About Dogs and Cats and their Buddies. And some little jokes.

Previously posted on my Facebook Page.

THE high-pitched squeak of a stuffed toy wakes a dog's dormant prey drive and compels him to shake, chomp, and dismantle. In the wild, the shaking serves as a way to disorient and immobilize prey. For Arrow, she’s just yielding to her surgeon self. She loves to perform surgery to a stuffed toy. Her hobby. She dismantles her toys not just because there’s a squeaky thingy in there. It’s because it’s her patient. 🐕🧸🐕

WHY do cats hide stuff? This could be a tactic for attention, play, and/or food, or sometimes your feline companion is simply following its animal instincts. In most cases, this is not a very problematic issue for pet owners; however, it is advisable to cat-proof your house if your cat has a habit of hoarding household items. Fizz has a habit of hiding her spring toys and forces me to find them and threatens to hide the TV remote if I don’t heed, pronto. 🐱😼🐱

CATS appear to enjoy engaging in a variety of mischievous behaviors, but this could be merely an attempt to attract attention rather than showing off their humorous side. And so, as far as science goes, it seems that cats are incapable of laughter and you can be comforted to know that your cat isn’t laughing at you. Though, if they did ever acquire the ability to do so, we suspect they would. Better be, your cat enjoys amusing themselves. So there you go, from the experts, who are also cats. 😺😸😹

A MIND-BLOWING 170,000 different drink combinations. How is this possible? Just for latte combos: Pumpkin Spice Latte; Caffé Latte with Oatmilk; Cinnamon Dolce Latte; Butterbeer Frappuccino; Vanilla Crème Frappuccino; Cookie Butter Chai; Cinnamon Toast Drink; Cookies and Cream Frappuccino etc etcetera. You can make yours, whatever you desire. Coffee with Vodka: Caffelichnaya; Coffee with Fanta: Lattefantaztick; Coffee with Oreos: Frapporeo Coffee; Coffee with Lettuce: Caffelettucea. ☕😋☕

SCIENTISTS report that a dog's sense of smell is 10,000 to 100,000 times more acute than a human's. Hmmmm. One of the reasons a dog has a much better smelling ability than we do has to do with the number of scent receptors: For every scent receptor a human has, a dog has about 50. Reason why Arrow smells or sniff-sniff everything when we walk or when she is outside. Then whatever she smells as suspicious or strange, she’ll report those to Fizz who then enters them in a databank for further analysis. 🐕👃🐕

MANY factors play into dog intelligence—such as sociability and problem-solving skills—and as a result different breeds have different capabilities. But as a general guide, the average dog has the mental abilities of a 2-year-old child, according to Live Science. But in case the dog lives with a cat, whose average IQ is 228, expect the dog to be smarter than the owner. A lot smarter, though most dogs (and cats) fake it. 🐕🥸🐕

LAZINESS, the quality of being unwilling to work or use energy; idleness. A “correct” rationale for laziness or not going to work (there’s unemployment benefit): “I have long covid since 2007.” Or “I am so depressed after I watched Zelensky weeping on TV.” No apologies for my wicked pragmatism or cruel sarcasm. 😔🥱😴

WHY do dogs chase squirrels? While some dogs may just want to play with a squirrel, there are others who see a critter as their prey, and their predatory drive kicks in. Dogs who are predatory chasers are attempting to catch their prey — and eat or extinguish it. It could be that dogs simply want to be friendly and chat with the critters. Arrow does that. She barks and seems “aggressive.” But she’s not going to bite. She simply wants to say “Hi! There!” and ask, “Are we Facebook friends?” 🐕🐇🐩

WHY are cats obsessed with fridge? It is likely that your cat has been very observant and recognizes that the refrigerator is the source of food. Their sense of smell is much stronger than that of a human. It may be that your cat smells something tasty when the door is open. And so the cat informs the dog. 🐈🛍🐕

SOME experts believe excessive use of the Internet, cellphones and other technologies can cause us to become more impatient, impulsive, forgetful and even more narcissistic. Those experts are cats and dogs. 😕💻😡