One time I was looking for my doggo and called out “Marley!?”
Marley came around the corner and looked disheveled and a little annoyed. It caught me off guard and I forgot what I wanted her for in the first place and said “Oh Nevermind.” She did a 180 and went right back to sleep in the other room. No curiosity, no wondering if I had food. Girl was tired and understood perfect English in that moment lol
Leaving the scene of the latest crime.
This is a kinda self-centered take. It’s entirely possible that the animal was just going for a walk thinking about something else, and just seeing you immediately reminded them that they like hanging out with you.
Also, the jump from “any fleeting interest” to “that’s unconditional love” is quite jarring!
One of mine just screams from the other end of the house and expects me to come to her. She’s definitely thinking about me, but in a “Human! Come here and entertain me!” kind of way…
My neighbor’s cat is mostly deaf. Because of this, he is so loud when he meows. When he’s outside, we occasionally hear him meowing. He’s seeing who will come and entertain him. The first time I heard it, I went to make sure he was okay. He was just chilling. He didn’t want me to pet him, but he also didn’t want me to leave.
Lmaoo my cat does this too!!
One of mine used to do exactly the same, but I’ve learned that it’s never an emergency so I don’t have to get all worried and go check it out.
So now she yells at me from the next room and after a bit of back and forth meowing and me calling for her, she comes to me doing that adorable trotting run and gets the strokes and scritches and attention she was after to begin with 😁🥰
Our orange cat does this too. I wonder what goes through his brain cell sometimes.
“HUMAN, BRING ME THE SECOND BRAIN CELL”
“I’ll bet they’re eating something. I should check.”
More a case of “oh, I haven’t been in that room for a while, better see what’s in there… Oh yes, I forgot that thing exists.”
Lord: “I haven’t informed my peasant about how amazing I am in some time now. I must remedy this immediately”
cat enters room and exaggerated meows
Peasant: “awe, so adorable!”
Lord: “You will pay for this insolence!”
“I think I’m going to go bite that dick that feeds me. Take that you fucking prick”
My boy likes to cry when he sees me, lead me towards the pantry (crying all the way), and then walk up to the bag where his food is and look back at me like he’s helping me figure out how to feed him.
(unless there’s food already in his bowl, in which case he likes when I pet him while he’s eating; he’s a social eater)
Cat: The hour fast approaches where the human shall adore me.
Dog: I got this fart you ought to check out bud!
