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This kinda makes me want to hit somebody.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 13:40 (eighteen years ago)

This is intrinsically different from treating it with something like Feliway, which bombards the cat with hormones till it stops, how exactly?

And of course pets.families.com, which at #3 google hit undoubtedly a large number of people would use as a first stop, offers the following advice: "Spay or neuter your cat." Which may or may not be more cruel, I guess.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 13:52 (eighteen years ago)

well maybe u need some too neddie boy! ;-)

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 14:01 (eighteen years ago)

I can see how it might make you want to hit somebody, but it has probably saved a lot of cats and dogs lives. Most of these owners would probably just drop these poor animals off at a shelter or pound or even out on the street if the medication didn't stop the "undesirable" behavior.

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 14:01 (eighteen years ago)

theyve been giving prozac to cats that cant stop grooming themselves for years now. i dont think its so bad if the cat isnt in distress anymore.

― sunny successor agrees: gay dad always trumps slutty mom (katharine), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 14:11 (eighteen years ago)

LOL, finally they are treating cats they way the treated Harvard juniors circa 1991.

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 14:59 (eighteen years ago)

wurtzel

― sunny successor agrees: gay dad always trumps slutty mom (katharine), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 14:59 (eighteen years ago)

Not that this was your intention, but I read that and substituted 'children' for 'cats and dogs/animals' and 'foster home' for 'shelter or pound' and got even MORE creeped out. (And at least the kids would be able to tell you what exactly they thought of it all, which is the key thing with me here.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:09 (eighteen years ago)

I know the first thing I do when I read something about pets is substitute in children and see if it's creepy.

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:12 (eighteen years ago)

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0595002366.01._BO2,204,203,200_PIlitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:13 (eighteen years ago)

eating gifted children? roflle

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:14 (eighteen years ago)

Gifted pets? CREEPY

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:14 (eighteen years ago)

(And at least the kids would be able to tell you what exactly they thought of it all, which is the key thing with me here.)

So what do cats think about having their behaviour altered by hormone sprays, or by neutering them?

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:16 (eighteen years ago)

Not being a cat psychic, I can't say, but I assume they're rather annoyed.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:17 (eighteen years ago)

Actually there's a thought, is there such a job as a cat whisperer? And the answer is yes:

A Cat Whisperer is someone who tames and trains cats, heals emotional damage and assists an owner to a better relationship with the cat.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:18 (eighteen years ago)

Oh my fucking God someone please drop the bomb now.

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:19 (eighteen years ago)

not spaying/neutering your pet is cruel and irresponsible, imo.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:20 (eighteen years ago)

What about your children?

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:21 (eighteen years ago)

Not being a cat psychic, I can't say, but I assume they're rather annoyed.

In which case you've got a fuck of a lot of punching to do, probably nearly every cat owner in the world, so best you'd start now.

xpost to Ned.

Dan OTM.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:22 (eighteen years ago)

x-post -- You have to start somewhere.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:22 (eighteen years ago)

ha. perhaps.

xpost

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:22 (eighteen years ago)

I really, really like cats, yet knowing that "cat whisperer" is an actualy in-use term is making me die on the inside.

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:25 (eighteen years ago)

Enjoy:

Personalized Results 1 - 10 of about 49,800 for "cat whisperer". (0.29 seconds)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:25 (eighteen years ago)

This cat whisperer always offers the same message to the troubled animals he meets. “I just tell them they are good cats,” Hillsbery says

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:26 (eighteen years ago)

NED

LISTEN CAREFULLY

I HATE YOU

I AM SHAKING MY FIST AT THE COMPUTER SCREEN NOW, IT WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE IF YOU WERE ACTUALLY HERE AND I COULD SHAKE MY FIST AT YOU, BUT I'LL HAVE TO MAKE DO WITH WHAT I'VE GOT

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:27 (eighteen years ago)

Cats!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:28 (eighteen years ago)

Ah, more fun:

Diary of a Cat Whisperer

This is a place for people to read my thoughts on Cat Whispering, the problems I encounter and some of the answers.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:29 (eighteen years ago)

Not that this was your intention, but I read that and substituted 'FIST' for 'COCK' and 'COMPUTER SCREEN' for 'CHILD'S FACE' and got even MORE creeped out.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:30 (eighteen years ago)

Are there cat whisperer conventions? Is there a magazine?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:31 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.animalsheltering.org/images/magazine/currentissue/jul_aug02/graphics/asmja02_hillsbery.jpg

so not gonna happen

(xpost: WAU, altho it's backwards)

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:31 (eighteen years ago)

Wow, I've discovered hell -- someone who describes herself as a 'comedian and cat whisperer'

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:32 (eighteen years ago)

I am not clicking on that link because I am certain, based on that description, that every picture on the site will feature her blowing Carrot Top.

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:34 (eighteen years ago)

It's a myspace site, so yes, you are absolutely correct.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:34 (eighteen years ago)

Goddammed Myspace.

