The Toyota Lease/Leash Commercial

[Liberalynn]

Okay so I'll admit it. I must not be as smart as I once thought.

Why in the Toyota lease commercial where the dog gets confused about lease verses leash, is the room filled with cat figurines and pictures?

There must be some hidden meaning behind it but I don't get it, and I used to be very good at figuring out hidden meanings in my literature classes. But on this I have no clue.

I asked my older sister who is usually far smarter than me, and who usually could care less about stuff like this, but when I asked her she didn't get it either, and said when she'd seen it, she noticed the same thing and had been wondering too.

Okay so what's your take on this silly issue? Why the cats? Can any one attempt an explanation?