It took years of training...

[legrandice]

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.

 

[BrotherBart]

 

[BrotherBart]

Moving to the Inglenook to share it with more members.

 

[fossil]

I could never get mine out of their seats. They kept asking me to bring them snacks and drinks.

 

[Dix]

I could never get mine out of their seats. They kept asking me to bring them snacks and drinks.

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And you did

 

[fossil]

Yeah, just feline-whipped, I guess.

 

[WiscWoody]

Can this include my best friends?

 

[pen]

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.

pen

 

[Dix]

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 got sick 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.

pen

Mark the bottles.

 

[legrandice]

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.

pen

That's Awesome! Glad you can have a few drinks without worrying about your behavior now!

 

[pen]

That's Awesome! Glad you can have a few drinks without worrying about your behavior now!

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]

I could never get mine out of their seats. They kept asking me to bring them snacks and drinks.

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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.
They're quite comfortable with a pillow on the seat.

 

[begreen]

Our guy can't be relied on. He's liable to fall asleep on the job.(broken image removed)

 

[Warm_in_NH]

His fur gets all dried out but he's happy, not too smart, but happy.

 

[boomhour]

Our guy can't be relied on. He's liable to fall asleep on the job.(broken image removed)

Not much different here

 

[KindredSpiritzz]

you fellas have a bunch of lazy pets...bums i tell ya

 

[JoeyD]

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.

 

[legrandice]

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]

you fellas have a bunch of lazy pets...bums i tell ya

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.