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:36 (eighteen years ago)

And Christianity Today weighs in:

Cat Whisperer, his green eyes implored, take me home.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:36 (eighteen years ago)

omg the bit about the kittens ew

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:39 (eighteen years ago)

The link was called Three Layer Cake -- The Cat Whisperer, and I had to wonder.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:42 (eighteen years ago)

SERIOUSLY WHERE THE FUCK IS THAT BOMB????????

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:43 (eighteen years ago)

blowing Carrot Top.

is this what I assume it to be?

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:44 (eighteen years ago)

I think I need to go shower.

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:45 (eighteen years ago)

so these cat whisperers aren't like him?

http://www.drtv-online.com/images/510319dw.jpg

b/c he rocks.

― Ms Misery (MissMiseryTX), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 15:48 (eighteen years ago)

So how exactly does Lynn work with animals? I liked to refer to her as the ‘Cat Whisperer’ and during the interview as an ‘Animal Psychic’, but she corrected me right away, “You mean Animal Communicator.” She also used the word listen frequently and that’s a good word to describe the basis of her work. She listens to animals, communicates to them what their humans wish for them to know or do and works through the obstacles keeping them from satisfying their humans’ wishes. The communication takes place on three levels.
A verbal message (in English). The communication will often be sent as individual words or phrases and sometimes complete sentences. Lynn has found that animals have no problems understanding English, even her French-speaking clients from France!
A mental picture of the animal. Example: One of her clients, a cat, wanted to show how clever he was, whacked his live-in dog on the nose as he walked by, because he thought he was stupid/ or not very intelligent. Lynn sent the cat a mental image of him remaining calm and collected as the dog walked by, refraining from boxing him on the nose. From that point onward, he never did it again!
A transmitted feeling on how it feels to behave in the desired manner. To the same cat in the previous example, Lynn communicated a feeling of the emotion of how the cat would feel as he refrained from ambushing the dog as he passed by. She transmitted a feeling of calm and satisfaction along with the request that if the cat was as superior as he was claiming to be, he needed to be kind and understanding to his doggie house-mate.

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 16:07 (eighteen years ago)

I can't even get my dog to roll over in that Nintendogs game. :-(

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 16:07 (eighteen years ago)

Lynn has found that animals have no problems understanding English, even her French-speaking clients from France!

WOW. Just...wow.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 16:08 (eighteen years ago)

Lynn’s solution for these two felines was that the female agree to cease her acts of violence against her ‘brother’. The cats stopped fighting for six months, then one day the mayhem broke out again. Lynn was called back to the family to find out what happened. When she said to the female cat, “I thought we agreed that you wouldn’t fight him anymore!” The female responded simply, “I forgot.”

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 16:09 (eighteen years ago)

haha

― sunny successor agrees: gay dad always trumps slutty mom (katharine), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 16:10 (eighteen years ago)

or possibly "j'ai oublié"

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 16:12 (eighteen years ago)

I only 'whisper' to my cats in French. That way when they totally disregard my wishes I can rationalize it as being due to their being American cats.

― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 16:15 (eighteen years ago)

Results 1 - 10 of about 13,800 for android cat whisperer. (0.09 seconds

― Candy: tastes like chicken, if chicken was a candy. (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 16:16 (eighteen years ago)

~~Prozac~~ Roofies for pets

― stoked for the madness (nickalicious), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 16:19 (eighteen years ago)

les chats disent le meow?

― sunny successor agrees: gay dad always trumps slutty mom (katharine), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 16:21 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.animalstalk.com/Book%20Button_2.jpg

heheh

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 16:21 (eighteen years ago)

Okay, those dogs DO understand her, and they're thinking "GET ME THE HELL OUT OF HERE."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 16:21 (eighteen years ago)

the dog on the right def needs some prozac

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 16:23 (eighteen years ago)

Goldmine:

Personalized Results 1 - 10 of about 1,490,000 for animal psychic. (0.22 seconds)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 16:23 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.animaltelepathy.com/

Animals have so much to teach us ... we just need to listen!

*Author of the book: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pet Psychic Communication

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 16:24 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.stephaniepiro.com/animal%20psychic%20small%201.jpg

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pet Psychic Communication

oh god, i think i need to go lie down and look into my doggie's eyes. search for that untapped wisdom.

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 16:25 (eighteen years ago)

les chats disent le meow?

To meow = miauler (pronunced me-oh-lay)

― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 16:29 (eighteen years ago)

i have to admit our english speaking cats say a very clear 'ME-OW' sometimes. most time its more a 'bruff' though.

― sunny successor agrees: gay dad always trumps slutty mom (katharine), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 17:00 (eighteen years ago)

wtf "me-oh-lay"??? I'mma punch that cat in the THROAT

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:01 (eighteen years ago)

The "Complete Idiot" part kinda goes without saying.

I say we make a very short list of the animals whose names have not been followed by "whisperer" at some point. "Walrus" was officially disqualified this morning, due to footage of some guy at Sea World doing pushups and crunches with one.

― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:07 (eighteen years ago)

A walrus. Doing crunches.

