If Jerry’s in the apartment, I close the door. Without fail, Coffee* will start meowing at the door. Yesterday, she put her paw under the door trying to open it. When I’m alone in the apartment, I leave the door open. She comes running when she hears me grunting. She does the kittie-rub dance around my legs and purrs loudly; I pet her and stroke her, and she purrs louder.
When Jerry’s in the bathroom doing his thing, and I’m surfing the web or doing whatever it is I’m doing…which is usually surfing the web, she stands at the door and meows. I yell to Jerry, “Let her in! She wants to watch you poop!”
I wish I knew when and how I inadvertently trained her that pooping equals petting time.
By the way, in case you’re curious, Jerry and I usually announce to each other when we’re going to poop. It’s one of the fun couples-games we play, like farting on each other. We’ve never pooped in front of each other; that would be gross.
*Coffee’s my one cat; Copland’s the other. Copland doesn’t like to be with us when we poop.
crumpet | 15-Feb-07 at 3:43 pm | Permalink
We announce too. Well, I announce. I consider it a warning.
Stella used to have this thing with the shower when she lived inside the house (our dogs live outside now — rental rules, plus they’re happier and less dependant) — she’d hear the water stop and come running, just in time to lick all the water off our legs.
crumpet | 15-Feb-07 at 3:48 pm | Permalink
Okay, Mr C just PMed me (from the kitchen — I’m in the living room) with “i have a bottom with smells in it!”. He is, in fact, an announcer.
alex | 15-Feb-07 at 6:22 pm | Permalink
“I have a bottom with smells in it”? That’s a new one I’ll start using. Our current favorite is, “Poopin’!”, or if one is looking for the other, “Are ya poopin’?”
Junior | 15-Feb-07 at 7:43 pm | Permalink
“Poopin’!” eh? How original. None of my cats have weird bodily function fetishes, but the small one does like to get all rubby when I get out of the shower. Also, the fat one likes to sit as close to my face as possible. On it if possible. Which brings us nicely back to having a bottom with smells on it.
alex | 15-Feb-07 at 8:37 pm | Permalink
The one that doesn’t like to watch me poop does that, gets really, really close to my face. Then she turns around so her butt is right in my face.
Yes, I discourage that.