I have had so many new experiences and new behaviors happen this past week, where to start, where to start….hmmmm…pats paw up, down, up, down, up, down…ok, ok, I have 3 things…
First…you know Dad and I have been working on this ‘bonding’ thingy…
So in the morning now, completely routine, I trot, yes, yes…I really do trot…right after him…talking to encourage him all the way. And when he gets my brekkie ready, I follow right on his heels and let him pet me while I eat.
What is really new is a beginning routine at dinner time too.
Yesterday, first time I ever did this at dinner time…I was taking a rest on my Bird Watching Tower. Dad came down the stairs, said “Hi Savvydo, do you want your dindin?”…my head literally whipped up, jerked around, I dove off the tower and beat him to the kitchen. Dad was happy!!! And I waited impatiently while he got my dindin and I let him pet me again while I ate…mmmmmmmmmmmmmm…
Second, Mom and I resurrected(vocab builder) an old toy of mine (course all of mine are only 7 mnths old…but old is still relative, right?). It is a wand toy, with some purple feathers on it.
She starts to wave the little purple feathers across the floor…and WHAM!!! I took off after them like lightening…and I ran and ran and ran and chased and chased and chased those feathers…then she pulled them after her into the hallway and I followed and ran some more…
I was panting, loving it…we did that for about 30 minutes until I just laid flat out next to my scratching post…pooped!!!!!!! Great time!!!
Third, and the BEST EVER!!! MOM MADE UP A NEW GAME CALLED CHASE THIS MORNING…AND I TOTALLY FLABBERGASTED (BIG VOCAB BUILDER) HER!! We did it with the little purple feather wand…
It started with me at the bottom of the stairs…Mom was at the top…
…Mom started pulling the purple feathers up the stairs, and I got interested, and padded softly up to sneak up on them…she then pulled them to the end of the hall upstairs..I padded after…
…Mom turned around and went back to the stairs, and down…with me now in hot pursuit of those purple feathers…
…I caught them at the bottom of the entry stairs, in the downstairs hallway…so we played a bit there…
…then Mom took off down the hallway and into the kitchen…then through to the dining room, on into the living room…back to the downstairs hallway…we did that big circle a couple times…then I changed the rules…
…so down the hall…
…into the kitchen…note the wet bar on the left. That opens into the living room…emmmhmmm…
…it didn’t take me more than 2 times around to figure out I could cut out some of the running if I just zipped into the living room and hopped on the wet bar to wait for Mom to come through on the other side in the kitchen…SMART CAT, huh???!!!!!!!!!!!….(never, ever, counter surfed before)…startled Mom so much she squeeked when she saw me…MOL..
…so this is the rest of the circuit…through the kitchen…
…see the door there by the textile hanging???…that is to the kitchen…from the dining room
…then through the dining room into the living room…
…through the living room back to the entry hallway…
…after about 6 times, I threw myself down in our bedroom door and said “UNCLE”!!!…
Mom was relieved ‘cuz she hasn’t been to the gym for about 2 weeks now, so she was huffing and puffing…
Isn’t that the best ever race track for our GAME OF CHASE!!!
I can’t believe I did that…neither can Mom…we both can’t wait to tell Dad when he gets home…I think I am liking this being an indoor family cat…yup, really nice…purrrrr…
That’s my Monday Meowsie News…Paw Pats, Savannah
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