The other morning one of our cats wanted us to get up early, and sat on DH's chest, purring loudly and kneading. DH ignored her. A few minutes later, his radio alarm went off, and he reached over and hit 'snooze'. She wandered onto the bedside table, sniffed around, then came back on his chest. Five minutes later, the alarm went off again and he hit 'snooze' again. She watched him, walked over and sat ON the alarm clock, and padded around with her feet until the radio kicked in. Then she jumped down and went and sat by the door, looking at us expectantly (and looking very pleased with herself). 
The next morning we were woked very very early by his radio... and a very smug looking cat.
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Mmmcoffee · 06/01/2012 13:25
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oreocrumbs ·
06/01/2012 13:33
Hee hee thats great
My cat is not so clever, but he takes the post out of the letter box for us, and we have a friend, who is a bit annoying and comes round to visit at all hours unannounced - anyway, very early sunday morning he knocks on the door, I peer out of the window and DP and I decide to stay asleep and ignore, so the cat who always behaved like a dog does his usual visit to the door and when he realised we were staying in bed he stood at the top of the stairs growling untill friend left!!
We didn't have any dogs then so that was just his own take on how to handle the situation! We have 4 dogs now and he doesn't do that anymore after all whay have a dog and bark yourself. He knows he is in charge and doesn't need to shout about it
Oh he van also pick up the box of cat treats (the little plastic whiskers one) and carry it upstairs to the living room for me to open it 
. He used to flick if off the bench so the lid popped off and eat them from the floor but now with the dogs he does this! Its so cute!
Mmmcoffee ·
06/01/2012 14:14
he has the dogs well trained then!
Mine figured out how to open the Whiskas treats by knocking them on the floor, too. I had to buy a little plastic tub with a snap lid that can't come off.
One cat lets us know he wants to come in by hooking his claws over the halfway-up bit on the door, doing a pull-up, and peering through the glass. He looks like Kilroy. The other screeeeeeeetches his claws down the glass
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Mmmcoffee ·
06/01/2012 14:39
I would hate mine to learn to open doors, we'd have to keep the front door locked all the time!
I am still trying to figure out how they get muddy footprints in the bath. The bathroom floor is white, and it is spotless. The bathtub is full of muddy footprints in the morning - DH showers around 5am and it's obviously after he's finished and the bathtub is still wet, but how do they get in there and make all that mess without covering the floor in muddy footprints too? And where does the mud come from? 
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oreocrumbs ·
06/01/2012 18:58
My cat also knocks on the door to be let in, and if we don't respond that very second treats us to a nice claw scratch on glass!
I get the muddy footprints too, and either the cat has managed to hitch a ride on a dog wouldn't put it past him or they have dust trapped in the fur in the paws and when they get to the wet surface it mixes to become mud?
Mine also likes to sit on the paper when your reading it.
And when you go to the loo he sits on your knee 
. Thought he lost that habit when DD was born (because she was constantly attatched to a boob) but now when she is not there he is right back to it!
They're complete gimballs, the pair of them.
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