Bowlingual for dogs and now...cats
"A Cornell University evolutionary psychology study, analyzing people's reactions to feline vocalizations shows that cats know how to get what they want. Psychologist, Nicholas Nicastro says that whilst cats do not posess language, through the evolution of the sounds they emit, they have become very skilled at managing humans to get what they want... "
[Our dog is more like a cat in his vocalizations. He's quite the talker and he prefers not to bark. He makes soft cooing noises and it almost seems as if he's trying to talk, but his doggie form won't allow him to. He has a definite aversion to barking... it's like living with Harpo Marx in doggie being sometimes. He will paw, point, gesture and make faces and then whine in a soft cadence to get our attention...]
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