I have learned that cats don't raise a ruckus when they want something.

If they are hungry before dawn they will jump noiselessly into your bed and treat you kindly. They will wake you up before dawn by giving you gentle head butts. Or they will work your feet with their front paws with their claws "in".

During the day when you get into the kitchen and if they are hungry they will make cat noises and then sit by their feed dishes while staring at you. When you open up some cat food cans or prepare some of the premium cat food they mew and are happy. They know that good stuff is coming and remain patient.

While eating out of three different feed dishes Mister Mittens and her kittens happily share and never get nasty when somebody comes over to poke a head into their food. The Momcat will often stop eating while permitting her son or daughter to feed out of her dish. A dog would go nuts with that action.

Yesterday I moved the litterbox out of the downstairs saloon into the downstairs kitchen because 1/8 Pole is due to arrive here tomorrow and his Murphy bed comes out of the wall there. No problem for the cats - you show them where the bathroom is and they go to it.

It will be interseting to see if Mister Mittens remembers John - he was the person who rescued her from the streets and first gave her the "human touch" with acts of kindness.