The female staff was at BlogPaws over the weekend. Sigh. That meant I had to break in the male staff member all over again. He did a pretty good job. Luckily he couldn’t ever ignore me too long because the two little human creatures do a great job of waking everyone up.
Anyway, today I saved an extra special wake up technique for the female.
I got my face thisclose to her face. And just sat there. And stared. And stared some more. Then, meowed. When she opened her eyes I sneezed. It was PERFECT timing! One cannot go back to sleep once one has cat sneeze juice in one’s eyes! She was up, wiping out her eyes, in an instant.
Also, you may (or may not) know that the female staff is allergic to cats so this strategy is doubly effective because she gets out of bed immediately to rinse out her eyes in the bathroom!
Lest you think I am a cruel, cruel kitty please remember that I don’t employ this tactic very frequently. And she WAS gone for four nights.
Just sayin.
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Ooooo, nice one Romeo! Even if the person isn’t allergic, they’re likely to jump if you get sneeze joose on ‘em. And once they’re awake, what does it hurt to get out of bed and feed the kitties?
Keep up the good work!
Finny, BUddy & Jazzy
now that was pure genious Romeo!!! What a strategy! You were abandoned for a whole weekend…surprised ya didn’t add in a little tap tap on her nose while you were at it…’sneeze juice’…gotta remember that one MOL
Your mom might not be able to sleep with sneeze juice on her, but if I got up every time I had it on me I’d sleep pretty infrequently..
Yup, really glad I’m not allergic.
That one is awesome! I get in my human’s face all the time while she is working, but the sneeze technique is just not the same when her eyes are already open and she is at the computer.
Good ones.
Our cat brother who came before us angel Butterscotch used to stand on mom and lick her eyelids. Worked every time.
Our last foster monster who was loose all night took to doing laps on the bed at 6:30am (way before mom has to get up). It DID wake up mom, but she didn’t GET up – just dropped the monster off the bed. MOL
Way to go Romeo. That is a good way to get her up out of the bed. Hope she had a good time at Blog Paws. Have a great week.
haha – you are a pro at these wake-up tactics pal. We should all take lessens from you.
That was pretty clever, Romeo. You always have to teach them a lesson when they are gone for too long to make them feel guilty. Toby is a genius at this, too.