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We had a cat that could count. She would show at the dining table during desert because she knew she was allowed to "clean" the desert plates. As soon as somebo
by the-dude 9y ago
We had a cat that could count. She would show at the dining table during desert because she knew she was allowed to "clean" the desert plates. As soon as somebody finished, she got the plate ( or bowl ).
This cat retreated to her lair after she got all plates, whether there 2, 3 or 4 persons at the table.
Other cats in the household developed the same pattern ( showing up, cleaning plates ). But these cats had to signaled explicitly there was none left, otherwise they would stay around and keep asking.
- jws 9y agoI've got a counting dog. For much of her life there were 4 people living in the house. Intermittently through the day she would walk around the house until she counted 4 people, then settle down. It didn't really matter which 4 people it was, just that there were 4, if there were more people in the house she'd stop at 4. As children moved away she'd have bad periods where she couldn't make quota and would keep searching. Eventually she'd update the target house population and only count to 3 or now 2.
- acidus 9y agoThat's so cute!
- kaybe 9y agoIs it a herding breed?
- cavanasm 9y agoMy sister's dog is the same way with counting people in the house. She's a rescue, so we aren't sure exactly what her lineage is, but she has a color pattern somewhat reminiscent of a border collie, and she tries to herd people.
- tr0ut 9y agoMore likely the cat could still smell the food left over.