To add on to other's stories- my cat will come and hop into my lap 100% of the times I call him, even on another floor, and I didn't even train him to do this, he just really likes my lap.

Sometimes he does cute stretches on the way to me, or makes mrrps and other sounds to tell me he's coming (and I assume ask if there might be treats, because one time he mrrp'd and I somehow remembered that there were treats that exact moment like two years ago) but yeah. Cats can come when you call them.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's really cute, especially the verbal communication. My dog would hop up onto the couch and just stare at me until I said "well, come on then", and then he would throw his whole body down against my chest and cuddle. Pets are adorable.

[–] flicker@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

This was a fantastic story. I imagined you saying, "Well, come on then," with begrudging, exasperated affection. 10/10 comment.

[–] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i have found that my cat always comes running to me if i do a rising high pitched whistle

[–] flicker@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

In public places, my late father had assigned a specific short whistle tune to each child to identify our location (he'd whistle and each of us would answer via specific tune in turn). It also worked as a "distress" or "attention needed" sound if we did it without prompting.

Thank you for reminding me of that!