But I finally got the cat to the point where he can handle the stove by himself. Here he is after a reload waiting to turn down the air. So proud of the little guy.
It took years of training...
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I could never get mine out of their seats. They kept asking me to bring them snacks and drinks. 
Dix
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I could never get mine out of their seats. They kept asking me to bring them snacks and drinks.
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A few years ago I decided to put fireplace screens around the wood stove.
You might think I did it because of the kids, but in reality, I was sick of waking up in the morning and wondering if I drank more than I thought I did, or if the cat was the one over-adjusting the wood stove.
Long story short, our cat truly was rubbing against the woodstove's air control and turning it down in the night..... Now I need to find a way to prove that she's drinking my booze too.
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You might think I did it because of the kids, but in reality, I was sick of waking up in the morning and wondering if I drank more than I thought I did, or if the cat was the one over-adjusting the wood stove.
Long story short, our cat truly was rubbing against the woodstove's air control and turning it down in the night..... Now I need to find a way to prove that she's drinking my booze too.
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Dix
Minister of Fire
I figure others must have had their pets adjust the stove for them.
In reality, what happened was she had a few teeth going bad (she's somewhere between '15' and 'infinity' years old) and we figure she was rubbing her face on the air control as they were bothering her. Once we figured out she had a problem and I dropped enough change to buy 100 other cats on her antique rear, the stove adjustments stopped.
Still not convinced she's staying out of my booze tho! With extra toes, I'm pretty sure she can open bottles. In particular, the blackberry brandy seems to be getting hit pretty hard. Thanks for the suggestion @Doing The Dixie Eyed Hustle but the old girl has better penmanship than I have
bsruther
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Hah, camp chairs. We keep two of them in the closet and use them to sit in front of the stove, just about every night.I could never get mine out of their seats. They kept asking me to bring them snacks and drinks.
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They're quite comfortable with a pillow on the seat.
Warm_in_NH
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boomhour
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Our guy can't be relied on. He's liable to fall asleep on the job.
Not much different here
KindredSpiritzz
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JoeyD
Minister of Fire
Some good posts here. I put the IR thermometer on the head of our cat and it read 115 degrees which explains why she is not that smart.
Yikes! Thats a warm cat for sure. Mine will sit on that stool, turning once in a while until he is ready to combust. Then he moves back to a chair across from the fire and sacks out. My wife does the same. Rough life.
Warm_in_NH
Minister of Fire
He's so lazy he goes into the basement and gets a mouse trap with a dead mouse in it and brings it to me all proud of himself.
He really doesn't know how good he has it.
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