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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 508712" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Ummm...........I talk to all animals like they're people. I have since I was a little girl. Some more than others.........but yeah. </p><p></p><p>Maybe I'm just weird, but most domesticated animals have a rather large vocabulary, even if they're not mine. But I've had conversations with squirrels, racoons, possums........a few turtles, a mole, a lizard or two, birds of various types, even fish. Insects.....I've tried but I think they're on a whole other wave length or something. lol </p><p></p><p>Every dog I've ever had in my life has had an extensive vocabulary, even those who stay outside 99 percent of the time (so you can't just excuse it as exposure to the words per se). Same with cats....although they're the most stubborn bull headed creatures I've ever met. They do NOT take no for an answer most of the time so we butt heads. </p><p></p><p>Mrs. Raccoon and I came to an agreement where she could dig through my trash for scraps IF she didn't make a mess. She never has made a mess, neatest raccoon I've ever met. I'd never have dreamed one could talk to a reptile until Nichole's first turtle, which was a baby snapping turtle named Squirt (released when he was bigger and able to fend off predators on his own).....that lil bugger, and Carmen her red slider turtle came to their names and loved to sit and listen to you talk to them. lol Fish aren't the brightest creatures, but if you tell them it's dinner time they'll all swim to one side of the tank. </p><p></p><p>I've not yet managed a conversation with the deer who seem intent on feeding in my fenced in backyard.......so far they're too skiddish......but I keep warning them one time Mr Rowdy might be out of his kennel and they'll be in for a big surprise. I don't think they're too scared. Rowdy has been visiting with this particular herd for years, since we lived around the block. lol </p><p></p><p>Animals talk to each other too. The dogs have a squirrel couple that are their friends. They play all the time. Squirrels live in a huge old tree in the neighbors yard......they'll run along the privacy fence to my back porch roof, chattering to the dogs the whole way.......back and forth each playing and chasing each other. husband used to tell me if one fell the dogs would tear it apart. I told him hogwash, they're friends. Well.........one day one of them fell mid play and it stunned him. The dogs stopped dead in their tracks. Sat down and waited for him to shake it off and to get back up onto the fence again to play. husband couldn't believe it. I've also had stray cats reach an agreement with a possum to share food and sleep together, now that one shocked me. lol </p><p></p><p>And the dogs will always tell me if there is a baby animal in trouble, makes no difference what it is...........nor will they hurt it, they tend to protect it until I get there. </p><p></p><p>Cub's girl, you're husband is missing out on a vast part of the world around him with his closed minded thinking. A shame. You just keep right on enjoying it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 508712, member: 84"] Ummm...........I talk to all animals like they're people. I have since I was a little girl. Some more than others.........but yeah. Maybe I'm just weird, but most domesticated animals have a rather large vocabulary, even if they're not mine. But I've had conversations with squirrels, racoons, possums........a few turtles, a mole, a lizard or two, birds of various types, even fish. Insects.....I've tried but I think they're on a whole other wave length or something. lol Every dog I've ever had in my life has had an extensive vocabulary, even those who stay outside 99 percent of the time (so you can't just excuse it as exposure to the words per se). Same with cats....although they're the most stubborn bull headed creatures I've ever met. They do NOT take no for an answer most of the time so we butt heads. Mrs. Raccoon and I came to an agreement where she could dig through my trash for scraps IF she didn't make a mess. She never has made a mess, neatest raccoon I've ever met. I'd never have dreamed one could talk to a reptile until Nichole's first turtle, which was a baby snapping turtle named Squirt (released when he was bigger and able to fend off predators on his own).....that lil bugger, and Carmen her red slider turtle came to their names and loved to sit and listen to you talk to them. lol Fish aren't the brightest creatures, but if you tell them it's dinner time they'll all swim to one side of the tank. I've not yet managed a conversation with the deer who seem intent on feeding in my fenced in backyard.......so far they're too skiddish......but I keep warning them one time Mr Rowdy might be out of his kennel and they'll be in for a big surprise. I don't think they're too scared. Rowdy has been visiting with this particular herd for years, since we lived around the block. lol Animals talk to each other too. The dogs have a squirrel couple that are their friends. They play all the time. Squirrels live in a huge old tree in the neighbors yard......they'll run along the privacy fence to my back porch roof, chattering to the dogs the whole way.......back and forth each playing and chasing each other. husband used to tell me if one fell the dogs would tear it apart. I told him hogwash, they're friends. Well.........one day one of them fell mid play and it stunned him. The dogs stopped dead in their tracks. Sat down and waited for him to shake it off and to get back up onto the fence again to play. husband couldn't believe it. I've also had stray cats reach an agreement with a possum to share food and sleep together, now that one shocked me. lol And the dogs will always tell me if there is a baby animal in trouble, makes no difference what it is...........nor will they hurt it, they tend to protect it until I get there. Cub's girl, you're husband is missing out on a vast part of the world around him with his closed minded thinking. A shame. You just keep right on enjoying it. :) [/QUOTE]
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