffft Ffft Shhhh........
Gets my intended results.....
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Glad your friend is doing better, esp in light of the MA diagnosis.
All I could ever teach a cat was to stay as far away from my boot as possible.
My wife, who has serious mobility issues, has taught her dog to pick up things she has dropped (phone, keys, debit card, pieces of paper, whatever), bring them to her, and deposit them in her hand. The dog now does this very willingly, for anybody in its area. It can be done.?ÿ?ÿ
I would tend to agree that Divine intervention had a bit more to do with it than the cat putting two and two together. Dogs? Absolutely.?ÿ
Our cats come when you call them, but you'd have better luck training a houseplant than one of those idiots. My wife seems to believe they know a couple of tricks but it's sort of like bending a spoon with willpower. The cats have our dog trained pretty well though. If you ask me that's a little more impressive.
It's often said that dogs have masters, cats have staff.
Try doing this with le chat:
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Only if your death wish is to die from exsanguination from a thousand thin cuts along the front portion of your head, face, throat, arms and hands.
exsanguination