MIND BLOWN

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:21 (eighteen years ago)

Can't add anything to that. Except the VIDEO NOW PLZ.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:22 (eighteen years ago)

THE STICK INSECT WHISPERER

oh, and co-sign Ned's plea

― the stick insect whisperer (Haberdager), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:23 (eighteen years ago)

("mind blown" is maybe the most disappointing GIS ever except for the random tits)

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:23 (eighteen years ago)

GOD BLESS YOUTUBE

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:25 (eighteen years ago)

The amazing part, Dan: that's not even the walrus I was talking about. (The one I have in mind is full-size, is at Sea World and does crunches / push-ups in tandem with his trainer, which is clearly cuter / funnier.)

― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:27 (eighteen years ago)

Given that that is a clip from a Japanese show and not at a Japanese Sea World, I kind of assumed it was a different clip when I posted it. Thanks for the correction, though!

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:30 (eighteen years ago)

It wasn't a correction -- I just didn't remember that I'd specified it was Sea World! It's an international craze: apparently all walrus* exercise now.

* = (As a side-note, I decided a couple months back that I would prefer if "walrus" were the plural word for an individual animal known as a "walrod" -- ever since then I've been totally confused and accidentally said "walrod" to people and then not-understood why they didn't know what I was talking about.)

― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:32 (eighteen years ago)

u crazy

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:33 (eighteen years ago)

Wallrod.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:33 (eighteen years ago)

(As a side-note, I decided a couple months back that I would prefer if "walrus" were the plural word for an individual animal known as a "walrod" -- ever since then I've been totally confused and accidentally said "walrod" to people and then not-understood why they didn't know what I was talking about.)

nabisco, you the man!

― the gecko whisperer (Haberdager), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:40 (eighteen years ago)

wtf "me-oh-lay"??? I'mma punch that cat in the THROAT

That's the verb. Cats say 'miaou' in French which is pronounced like meow. That is they should say 'miaou'. One of my cats says someting like 'ingaow' and the other mostly makes little squeaky noises.

― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:42 (eighteen years ago)

CLARITY

I was kind of getting incensed by the idea of poncy French cats swanning about going "Miauler! Miauler! Je suis un chat!"

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:48 (eighteen years ago)

(i crazy)

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:50 (eighteen years ago)

My ex-wife and I used to joke about whether French cats and American cats could communicate. I figure, to quote Sam's post from another thread, that all of them,

They say: "Feed me, bitch", "pet me, NOW!", "clean up my shit", "I thought I told you to feed me, bitch".

― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:52 (eighteen years ago)

British cats say Miaow, American cats say Meow, let's call the whole thing off etc.

We have 1 British cat and 1 American cat, no wonder they don't get on, they're too busy arguing about spelling.

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:53 (eighteen years ago)

how did you get a british and an american?

we have two americans and an australian

― sunny successor agrees: gay dad always trumps slutty mom (katharine), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:54 (eighteen years ago)

Clearly you need an Australian psychic to come in and put things right with her MIIIIIIIIIIIND.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:54 (eighteen years ago)

...because the un deux trois quatre cinq!!!

― vole whisperer (Haberdager), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:56 (eighteen years ago)

I wonder, at what point do you cross over from "cat whisperer" to "cat botherer"?

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:57 (eighteen years ago)

Our American cat flew all the way from Long Beach, CA about 3 years ago. He had to get a Pet Passport to do this. Our British cat is an Essex boy just coming up to his 2nd birthday. He is a punk rocker. When Oh When will cats get over punk?

(My wife is from Long Beach, hence going to the trouble of flying a cat all the way over from there)

xpost

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:59 (eighteen years ago)

Were his paws tired?

― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 19:01 (eighteen years ago)

Maybe they used a catapult.

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 21:12 (eighteen years ago)

Not a catamaran?

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 21:15 (eighteen years ago)

I think in either case he would have ended up on a catafalque.

― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 21:17 (eighteen years ago)

A maran is a hen, thus a catamaran really ought to be a weird cat/chicken hybrid.

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 21:20 (eighteen years ago)

CHICKENCAT VS. CHICKENBEAR FITE

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 21:22 (eighteen years ago)

YEAH, WHAT THEY SAYIN', WHISPERER EXPERT PERSON??

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 21:23 (eighteen years ago)

I'm not her, but hold on:

*shakes magic 8 ball*

"Don't count on it."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 21:24 (eighteen years ago)

And thusly was Ned's second-income-opportunity career born.

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 21:26 (eighteen years ago)

Wouldn't a chickencat spend a lot of time chasing its own tail?

― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 21:26 (eighteen years ago)

I promise not to pretend your French-speaking pets know English.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 21:27 (eighteen years ago)

Wouldn't a chickencat spend a lot of time chasing its own tail?

The ChickenCat Ouroboros.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 21:27 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.h5.dion.ne.jp/~jitta/chickencat.jpg

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 21:29 (eighteen years ago)

The mysterious mating ritual.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 21:30 (eighteen years ago)

NABISCO

YR VIDEO CLIP IS ON CNN.COM

YR WELCOME

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Thursday, 11 January 2007 14:58 (eighteen years ago)

three years pass...

Do pets get mad when their food is recalled?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/pets/detail?entry_id=67302

― Chip Pan Buddha (admrl), Friday, 9 July 2010 02:24 (fifteen years ago)

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