Mom, come and open the door, please!

[Randi]

Although Fister has me dancing to his tune most of the time, he won’t always get his way! But he is actually quite the civilised boy these days... if I don’t open the door, he’ll just go and have a snack and then back to bed.

Fister is lucky that the people working in the yard love cats, so they don’t mind at all he’s down there, and although he does stop and look out the gate to the street, he’s become a bit of a funk in his old age, so he won't go out there - children and dogs could suddenly appear!

Lut, when you come, I think we have to plan it so Fister is in the yard when you arrive, or you won’t see him at all - unless you want to crawl around on your knees to look under my bed.

Here’s one more from the other day:

[Vermontcat]

I have to agree with Pinot's mom that you are very polite about asking very nicely to go outside unlike my cat Milly.
She demands that she gets to go out NOW and even tries to open the door herself. One of these days I wouldn't be surprised if she did open it herself, she is a very smart and very determined girl.
Like Pinot, Milly has to wait until her escort is ready to take her out, she isn't allowed to go out on her own and Izzy wants to go out when Milly goes out too.
They both love to eat the grass and patrol the yard and garden.
Usually after 10-15 minutes they are both happy to go inside again and take a nice long nap.
Only once has Milly barfed up grass in the house, that was when I had picked her up to carry her through the door and she barfed on the rug by the kitchen door as soon as I put her down.

[Cataholic]

Fister is much more polite than my guys. My guys do the mad dash, which is then followed by the 4 year old scream, which is then followed by the mom's instruction, "close the door!". Fortunately, mine go down 4 steps and stop at the grazing field, aka front yard. Monte actually hides under a bench on the porch waiting for a perfect opportunity.

The urping things beats all odds. I have 90% hardwood. Where does the urp end up? On the long tassled rug in one of our bedrooms. As gross as it sounds, I leave it there until it dries up. Much easier clean.

[Barbara]

Fister makes sure all other kitties in the garden know that the bench and table belong only to him.
His meow is very similar to Tigris' who also tells us clearly what he needs.