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originally posted by: skunkape23
I spent some time for the last few days with a good friend. She has been having a bit of a rough time. Lost a few close members of her family within a period of a few months.
She called me up and said she needed company.
I noticed that she spoke to her dog and cat in what I thought at first was gibberish. I started noticing repeating words and a form of structure to this "gibberish."
Best I can describe, it sounded similar to a mix of Welsh and Gaelic.
I asked her what language she was speaking. She said she doesn't know, but she has spoken it since she was a child when she speaks to animals. The cat and dog seemed to understand her perfectly well.
I'm not sure if she's just a bit odd or if I was witnessing something with more to it.
She told me ,matter of fact, that it was "animal language."
I asked her if all animals understand it.
She shrugged her shoulders and said "Raccoons and squirrels understand it." She wasn't sure about others.
originally posted by: skunkape23
I spent some time for the last few days with a good friend. She has been having a bit of a rough time. Lost a few close members of her family within a period of a few months.
She called me up and said she needed company.
I noticed that she spoke to her dog and cat in what I thought at first was gibberish. I started noticing repeating words and a form of structure to this "gibberish."
Best I can describe, it sounded similar to a mix of Welsh and Gaelic.
I asked her what language she was speaking. She said she doesn't know, but she has spoken it since she was a child when she speaks to animals. The cat and dog seemed to understand her perfectly well.
I'm not sure if she's just a bit odd or if I was witnessing something with more to it.
She told me ,matter of fact, that it was "animal language."
I asked her if all animals understand it.
She shrugged her shoulders and said "Raccoons and squirrels understand it." She wasn't sure about others.
A dog who joined his owner at language classes has impressed by learning a set of Gaelic commands in just three weeks.
Neil Smith took his four-year-old hearing dog Ginger along to the weekly session at a church near Dunoon.
Mr Smith said he was amazed to see how quickly the English Cocker Spaniel started responding to the words for sit (suidh), stay (fuirich), come here (trobhad) and good dog (cu math). Class teacher Elma McArthur said Ginger was a very sharp dog.
originally posted by: hutch622
a reply to: skunkape23
I had a boss once who called me into the office and said . A little birdy told me you might be doing drugs at work . I replied , your talking to birds and i am the one doing drugs , then i just walked out .
originally posted by: CthulhuMythos
a reply to: Lagomorphe
With your vast knowledge and experience, have you ever thought about starting an 'ask me anything' type thread for questions about animal language, behaviour, problems and general advice? I would love to see a thread of this nature as I am sure many others would too.
originally posted by: beansidhe
a reply to: Lagomorphe
Well it's definitely nice to see you back!
B xxx