Cat Tricks

HAMPERING: If one of your humans is engaged in some close activity and the
other is idle, stay with the busy one. This is called "helping" otherwise known as "hampering." Some rules:

a) When supervising cooking, sit just behind the left heel of the cook. You
cannot be seen and thereby stand a better chance of being stepped on and then
picked up and comforted.

b) For book readers, get in close under the chin, between eyes and book,
unless you can lie across the book itself.

c) For knitting projects or paperwork, lie on the work in the most
appropriate manner to obscure the maximum amount. Pretend to dose but every so
often reach out and slap the pencil or knitting needles. Sit on the paperwork
they are working on. Roll around on the papers, scattering them to the best of
your ability. After being removed for the second time, push pens pencils, and
erasers off the table, one at a time. Embroidery and needlepoint make great
hammocks.

d) When a human is holding the newspaper in front of him/her be sure to
jump at the back of the paper. They love surprises.

e) Dart out quickly and as close as possible in front of the human,
especially: on stairs; when they have something in their arms; in the dark; and
when they first get up in the morning. This will help their coordination
skills.

f) When a human is attempting to "make the bed," hop on it and curl up in
the center , or pounce on the sheet the human is trying to rearrange. If the
human tries to ignore you by covering you with the sheets, move around and try
to mess things up. Protest loudly when you're evicted.

g) Laundry presents many opportunities to hamper. Laundry fresh from the
dryer is a perfect bed, since it is warm and soft. As soon as it is put down for
sorting, arrange yourself for a nap. If the human removes you, keep returning
until the laundry isn't warm anymore. Now it's playtime. Pounce on anything the
human tries to move around for folding, especially socks and nylons. For added
fun, grab a sock and hide under the bed with it.

hehe now thats funny, my tigger does similar things to, crazy what cats can accomplish in a few hours to make us raise our eyebrows at them!

thanks for sharing this pat

Yep, Joey has C and E down to a science! lol, lol Thanks Pat, these are great! Love 'em!

hugs,
Rhonda