I will talk about my cat, Nya again and how she points. When she wanted to play with a string she would go to the kitchen closet and stare at the door until I opened it and get out the string. I would say, "string, Nya?" This way I taught her to understand the word string. When she points with her eyes at her cat dish I know she wants to be fed. I say, "crunchies Nya?" So, I give her some crunchies. I also give her some soft stuff. She doesn't know that word though. She doesn't meow. That's kind of interesting because Nya means "meow" in Japanese. She makes other interesting sounds which are impossible to type with any degree of accuracy. She points at a lot of things with her eyes. Since she makes very few sounds, this is one of the major ways she communicates with us, and makes it easy to teach her to understand some words. Some of the things she points at with her eyes are: the back door, up the bedroom stairs, down the basement stairs, and my lap. She'll look at my lap until I pick her up and let her purr in my arms. Sometimes if she's looking at me, I'll look at my lap until she comes near so that I can pick her up. More on communication with Nya next time.

 Well, I'm back after a long hiatus. I will try to post something weekly. Thanks for all your moral support. I have been able to teach our cat, Nya, a few words. Of coarse she knows her name, but besides that I have been able to teach her the word crunchies. She knows I'm talking about feeding her because she gets really excited when she looks at me and goes to her dish. Although, in typical cat fashion, she will ignore me if she's not interested in food. 

She also knows the word birdies. I taught her this with my computer. Nya likes to watch bird videos with me. I would associate the word birdies with the birds flying around in the videos. She also likes to watch "birdies" out the patio door and the front window. Her ears perk up and her eyes widen when I say the word birdies. She will turn and look at me like I said the magic word. If my laptop is handy, Nya will point to it with her eyes.

 Every time I let Nya out I would say the word "out". Now she may go to the door if I say, "Out". Unless she's sleeping, she may respond in this way. I'm now teaching her the word "by". When I'm going out the door I say, "By Nya". So far there is no response but I'm working on it.

Wee, I hope you liked my return to the blog. May you and your cat be a match made in heaven.