Can you rename a cat? - Page 5

wendybeth · 01-07-2007, 12:41 AM

All I know is, when I call 'Samwise', Boris doesn't come running. Neither does Haggis, or any of our dogs. Truthfully, Sam doesn't come running either, but he does give me a disdainful glare, so I know he knows I'm talking to him.

Boy, is he gonna be pissed when I take down the tree tomorrow.

Prudence · 01-07-2007, 12:45 AM

Boris knows when I'm talking about him. He also knows when I'm talking about Sasha, which annoys him, because I should be talking about him. Sasha is about as sharp as a bag of wet mice, so she just hears the blah blah blah ginger. Her name you could easily change. Boris - maybe not. He's had that name for his whole life, since I named him before he was born and his first set of caretakers always called him that for me.

RStar · 01-07-2007, 09:53 AM

Oh, and I tried it yesterday! When I was putting out the cats, rather than "OUT!", and demanded "IN!" and they still went out! It's not what you say, necessarily, it's how you say it.....

€uroMeinke · 01-07-2007, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by RStar

Oh, and I tried it yesterday! When I was putting out the cats, rather than "OUT!", and demanded "IN!" and they still went out! It's not what you say, necessarily, it's how you say it.....

In which case, they follow a tonal language - perhaps we should be speaking Chinese to our cats?

CoasterMatt · 01-07-2007, 10:07 AM

Cat Stevens changed his name, so I suppose that settles it

Kevy Baby · 01-07-2007, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

I want a new duck...

Didn't Huey Lewis do a song about that?

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I'm thinking you can rename a cat. I mean a couple of Lisa's cats have several names and seem to respond to all of them and the ones she adopted must have had other names before meeting Lisa...

I'm thinking it doesn't matter if you rename a cat. They will ignore you regardless of what yoiu call them.

Kevy Baby · 01-07-2007, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

Cat Stevens changed his name, so I suppose that settles it

Damn: I can't mojo you for this and it definitely deserves it!

Jughead P. Jones · 01-07-2007, 02:03 PM

We did...kind of. And, I can thank my niece for his name change.

Okay...here's the story. Our cat came prowling around our back porch one crisp day in November 1998. He essentially adopted us, and years later, he's still with us.

After trying to come up with a name, we settled on the highly original "Tom". And, when we introduced my niece (who was 2 years old at the time) to him, she kept calling him "Ol' Thum". The reason why is that she knocked out her front teeth a couple of weeks earlier in a playground accident, and until her permanents came in, she talked with a lisp.

The name stuck, and Tom became "Ol' Thum".

01-07-2007, 12:41 AM	#41
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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	Boris knows when I'm talking about him. He also knows when I'm talking about Sasha, which annoys him, because I should be talking about him. Sasha is about as sharp as a bag of wet mice, so she just hears the blah blah blah ginger. Her name you could easily change. Boris - maybe not. He's had that name for his whole life, since I named him before he was born and his first set of caretakers always called him that for me. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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RStar Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Me & Manyard hangin out! Posts: 5,433	Oh, and I tried it yesterday! When I was putting out the cats, rather than "OUT!", and demanded "IN!" and they still went out! It's not what you say, necessarily, it's how you say it..... __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup! www.StarTownGifts.com
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CoasterMatt BRAAAAAAAINS! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: One Step Beyond... Posts: 8,802	Cat Stevens changed his name, so I suppose that settles it __________________ Do you like my photography? Visit photosbymatt.tumblr.com to purchase prints!
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Jughead P. Jones Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brockville, Ontario, Canada Posts: 404	We did...kind of. And, I can thank my niece for his name change. Okay...here's the story. Our cat came prowling around our back porch one crisp day in November 1998. He essentially adopted us, and years later, he's still with us. After trying to come up with a name, we settled on the highly original "Tom". And, when we introduced my niece (who was 2 years old at the time) to him, she kept calling him "Ol' Thum". The reason why is that she knocked out her front teeth a couple of weeks earlier in a playground accident, and until her permanents came in, she talked with a lisp. The name stuck, and Tom became "Ol' Thum". __________________ "I shall call him Squishy, and he shall be mine, and he shall be my Squishy!"
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