August 19th, 2006 at 2:17 pm
Catnabbit’s excerpts about A Cat’s Guide to Human Beings makes me think so much of Miles (my cat), especially these two in particular …
Sitting on paper: An oldie but a goodie. If a human has paper in front of it, chances are good it’s something they assume is more important than you. They will often offer you a snack to lure you away. Establish your supremacy over this wood pulp product at every opportunity. This practice also works well with computer keyboards, remote controls, car keys and small children.
This is a classic one, Miles always sits on my wife’s work papers and cutouts. I now understand and see that he is “establishing” is supremacy.
Waking your human at odd hours: A cat’s golden time is between 3:30 and 4:30 in the morning. If you paw at your human’s sleeping face during this time, you have a better than even chance that it will get up and, in an incoherent haze, do exactly what you want. You may actually have to scratch deep sleepers to get their attention remember to vary the scratch site to keep the human from getting suspicious.
Miles has been doing this ever so often (but more so lately)… early in the morning he jumps on the bed, and walks to my bed side table. He then wakes me up by sitting down, doing a purr/ whimper and stretching out to paw my cheek. Is he wanting attention or wanting to play? Yes, I am always in an “incoherent haze”, consequently getting up to spoil him and give him attention. I did try to ignore him one time by turning over to the other side but he then started paw’ng my back instead. Miles, Miles, Miles … it is 5.30 am in the morning! Smart cat, always trying to push your luck. I do want to get angry at you but you are so darn cute!
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Shelli said: @ 8:18 pm
August 19th, 2006
Doesn’t that just irritate you that they do annoying things, but they are so cute that you can’t be angry at them? UGH!
Kristyn said: @ 11:07 am
August 20th, 2006
My cat, Galileo, is the king of the first. He jumps onto my keyboard tray and sits on my keyboard. :( I’m always afraid he’s going to break it, he weighs like 15 lbs.
I lucked out on the second. My hubby is a serious insomniac. He’s awake for Galileo’s golden time. Gali crawls up in his lap and purrs. Poor cat also drools, yes, that’s right. So when he finally gets up and moves, Matt’s leg is all wet. lol.
Kristyn