SM, I bet she would if she could figure out which buttons to push and if her paws would do it correctly. Here's another thing she did recently. Her sister Buttercup is overweight, and recently we've been concerned that Penny wasn't getting her share of the measured amounts of food we give them at regular mealtimes. I set up a separate feeding station in Penny's territory. It's on top of a cabinet, about five feet tall, beside the bedroom window (that's the window through which Penny is supervising the back yard in one of her Catster photos). I put Penny up there to show her where her food would be. The next morning, Penny came up on the bed, meowing to be fed. Half asleep, I said, "It's up there, sweetheart," and pointed to the feeding station. Penny promptly jumped up and began to eat. As I lay there, though, I gradually realized that, to my knowledge, Penny had never seen that particular gesture--finger pointing--used before, and certainly not directed to her; yet, she knew exactly what I meant, after having been exposed to the new feeding spot only once.
Then there was the time last week when Penny and I were relaxing on the bed when my husband, wanting feline attention, called to her (she comes when called). She raised her head, looking drowsy. I told her, using spoken words only, that she didn't have to go if she didn't want to; she laid her head back down and resumed resting.
Posted 3 years ago by Leeny #
