My three cats like to be in the garage at various times. It seems that Sake likes to be in the garage if she thinks there will be some kind of food out there. There generally never is.
I do not feed the cats in the garage. I am not sure where this thought from Sake comes from. Sake is very good about letting me know when it is time to return to the house proper. She bangs the door, jumps on the screen on the garage door window, or wails very loudly. Sometimes, Sake has spent the night in the garage. I always wonder why: Did I not hear her requests to come back into the house, or did I ignore such a request. Or did she not make a request.
Haiku also does okay about returning to the house proper from the garage. She may cry, or scratch the garage door, or at the most desperate, climb the screen on the door. The door has a screen part way up, and when the cats climb it, the noise is very loud.
Yesterday, Taki was in the garage. As is usual when the cats are in the garage, I tried to check on her regularly. But not regularly enough. She scratched at the door and returned into the house, when the door to the garage was opened.
This was the first time that Taki made her wishes known to return to the house from the garage. I am so proud of her.
Taki does not always get it. Unlike Sake or Haiku, she does not know how to open cupboards, or drawers. She can push her way into the bathroom, but unless the door has a large opening, she is unable to pull open the door to leave from the bathroom.
So asking to leave from the garage is a great development. Good for Taki!
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