Hello Friends,
Alberto here. The recent purchase of a sofa at our house brought up some misunderstandings between the felines and the humans in our home. It occurred to me that many of my feline readers may be experiencing some of these misunderstandings in their own homes so I decided to opine about this.
The female human announced the sofa was for her and our male human to “sit comfortably” and watch the big black moving picture thingy in the living room. What she failed to recognize is that there are feline rules regarding furniture and other areas of the home, for that matter.
Rule # 1 –What’s Yours is Ours
The new sofa arrived and the female human snapped a photo after it was situated. Note that the fur protection,(blankets and throws are not in appearance yet. Funny how they always magically disappear when other humans come to visit).
We were quite happy to have this extra space to relax on and wasted no time checking it out.
Rule # 2 – Your Comfort is Of No Concern To Us
We immediately took possession of the new sofa (as well as the old one). We so enjoy the blankets the female human puts on them for our comfort. I am purrrticularly pleased with the long part of the new sofa as I like to stretch myself out as far as I can and this area accommodates me quite well. We are thrilled with the extra room we now have, each sofa accommodates two cats, much more comfy than our former, cramped situation!
The female human is always griping about not having a comfy place to sit but since she’s always that last one home there is no spot for her. The male human, if he’s lucky, squeezes himself in on one side of the new couch and the female human is left with the chair. Now if any humans are reading this and wondering, “Why don’t they just move the cats?” you are obviously not owned by felines and attempting to explain this phenomena to you would be fruitless.
Rule # 3 –Any Place We want to Lounge Is Our Space (if It fits we sit)
The female human often points to areas of the house saying things like, “Keep off the counter”, “You are not allowed on the dining room table”, blah, blah, blah. We find this quite amusing and wonder when she’s ever going to give up this sham that we have boundaries. I’ve included a few photos of us expressing to the humans that there is absolutely no place that is “off limits” to us.
New furniture, old furniture or for that matter, any place in the house, belongs to the felines in residence.
Sometimes the humans will cruelly close doors in an attempt to keep us out of places. There is always a work around for this. The female human tries to keep me out of her downstairs office but thankfully she has glass doors so a pitiful expression and much howling always does the trick (if the door is not glass, no worries, just implement the howling).
I sincerely hope you, my feline friends, have found these rules helpful and that my human readers will finally come to the inevitable conclusion that cats will lounge where cats want to lounge, it’s how we roll.
Lounge On My Fearless Feline Friends,
Alberto
Why don’t they just move the cats? Seriously? Peeps still ask stuff like that? MOUSES!
Purrs,
Seville
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Hi Seville,
If boggles the feline mind that there are so many humans unschooled in the way of feline/human interaction. We have a lot of educating to do my friend.
Purrs and Head Bonks,
Alberto
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We sure do. It’s like the peeps don’t even TRY to learn. MOUSES!
Purrs,
Seville
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That is a nice couch your humans got for you.
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Thanks, we like it too! Lots of room to stretch out.
Purrs and Head Bonks,
Alberto
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What a nice looking couch the humans picked out for your comfort. MOL!
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Oh MeOW Alberto, ya’ll sure do have a nice sofa. Both are quite nice in fact. We don’t have any such seating arrangements in our home. And we do have a few feline off limits areas. Altho’ we gladly stay off the counters. Ya’ know, work goes on there. We don’t wanna work any more than we have too. MOL We find mommy’s lap is usually sufficient. And we do have a broken chair dat was given to us dat we sometimes use. And cuz it’s broken, mommy’s not even allowed on it. MOL Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Hey Dezi and Raena,
I think it’s safe to say that the two of you are far more polite than Oliver and I.
Love, Purrs and Head Bonks,
Alberto
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MOL Well mommy says we’re Southern Belles and have to be pawlite. MOL Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Thank you Alberto. We are putting this aside to go over it with our humans. Snoops and Kommando Kitty
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Humans need help!
Purrs and Head Bonks,
Alberto
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Hehehe, clearly some new cat lovers haven’t read their contracts. Says so in the cat size print that we have first paws on everything… and everything else that we may have missed.
Purrs, ERin
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Exactly , humans should read the find (paw) print!
Purrs and Head Bonks,
Tucker
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We love your rules. Especially number 3. If we fit somewhere, it’s definitely our space!
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Lola, you are so right!
Purrs and Head Bonks,
Tucker
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I always thought that when the humans said “get off” or “share” … they were just SUGGESTIONS! Ummm … no! You kitties are so adorable, I can’t believe anyone would ask you to move! ~Bear Cat
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Bear Cat,
That’s why we are “sympatico”, our fine feline minds think alike.
Your Friend,
Tucker
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We have similar furniture rules at our house, too 🙂 I usually follow them until it comes time for bed and then cats and dogs have to be moved from my pillow–the rest of the time, though, I squeeze in wherever there’s room.
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It’s true, life goes so much easier for the humans if they just observe our rules!
Purrs and Head Bonks, Tucker
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