This is exactly how my day ALWAYS begins.

[Siwsan]

[Ocelot II]

1. Yes indeed.

I just adopted a pair of cat brothers, about 4 years old, last week. They have already established a routine, which involves squeaking at me right about daylight. Then we go downstairs and the squeaking gets louder as the cans are opened. They have already learned that the food is in the kitchen, so whenever I go there for any reason they follow. They know what the sound of a rustling treat bag means even though I just got it yesterday. They also follow me to the bathroom because of the rule about humans in bathrooms always having to be accompanied by cats. It took them less than a week to become my overlords. I love them.

[niyad]

26. How absolutely wonderful. We look forward to pics, of course!

[soldierant]

32. Ad they love you.For cats without humans, living outdoors,

eliminating bodily waste is one of the most dangerous things a cat can do. The strong scent can attract predators. Since they don't want a predator to get you, they come with you into the bathroom to stand guard.

I don't know whether that's scientifically proven,, but it does make sense.

[Bumbles]

34. Thank you, soldierant, for making sense . . .

. . . of my being surrounded by two cats and one dog in my very small, size-of-a-phonebooth bathroom. Daph leans against my legs, the cats roam under and around her until Bosco gets on the back of the "throne" where he can pat me from behind for attention and Beans goes to the water bowl to dip his paw in and lap water he has captured in the palm of his paw. I feel protected now.

[SuzyandPuffpuff]

2. Yup

Usually with claws .. pouncing .. vocalizing .. drama

[perfessor]

3. And several times through the day.

[ChazInAz]

4. This morning

I was awakened by my brother and sister black cats lying on either side of me and staring expectantly, waiting for me to do the right thing.
I obeyed.

[JMCKUSICK]

5. Lol, that's cute.

[blm]

6. Pretty much.

[mwmisses4289]

7. Mine decide to start romping through the house about 5a.m.

Even though they know i won't start breakfast until 7-7:30.

[eppur_se_muova]

18. I have long described cats' nightime activities as The Game Of Thundering Hooves.

The rules are known only to them.

[CousinIT]

8. . . .

Yep. I'm familiar with that. I'm catless these days, but I've been there!

[appleannie1]

9. Oh yes. My four let me know when to get up, when to sit on the recliner so they can cuddle or perch, when to go to bed

and when they want to go out on the screened in porch to bird watch. One of them looks at me and makes chewing motions to let me know it is feeding time. They all have me well trained.

[calimary]

30. Three for me.

They’re spoiled as can be. By my husband as well as by me!

[MIButterfly]

10. My cats are on veterinary food.

When they first went on it, I would measure it according to the instructions on the bag and every morning, around 4:00, Martini would stand on me and Holly would gently touch my cheek with her paw - "get up and feed us! We're hungry!" I now just fill the bowl and them eat whenever they want.

Measuring it was clearly not enough food for them.

[popsdenver]

11. In reality

there is little difference between owning cats or dogs....."sleeping in" is a distant memory, once you get a cat OR dog.......

[2naSalit]

12. But...

How would you know when to get up if they weren't there to help you remember? They know you would oversleep and be unhealthy if you didn't them there to make demands on your time.

Just keep reminding yourself that they do it because they love you!

[TommieMommy]

13. Yes me too. My boy sticks his face on mine whiskers tickling tapping me with his paw. Gotta love cats 💙

[QED]

14. Same but with dogs

[Permanut]

15. Cats don't have owners, they have staff..

Our one year old "kitten" ALWAYS knows when it's PRECISELY 6 o'clock am.

[Martin68]

16. 5:00 AM and 4:00 PM

[tazcat]

17. Me too times nine!

[OldBaldy1701E]

19. Larson knew. He must have owned a few in his time.

[Klondike Kat]

20. Mine, too! Usually between 0200 and 0300

I don't want to feed them that early, but I've discovered that they'll go back to sleep after I've fed them - and there's always the off-chance that I'll be able to fall back to sleep, too. Fortunately I'm retired so I can catch a nap pretty much any time.

[AllaN01Bear]

21. """

[Evolve Dammit]

22. OMG. Where did you find that etching?

[mgardener]

23. Little meeps

Then pouncing.
Then climbing on my head.
That's when I get up.
Starts at 4:45 , unless it's near zero
Then they wait till the sunrises and it warms up.

[chowmama]

24. I have the coffeemaker set to go off automatically

About a half hour before the alarm goes off. The sound of coffee being made is their signal to do whatever it takes to pry me out from beneath the warm blankets.

Little bastards.

[niyad]

25. Well, yes, of course. As does mine. Of course, I currently have only one of

the little darlings.

[Polly Hennessey]

27. Millie's built in alarm clock wakes me at five.

Around noon I start receiving lunch nudges and at 5:00 🕔 pm the dinner purring starts. Today, it’s 5:03 pm - schedule, schedule, schedule. 🥹

[Cirsium]

28. Crack of dawn

Never fails.

[Beartracks]

29. Our cat, rest her soul, couldn't stand leftovers. And by leftovers...

... I mean anything more than 10 minutes old.

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[wordstroken]

31. Yep! I know exactly what you mean.

🦋 wordstroken

[AncientOfDays]

33. I feed my cat

At noon, and again at bedtime

That way I avoid that early morning wake up.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

35. I used to have a cat that made it very clear

when I should go to bed. She'd curl up on my left shoulder and purr me to sleep.