{"id":132,"date":"2009-08-18T22:54:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T22:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beckypalmer.thecomputerguy.bz\/2009\/08\/cats-are-smart\/"},"modified":"2015-11-11T21:58:05","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T03:58:05","slug":"cats-are-smart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=132","title":{"rendered":"Cats are Smart?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have come to the conclusion that I attract dumb cats.
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I grew up on the farm with lots of “barn cats”. The first one I recall playing with as a child was no genius- I named her “Run Around In Circles” after her favorite- and apparently only- pastime. When I was older we had a cat named Penelope who would sit on the ground and try to leap into the air to catch birds for hours on end and one named Bon Jovi (yes I named her) who would rountinely get stepped on by cows because she couldn’t figure out how to get out of their way. At the time I chalked this up to in-breeding.<\/p>\n

My first “real” pet cat was a very large tabby cat named Buddy. He was a sweet, loving cat who my vet called “the dumbest cat I’ve ever seen” . For the record, hi didn’t really mean it in a mean way- it was just a statement of fact. I once tried a popular dog intelligence test on Buddy- tossing a blanket on him to see how long it would take him to figure out how to get out. After spending about 3 seconds trying to get out he curled up and took a nap.<\/p>\n

I now have a sweet, loving cat named Pumpkin. She has a very small head and apparently there is a reason for that. I call her the “50 First Dates” cat because she walks around with this constant look of surprise in spite of the fact that she’s lived with us for 3 years.<\/p>\n

I wouldn’t trade “my babies” for the world. They make me smile every day. But maybe someday I can get one who could find their way out of a wet paper sack!<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have come to the conclusion that I attract dumb cats.   I grew up on the farm with lots of “barn cats”. The first one I recall playing with as a child was no genius- I named her “Run Around In Circles” after her favorite- and apparently only- pastime. When I was older we had a cat named Penelope… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-warm-fuzzies"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t