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The intelligence of Boots
Jul. 18th, 2007 09:38 pmPursuant to Boots attempting to wake me at unholy hours of the morning, I have eventually trained her to realise that I don't get up to feed her until my alarm clock (ie my cell phone) goes off at 6am.
One weekday morning, having set my alarm later than usual so I could sleep in, I woke to the sound of something being dropped. Then a quieter noise, then something being dropped again. Possibly the same something. On discreet investigation, I discovered that Boots was picking up the cell phone in her mouth and dropping it repeatedly, presumably in an attempt to make it go off so I'd get up and feed her.
After I'd finished laughing, I took pity on her. No, I didn't get up and thereby undo weeks of training. I retrieved the cell phone from her, reset the alarm for a few minutes thence, put it down again and 'slept' until it went off and I could legitimately get up and feed her. Nowadays the alarm is always set for 6am, 6:30 if I need to sleep in a bit, 7 if both of us have been up really really late; and if when it goes off I still need a few more hours sleep I feed her and then go back to bed.
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One weekday morning, having set my alarm later than usual so I could sleep in, I woke to the sound of something being dropped. Then a quieter noise, then something being dropped again. Possibly the same something. On discreet investigation, I discovered that Boots was picking up the cell phone in her mouth and dropping it repeatedly, presumably in an attempt to make it go off so I'd get up and feed her.
After I'd finished laughing, I took pity on her. No, I didn't get up and thereby undo weeks of training. I retrieved the cell phone from her, reset the alarm for a few minutes thence, put it down again and 'slept' until it went off and I could legitimately get up and feed her. Nowadays the alarm is always set for 6am, 6:30 if I need to sleep in a bit, 7 if both of us have been up really really late; and if when it goes off I still need a few more hours sleep I feed her and then go back to bed.
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