[CurtMonash]

Cats communicate with humans a little bit, but much less than dogs do. For example, my cat, known on Twitter as the SOFS (Small Orange Furry Sociopath), has developed a very small "vocabulary" of sounds and actions to communicate with my wife and me. But really, he's not clear and consistent about anything more sophisticated than "Pay attention to me!" or "Stop touching me there!" And there isn't a single word I'm sure he understands, although I lean toward the affirmative in the case of his name.

I.e., his side of communication adds up to no more than what in a dog might be a couple of tones of bark, a fast tailwag, and the grabbing of a leash to indicate enthusiasm for the of a walk.

[tonyarkles]

I was not a cat person at all until I met my partner's cat, and even then it took a while. I didn't realize it at the time, but it mostly had to do with me not understanding "cat communication". She's probably chattier than most, but we're at a point now where I can pretty much understand her various sounds and body language to figure out exactly what's wrong (I'm out of dry food, I think it's time for my soft food, my litter box is disgusting, goddamnit it's cold out and I'm not impressed, etc). We do also have the occasional chat here and there too.

But yeah, definitely way less communicative than dogs.