Animals are Smarter than we Realize

Yesterday Gary was looking at the computer and I was sitting on the bed.  We'd just let Barney in to eat some food. Barney's been doing better but still has a slight cough and a runny eye. The telephone rang and it was our neighbor wanting to know how Barney was because she hadn't seen him in a couple of days. We said he was fine that we'd been keeping him in since it has been so cold but we let him out when he wanted.

Our neighbor also feeds Barney as do other neighbors around here. He was the local cat before we moved here. While Gary was talking to our neighbor I could  hear her voice. Finally Gary hung up and Barney started looking around and ran to the door. Gary let Barney out.

I watched Barney as he went out the door and he was looking around like he was looking for someone. I said to Gary I think he's looking for the neighbor. I'll bet he's going down to the fence to see if she is there. I went into the living room and looked out the window and sure enough he was just about to the fence and was looking in the neighbor's direction. I came back in the room and told Gary that Barney had heard the neighbor's voice on the phone and went looking for her. I asked Gary to call the neighbor and tell her Barney was at the fence waiting for her. She said she'd go out and give him some food. Sometimes animals are smarter than we realize. Barney heard the neighbor's voice on the phone and recognized it and ran to where he always sees her.

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