Cat Talk and Body Language Tutorial
for Better Animal Communication

• All problems are smaller or gone after a nap.

• Cats could be man's best friend, like the dog, but we cats don't want to lower our standards.

• We cats eat your food but we don't say "Thank you." The fact that we are back an hour later begging for more should tell you "We love it and are grateful!"

• Cats don't read the newspaper, but we love to lay on it and therefore are much happier.

• Cats could come when humans called, but humans would start expecting it to always happen. We cats don't like to commit to anything in the future because we live in the "now". Each "now" moment is savored and fully experienced before we move on to the next "now".

• Sometimes we do things humans don't like to give them practice developing love and patience. They need it -- and owe us cats for being good teachers.

• I only play games that I know I will win. The satisfaction of winning is the reward for all that expended play-energy that humans like watching.

• When I'm on the bed alone and all is quiet, that is proof to me that everything in the world was made for me and each "now" moment that I slowly move through.

• I get the greatest pleasure doing things that are noisy and make humans excited. It reminds them that life is boring without a cat in the house.

• I never come right away when Larry calls me. I wait, then act like it was my idea to come see what he has for me.

• If I face an impossible obstacle (like getting outdoors) I take a nap.

• I wash my fur often because I am proud of my beautiful coat.

• I like to hear people tell me how beautiful I am. I'm really just a mirror where they can see some of their own beauty.

• I would not be happy living with anyone who thinks they are a cat owner. We are not to be owned by anyone.

• Dogs were domesticated about 10,000 years ago. We cats have lived with humans to catch rodents, or eat human's food handouts, for only about 5,000 years. We cats are still thinking about whether or not we want to be domesticated. Give us another 5,000 years to consider it.

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You can't look at a sleeping cat and be tense.
-- Jane Pauley