Dogspeak/Catspeak/Birdspeak

Dogtionary? Favorite pet-related words and expressions, expressions our dogs/cats know and love/hate. Feel free to add to this, including ones from our dogs growing up.

Words they know (Well, the dogs do, who knows with cats)

Birdspeak

The little guy who was perfectly happy talking to himself…. 

Expressions they react to

Who do you love? 

The question that makes Jaz squirm and cover her face and act totally precious and adorable when we ask it. So we ask it a lot.

Do you want a bath? 

Stella knows what it means when you ask her. She high-tails it out of whatever room you are in when you ask it.

What are you doing? 

The first thing Rich always says to the dogs when he comes home. They get insanely excited because they think he is saying, "I am going to give you a treat now."

Go to bed. 

Stella goes to the bedroom and jumps on the bed when you tell her this.

Get the kitty. 

Stella goes into "cat police" mode when you say this and chases whatever cat is closest.

Lie down.

Backseat.

Go outside.

Do you want....

Not now/Later. 

This actually calms Stella down when you say it. Like if you said, "Do you wnt to go for a walk?" and she then got all excited, then you could say, "Not now, later" or "Later we'll go" and she will calm down like she understands that it is not going to happen yet.

Where's....(insert name of person/other pet)?

Other dog and cat stories

Jaz now believes that every time someone is in the kitchen she should get a treat. She comes in and started dancing around and acting all excited. We haven't trained it out of her because we figure she is at least getting SOME exercise that way.

One of Stella's favorite activities is biting at the stream of water coming out of the hose. I remember Rebel used to love to do that too.

Babe LOVES Jaz and rubs up against her all the time, but Jaz doesn't "get it" and gets this look on her face like she is getting cat cooties, but she is too submissive to do anything to chase Babe off.