Ella & Rusty & Stu(GA)
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Good Saturday Morning Everyone,
We got our "wake up" call 1/2 hour early this morning: every morning Stu pounds on the bedroom door exactly 1 minute before the alarm goes off. This morning he must have been hungry, or cold, or responding to the increased daylight. Why don't we simply leave the door open so that he can come and go? Because he wants it closed so he can pound!! This pounding game happens several times a night. When we turn in we leave the bedroom door open. Stu comes in and pounds on the porch door (we live in a former tuberculosis cure cottage and the upstairs rooms have sleeping porches so the patients could breathe fresh air) . This is my husband's signal to go out into the hall with him, bid him "good night", and close the bedroom door. If we leave it open, Stu will just come in again and pound until someone gets up, says "good night Mr. Cat" and closes the door. Then we are OK for a few hours until Stu pounds. We let him in; he jumps up on the bed and sleeps for a while; he jumps down, pounds on the porch door; we show him the open bedroom door; he goes out; we close the door again (because otherwise he comes back in and pounds on the porch door to be let out). This "routine" has been going on ever since Stu came to live with us in 2001 at age 4 (it may be the reason why he was returned to the ASPCA twice before being adopted by us!). At first we were sleep deprived, but now we are used to it. My poor DH bears the brunt!
Anyway, I thought it was time to begin the WCR with an account of Mr. Stu's most endearing habit!! All cat activities are good this morning and we are hoping it will be an uneventful day. Everyone enjoy your day.
Ella & Stu
Good Saturday Morning Everyone,
We got our "wake up" call 1/2 hour early this morning: every morning Stu pounds on the bedroom door exactly 1 minute before the alarm goes off. This morning he must have been hungry, or cold, or responding to the increased daylight. Why don't we simply leave the door open so that he can come and go? Because he wants it closed so he can pound!! This pounding game happens several times a night. When we turn in we leave the bedroom door open. Stu comes in and pounds on the porch door (we live in a former tuberculosis cure cottage and the upstairs rooms have sleeping porches so the patients could breathe fresh air) . This is my husband's signal to go out into the hall with him, bid him "good night", and close the bedroom door. If we leave it open, Stu will just come in again and pound until someone gets up, says "good night Mr. Cat" and closes the door. Then we are OK for a few hours until Stu pounds. We let him in; he jumps up on the bed and sleeps for a while; he jumps down, pounds on the porch door; we show him the open bedroom door; he goes out; we close the door again (because otherwise he comes back in and pounds on the porch door to be let out). This "routine" has been going on ever since Stu came to live with us in 2001 at age 4 (it may be the reason why he was returned to the ASPCA twice before being adopted by us!). At first we were sleep deprived, but now we are used to it. My poor DH bears the brunt!
Anyway, I thought it was time to begin the WCR with an account of Mr. Stu's most endearing habit!! All cat activities are good this morning and we are hoping it will be an uneventful day. Everyone enjoy your day.
Ella & Stu
