Conference misery::feline_v1

    Well, that answers my question  ;-)  Lastnight we were a bit
    later than usual getting home and when we pulled into the driveway
    I noticed Bumpytail in the kitchen window, Mao in one diningroom
    window and Isis in another one.  I wondered aloud, whether they
    heard the car coming down the street (because the kitchen window
    is on the opposite side of the house from the driveway) or if they
    know what time we should be home and just sit in the windows from
    that point on.  I suspect, strongly now, that its the latter.
      Love those cats!!
       Nancy DC

    
    My two must have read the training manual too.  Spot always sits in the
    big (picture) window in the livingroom, which looks out over the
    driveway, whenever we leave or return.  She would have us believe that
    *ALL* she does all day is wait for us to return.  (We know better, for
    instance on Friday March 16 Panther meet me at the door with a
    desperate look on her little face.  I knew Spot had been up to
    something.  I walked into the kitchen, catnip toys everywhere!!!! 
    There were catnip toys I didn't know they had !  Paper towels were
    unrolled from the dispenser on the counter.  (That is a designated cat
    free zone and both know it!)  Also the bathroom wastebaskets had been
    raided, a favorite place to look for forbidden things to play with like
    used tissue and empty cardboard rolls.  Spot looked like she might have had a
    a hangover.  Must have been some party she threw!
    
    A mummie in training for 5 years, I still don't know what they will do
    next!
    
    Feline fine,
    
    Sue & Panther & Spot
    

    I too have experienced similar behavioural patterns in both my cats
    which occurred when little attention had been paid to them for some
    time - due to domestic upheaval.  The behaviour manifested itself in
    many ways, but peaked when 1 cat decided to soil the kitchen area.
    I found that a stiff ticking off for the immediate offense, followed by a 
    few days of intense attention and affection (distributed equally) worked 
    wonders, and the behaviour has not been repeated.
    
    Graham + Fudge + Squiff
    Warrington,UK
    

Oh yeah....don't you just love it when they wait until you walk into
the room, look at you, and THEN do the "never in a million years would
my cat do that" trick....Hannah starts by patrolling through the house
ahead of me, looking me in the eye, and dumping over any trash can
she can move.  In fact, once while I was on a project and working
late hours, she and Nick worked together to turn over the big kitchen
can - loaded though it was - just as I walked in the entrance from
the garage.

We know they are diabolical creatures when their human(s) need retraining...

    The one I love is when I'm in the livingroom sitting in the
    chair and one, who is angry with me, will come into the room, 
    come over to the chair in which I am sitting, and proceed to
    use it for a scratching post all the time looking me straight
    in the eye!!!!! 
      I GET THE MESSAGE!
    

    ref.5 Mine do that too.
    
    The other things that make me laugh are
    
    1) If they are cross with us for any reason and we try and go up
       to stroke them, they just look us straight in the eye, then turn
       the backs on us with their tail in the air and walk off.
       
    2) Lily has a problem with bad 'wind' and it's not quiet either.
       It's as if she knows when she's about to 'let off' 'cos she'll 
       come and sit on your lap, fart, and then look at you in disgust
       and walk of, as if it's our fault !
    
    Fran, Rusty and windy Lily.
    
       

    Hollof:-
    
    Your descriptive talents know no bounds.........
    " 'cos she'll 
       come and sit on your lap, fart, and then look at you in disgust
       and walk of,"
    
    :-)

    re: .6 #2 - Yes, we call them "Happy farts" and Bob does those
    alot!!  Unlike "windy" Lilly, he seems oblivious to them.  Boy do
    we notice tho!  :-}

    There is one other thing that the girls do that really drives me
    mad.
    During the week Geoff and I always get up about 7 o'clock, and the
    cats are quite good, they don't start playing around and making
    a noise until they hear the alarm, 'cos they know that's when we
    get up and feed them.
    BUT, at the weekend we do like our lie-in. The cats don't understand
    this, and therefore their habits don't change.
    Come 7 o'clock they start jumping around on the bed and fighting
    and generally making a lot of noise. Geoff and I can just about
    tolerate this, so it doesn't work.
    But, there is one thing that drives us both mad and is guarented
    to get us up, and they have sussed this out.
    Their cat litter tray is in the hall, just outside the bedroom (we
    live in a flat) and we can't stand the sound of them scratching
    the cat litter, it really grates on the nerves. So, now the both
    just sit next the litter tray and scratch it until we finally get
    up and feed them. 
         
    I just can't believe how shrewd they are, they never miss a trick.
    
    Fran, Rusty and Lily.
    

    re: -1 - 7:00 !!   Boy you guys really sleep in!!!!!!!
    
    Nancy DC (who gets up at 5am)