{"id":4787,"date":"2021-02-24T04:32:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T12:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4787"},"modified":"2021-02-24T04:32:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T12:32:04","slug":"wild-and-sometimes-crazy-wednesday-a-cat-by-any-other-name-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4787","title":{"rendered":"Wild (and Sometimes Crazy) Wednesday \u2013 A Cat By Any Other Name"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Do you wonder sometimes how your cat knows her name? You know that she (or he) does because the right cat in a multi-cat household generally responds (at least by a quick look) when they hear their name. Sometimes they even come to you. Of course, you can train a cat to behave in a certain way when they hear their name or a command, I\u2019m afraid I haven\u2019t reached that level of sophistication with my cats. Lily used to come when I called her name almost every single time\u2014almost. But it puzzles me that cats do respond to their names because, if your household is like ours, you cat has many different names.<\/p>\n

Around here, it is Kitty-poo, Baby-love, Pretty girl, Sweet-thing, Punkin, Princess, Missy-poo, but mostly it is O-LIV-iAhhh, and Sophie.<\/p>\n

What do you find yourself calling your cats? Nice or naughty names? I\u2019ve been known to put the word, \u201cstinker\u201d or \u201cnaughty\u201d in there when I\u2019m speaking to Olivia a time or two.<\/p>\n

It occurred to me that how I speak to our cats says more about me than them. Is this true in your household?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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