"Thousands of years ago, cats
were worshipped as gods. Cats
have never forgotten this."     
                          ~Anonymous

Kitty Etiquette  (from a cat´s point of view)

Bathrooms:

Always accompany guests to the bathroom. It is not necessary to do
anything. Just sit and stare. You can help out by unrolling the toilet tissue
for them.

Doors:

Do not allow any closed doors in any room. To get the door open, stand on
hind legs and hammer with forepaws ... or scratch at the carpet in front of
the door. Once the door is opened, it is not necessary to use it. After you
have ordered an "outside" door opened, stand halfway in and out and
think about several things. This is particularly important during very cold
weather, rain, snow or mosquito season in the "peg".

Chairs and Rugs:

If you have to throw-up, get to a chair quickly. If you can´t manage in time,
get to an Oriental rug. if there is no Oriental rug, shag is good. When
throwing up on the carpet, make sure you back up so it is as long as a
human´s barefoot.

Helping:

If one of your humans is engaged in some activity and the other idle, stay
with the busy one. This is called "helping".
Rules for "helping":

1. When supervising cooking/feeding time, be sitting just behind the left
heel of the cook. You can´t be seen and thereby stand a better chance of
being stepped on and then picked up and comforted.
2. For book readers, get in close under the chin, between the eyes and
book, unless you can lie across the book itself.
3. For paperwork, lie on the work in the most appropriate manner, so as to
obscure as much of the work as possible. Pretend to doze, but every so
often reach out and slap the pencil or pen.
4. For people paying bills or working on income taxes or Xmas cards, keep
in mind the aim: to help! First, sit on the paper being worked on. When
dislodged, watch sadly from the side of the table. When activity proceeds
nicely, roll around on the papers, scattering them to the best of your ability.
After being removed for the 2nd time, push pens, pencils and erasers off
the table, one at-a-time.
5. When a human (pet sitter) is holding the newspaper in front of them, be
sure to jump at the back of the paper. Humans love to be startled.
6. When a human is working at a pc, jump up on the desk, visit by walking
across the keyboard, bat at the mouse pointer on the screen and then lay
in human´s lap across arms, helping with typing in progress.

Walking:

As often as possible, dart 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 1st get up in the morning. This will help their
coordination skills.

Bedtime:

Every now and then, hide in a place where the humans (& pet sitter) can´t
find you. Do not come out for 3 to 4 hrs under any circumstances. This will
cause the humans to panic (which they love) thinking you have run away or
are lost. Once you do come out, the humans will cover you with love and
kisses and you will probably get treats.

One Last Cat Thought:

Whenever possible, get close to a human, especially their face ... turn
around and present your butt to them. Humans love this, so do it often. And
don´t forget to visits guests (& pet sitter) too!

       
KITTY ETIQUETTE