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My cat knows that one, along with "treat" and "snack". But in the way that it was (probably falsely) claimed that Eskimos have dozens of words for snow, my cat
by rufus_foreman 2y ago
My cat knows that one, along with "treat" and "snack". But in the way that it was (probably falsely) claimed that Eskimos have dozens of words for snow, my cat really does understand dozens of variations of the word "no".
There's "no", there's "No", there's "No!", there's "NO!", there's "NO!!!! NO!!! NO!!!", and many other variations each with slightly different connotations that my cat definitely picks up on.
- hagbard_c 2y ago> ...that my cat definitely picks up on. By ignoring all those variations until you grab the critter by the scruff of its neck (or any other body part within reach) and pull it away from its intended target - why otherwise would it have learned such a crescendo of no's?
- rufus_foreman 2y ago>> By ignoring all those variations until you grab the critter by the scruff of its neck His pronouns are he/him/his, not its, and I don't grab him by the scruff of his neck, I use the water bottle technique.