*laughter*

[vr_trakowski]

Okay.  The main ringtone on my cellphone used to be the Close Encounters of the Third Kind theme, not from any great love of the film (I've only seen it once) but because the Doctor Who theme wasn't available until recently and that was about the only sci-fi-themed ringtone I could put up with.  I use my cellphone as an alarm just about every day, so that scrap of music got played several times most mornings, at least. 

It's been a couple of months since I switched over to the Doctor.  But this week I picked up a streaming radio station that plays soundtrack music, and just now it ran through the Close Encounters theme.  

And every time those five notes played, my older cat would lift her head and squint at me, clearly disturbed from her nap attempt.  :D  I had no idea that my cat had adapted to my alarm... 

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[bunchofgrapes]

Every night I power off my laptop before going to bed and it makes this certain chimey sound. Youngest cat, Tucker, is always in the room with me, curled up in his bed. When he hears that sound, he's up and out of the bed, ready to go upstairs.

So yeah, cats definitely adapt to certain sounds.

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

I guess I'm lucky that Silver didn't demand breakfast. :P They do love routine!

[inalichenmanner.livejournal.com]

My cats recognize my car engine. They only react when I pull in, and it really confused them the time the repair shop drove it back and I was home. :-)

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

*laughter* Priceless! They have logic in those furry little skulls, but it's limited.

[inalichenmanner.livejournal.com]

Long ago, I read an article about a cat trainer. I can't remember the exact way he described cat logic and cause and effect, but it was along the lines of:
If they jump up on the cupboard, knock over the cans of cat food, get bonked on the head in the process, then get fed, they now think they have to jump on the cupboard, knock over the cans, get bonked on the head to get more.

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

Our old cat Rose would sit and stare at the heater register until the heater turned on. Because clearly staring at it eventually works.

It makes sense...it's just really limited.

[mingsmommy.livejournal.com]

Awww...that's cute. Mine only seems to react to the crinkling of the food bag.

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

They can be selective! :D

[snowydragon1776.livejournal.com]

Aww that is awesome!

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

Silver can still surprise me!