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bryanska - 14 Oct 2005 12:05 GMT

10-month old adoptee female wakes us up EVERY morning an hour before I
have to wake up. THIS WILL STOP. I will do whatever it takes.

Go ahead and get huffy if you will at my previous paragraph. I believe
in an understanding with my pets, and she will understand it's NOT okay
to wake me.

Mostly, she's playing with something in the room. I believe she carries
things in. Since this is about 90% of the time, I plan on getting
everything off the floor around the house before we got to bed. Do you
think this will help?

Other times, she jumps on the bed. With a gentle but firm push, I kick
her slowly off.

But I am not a pleasant person in the morning, and short-tempered and
angry when anyone wakes me up early. It's 6 AM here, I've been forced
awake a half hour ago. I work hard during the day. I get ONE piece of
my life to myself, and that's sleep.

What have you done to establish a clear line?

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Upscale - 14 Oct 2005 12:15 GMT

"bryanska" <BARRELBACK@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote in message

> What have you done to establish a clear line?

Close the bedroom door and ignore her whining trying to get into the
bedroom.

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bryanska - 14 Oct 2005 14:34 GMT

> Close the bedroom door and ignore her whining trying to get into the
> bedroom.

And that works? How long does it take - I imagine with a cat's short
attention span it would "take" pretty quickly. Or should I be prepared
for 2 weeks of patience?

I like the cat just fine, but my sleep is sacred.

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alt4 - 14 Oct 2005 16:26 GMT

This will sound cold, but you get up early so it isn't. Can you sleep with
earplugs? If yes, do that and ignore her whining. Our cats go down to the
basement, bring up laundry, dirty and clean. That's besides playing with
everything on the floor; on the pc table, nightstands, and just generally in
the room. My wife is used to getting up early, I'm not, I am used to
ignoring. Ask my parents :-)

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>> Close the bedroom door and ignore her whining trying to get into the
>> bedroom.
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> I like the cat just fine, but my sleep is sacred.

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bryanska - 14 Oct 2005 16:51 GMT

>This will sound cold, but you get up early so it isn't. Can you sleep with
>earplugs?

Hmmm... not a bad idea. If the solution involves closing the door and
letting her whine, I could do this. The fiance, however, may not be
able to. And I have to have her buy-in on whatever action we take.

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Ghost - 14 Oct 2005 21:35 GMT

>>This will sound cold, but you get up early so it isn't. Can you sleep with
>>earplugs?
>
> Hmmm... not a bad idea. If the solution involves closing the door and
> letting her whine, I could do this. The fiance, however, may not be
> able to. And I have to have her buy-in on whatever action we take.

it'll be harder with the fiace or even you than it will with the cat
once you hear the kitty meowing, you'll want to jump out of bed take pitty.
just keep saying to your selves, kitty wil be alright :)

when you get up, a lil extra affextion wont hurt ;)

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Upscale - 14 Oct 2005 23:27 GMT

"bryanska" <BARRELBACK@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote in message

> And that works? How long does it take - I imagine with a cat's short
> attention span it would "take" pretty quickly. Or should I be prepared
> for 2 weeks of patience?

How long does it take? It's something you'll have to do permanently. Every
morning she's waiting there outside my door and full of energy more than any
part of the day.

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Shadow Walker - 21 Oct 2005 16:11 GMT

I did that with my precious Bella. She would do that yowl call thing in
front of the door, pull on the door, push on the door, hang her paws under
the door, she even open's doors by turning the door knob. She finally just
started to eat the door, yeah I mean chew on the door until her teeth went
through. Got her to stop that so then she started on the door jamb. Now, she
dos not do this on any external doors in the house just internal room door.
So she understands that my leaving the house means I am not just beyond
those doors. To me that's a smart cat.

Company always says "Wow I didn't know Tawni (my dog) was a chewer?!". I
answer with "She isn't. That's from my cat." The looks that gets and
comments.
Gotta love them,
Gina

> "bryanska" <BARRELBACK@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote in message
>> What have you done to establish a clear line?
>
> Close the bedroom door and ignore her whining trying to get into the
> bedroom.

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mlbriggs - 15 Oct 2005 18:56 GMT

> 10-month old adoptee female wakes us up EVERY morning an hour before I
> have to wake up. THIS WILL STOP. I will do whatever it takes.
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>
> What have you done to establish a clear line?

This probably will resolve itself when daylight saving time ends. Like
the cat, I am still on standard time and find it hard to change just
because some dimwit started daylight saving time. Good luck. MLB

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No More Retail - 15 Oct 2005 22:27 GMT

This may sound extreme squirt gun one blast from above firball will run
may take a couple times but the firball will get the point. I hate to have
done it myself but I have a room where no cat is allowed it is my hobby
room and chemicals are kept in there that can hurt them. they kept pulling
on the door till they actually broke the door. Long story short installed
new door and locks they started pulling at the door got a blast of water
from under the door now they won't come any where near the door when it is
closed

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