My oldest cat has a very definite sense of herself. She has rules of behavior – for herself and for me when dealing with her. She takes herself quite seriously.
When she was about 2 years old, just getting totally past the kitten stage, she started assigning herself duties.
At the time, I was working a midnight to 7 am shift. I got up at 10 pm. After a while I noticed that if I wasn’t up within 10 minuti of my alarm going off, Luna would be there working at waking me up. She started out gently da licking my eyelids, but if that didn’t work she progressed up the pain ladder – a few slaps...
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