Cats and Dogs! Learn English Words and Phrases to Talk About Pets

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Hi Bob the Canadian here.
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Sometimes when you’re having an English conversation, people want to talk about their
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pets.
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Or maybe you wanna talk about yours.
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In this video I’ll help you learn some English words and phrases that will help you talk
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about two of the most common pets: cats and dogs.
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I think a cat just meowed as I said cats and dogs.
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Hey welcome to this video if this is your first time here don’t forget to subscribe
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could leave a comment or a thumbs up that would be awesome!
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So pets.
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Cats and dogs.
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Which one do you wanna talk about first?
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In English we often say, “Are you a cat lover or a dog lover?”
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“Are you a cat person or a dog person?”
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This is how we describe the difference between people who love cats, and people who love
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dogs.
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Myself, I have to say, I’m not sure which I am.
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In some ways I like cats because they’re quiet, they kinda sit by themselves, and they’re
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just in general a calm animal.
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But I also like the excitement of a dog.
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We have a dog, his name is Oscar.
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I’ll try to find a picture of him to put in this video.
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And Oscar’s just a great farm dog.
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He’s a dog who lives mostly outside, but he is allowed in the front entrance of our
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home.
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So in some ways he’s also a house dog.
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But let’s talk about some things about dogs.
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Dogs eat dog food that they eat out of a dog bowl.
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When dogs make sounds we say that they either bark or growl.
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I’m gonna bark here to to make the sound barking sounds like “ruff, ruff” and growling
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is “grrrrr”.
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Couple of interesting things about dogs, we call them man’s best friend in English.
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It’s a phrase that we use because dogs have been with people for so long that they are
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man’s best friend.
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Another interesting fact, the feet of a dog are called paws.
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A baby dog is called a puppy.
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And there’s a couple of things you can do with a dog.
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You can take your dog for a walk.
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When you take a dog for a walk you use what we call in English a leash.
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You have your dog on a leash.
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And another thing about dogs is you can pet your dog, dogs like to have their ears scratched.
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So you can pet your dog, you can scratch your dog’s ears.
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A lot of times a dog will have a dog mat that they lay on when they’re in the house.
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You can also teach your dog to do tricks.
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You may teach your dog to sit, you may teach your dog to roll over, or you may teach your
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dog to beg and I’ll try to find a picture of this to put up here.
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When a dog begs usually you give your dog a dog treat which is a small little piece
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of dog food.
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Dogs can go to school, in English we call that obedience school.
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When your dog’s sick you take your dog to the vet, (or the veterinarian).
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When I was younger we would take our dog to a vet, or veterinarian, vet is the short form.
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Also when you go on vacation, you may actually take your dog to a kennel.
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And you may board your dog at a kennel, which means you bring your dog to a place where
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they will take care of your dog while you are on vacation.
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So that’s a little bit about dogs, let’s talk about cats.
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Cats are an entirely different animal, literally!
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Cats do not walk using a leash, I know some people do, but cats generally don’t like
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leashes.
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A baby cat is called a kitten.
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When you have a cat and it lives in your house you usually will have a litter box where they
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can go to the bathroom, and you will probably have cat toys or a scratching post for them
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to scratch their nails on.
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We also say that cats have paws, just like dogs.
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So a cat’s feet are called paws.
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The two sounds a cat makes are they can “meow” and there was actually a cat up here with
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me earlier that said, “meow”.
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And when you pet a cat they can purr.
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It’s a hard sound to make, I’ll try to make it, but “purrrrrrrrr” “purrrrrrrr”.
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So a cat makes a purring sound.
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You can hear a cat purr when you pet them and when they’re happy.
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A cat eats cat food.
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That’s the food that you would feed to a cat.
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When a cat gets sick, just like a dog, you would bring the cat to a vet or veterinarian,
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that’s the longer form of the word.
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But what do you do to play with cats?
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You can’t play fetch with a cat, you can’t teach a cat to roll over.
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You can sit with a cat.
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Cats are very, very loving animals to their owners.
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And sometimes it’s just enjoyable to sit with a cat beside you and pet the cat while
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the cat purrs.
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It’s a very calming feeling for human beings.
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Sometimes a cat will rub up against your leg when they want attention especially if it’s
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your cat and they love you.
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They’ll rub up against your leg to say, “”Hey pet me!”
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“Hey sit with me!
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Well that’s a few words and phrases to help you have great English conversations when
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talking about cats or dogs.
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