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    Very interesting! I think they're pretty accurate. My Mr. Luke does "I'm Happy to see you" and "I'm getting Upset" . He probably does the others also but mainly those two I mentioned. Thanks.

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    The neighbor kitty I see is always at 2 and 4, always wanting to be loved on by anyone he sees!
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    Oh I definitely get a row #1 column #3 from one of my son's cats all the time. Sometimes I think she doesn't even like herself!
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    "I'm happy to see you" is a definite with Snow. And "I'm upset right now" whenever we are dog sitting my grandparents beagle...of course.

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    Interesting! it is SO true, Sophie does the "I'm getting upset" whenever she wants attention and gets ignored ... Most of the time she is Happy/Interested
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    I am glad to say that the Found Cats usually have the we are glad to see you tail up salute!!
    Or is that just a coincedence that the tails are more positive when there is Deli Chickem , Whiskas Temptations or Shrimp Rings at paw???
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    Quote Originally Posted by catmandu View Post
    I am glad to say that the Found Cats usually have the we are glad to see you tail up salute!!
    Or is that just a coincedence that the tails are more positive when there is Deli Chickem , Whiskas Temptations or Shrimp Rings at paw???
    Oh yes! That's the "I'm so happy to see deli chicken" tail position too.

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    I wonder which of these "elevator butt" falls under.
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    Pearl is constantly swishing and wagging her tail like a dog even when she appears to be happy. She'll also run around and get very excited and then end up with a puffed up tail that looks like a bottle brush. Ziggy does the quiver tail and I too thought that she was trying to spray. I looked it up on the internet and it said that when a cat does this that they're overcome with emotion for their owner so she's doing this to let me know that she loves me. Alani & Blaze usually hold their tails high most of the time. Sky will also sometimes do the swishing and wagging of his tail. Storm usually holds his tail high or just horizontally out.

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    Those are great! Evie is mostly "Happy to see you", "Let's be friends" or "Wanting Some Loving"; oh yes the "Butt in reverse" as she backs up into my face in the mornings - very prominent in our day-to-day
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    Cassie's tail

    She was doing "I'm getting upset" this morning as I was petting her, but her ears were forward and her front paws were folded under. So I'm not quite sure what was on her mind.
    Praying for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine, and around the world.

    I've been Boo'd ... right off the stage!

    Aaahh, I have been defrosted! Thank you, Bonny and Asiel!
    Brrrr, I've been Frosted! Thank you, Asiel and Pomtzu!


    "That's the power of kittens (and puppies too, of course): They can reduce us to quivering masses of Jell-O in about two seconds flat and make us like it. Good thing they don't have opposable thumbs or they'd surely have taken over the world by now." -- Paul Lukas

    "We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays." -- Persius, first century Roman poet

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