I Have a Voice!!…Who Knew!!
It seems sort’a silly when I think about it…a cat that doesn’t know it can use its MEOW to get stuff done, emmmmm, by the peeps, of course! And that voice is good to defend the house when on patrol too!
A couple of things to share today…I have a voice! And if I use it just right…I can get Dad and Mom to do stuff for me….and I can let them know I like something they do, like feed me!
When I was in the shelters, I mostly never said a thing…no meows, no purrs, no nuttin’ came out of my voice…then when I got my furrever home, I started to talk to Mom a bit…just about some stuff like my memories and things…and I started to talk just a bitty bit with Dad…mostly sports ‘cuz he likes that, but sometimes we talk politics or I watch the Military Channel with him…he likes that historical stuff so he brushes me, I purr to let him know I like it and we watch TV.
Now, here’s what I am discovering about my voice…and I can be really loud! Who Knew!! This morning for the first time, I decided I needed my brekkies and did not want to wait for Mom and Dad to get up…so I helped MOM! You Got It!!! I helped her by using my VOICE!!
First, I sleep between them…so I decide to walk right across Moms butt to her other side (I never walk across her, I always go around, not this time)….so I am now right in her face and I USE MY VOICE…MMMEEEOOOWWWW!!! about an inch from her nose! Wow…she woke right up!!! Wooo Hooo….I am gettin’ it…use the voice, especially a loud one…to get nom noms….and to get the ‘rents to do it when I want it….ok,ok,ok…got that!
Then I learned I can encourage Dad to walk a bit faster to get my brekkies if I FOLLOW him down the hall to the kitchen and surpervise him prepping my nom noms! Course, I talk to him the whole time so’s he knows I am anxious and starving….worked pretty good this morning so will do again tomorrow….
Finally, last night I was completing my final patrol of the house…and I found the breakfast room slider still open…so I sat there a bit takin’ in the night breeze…and OH MY CAT!!!! Another cat came on my deck….so I USED MY VOICE to protect the house and let Dad and Mom know they were in danger!!! YOWL…GRRROOOWWLLL…WAROWWWW…and so on….got Dad to come runnin’…he took care of that cat…but I USED MY VOICE to save us…
After all, this is now my furrever home and I need to start taking part…I am learning about using my voice…
Course, I don’t have any corresponding photos to go with this new learning…but thought ya might like to see me playin’ with my paper bag PLUS the shredded newspaper my pals Nibbles, Nutty, Bingo and Buddy over at Hutch A Good Life told me to use…WILD, CRAZY noise it makes…luvluvluv it!!
…first the ole’ ‘check it out’ move…
…then check it from other angles in case something is gonna grab me…
..now rough up that shredded newspaper…what a ruckus it makes…luvluvluv it!
…finally…enjoy late afernoon sun puddles when I am spent from playing with another new thing…
I had a really good day and night Monday…hmmmm…maybe because it was a special day to remember others who had the courage to stand up for something and sacrifice for it…both humans and canines…hmmm…wonder if that is helping me to find the power of my voice….need a nap to ponder that…
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