Thread: Merlin is a morning coonie *yawn* and I also think he was raised by dogs

You know those Friskies commercials, the ones for their "morning" cat food that says "Cats are morning people"? I used to think that was the most ridiculous thing I'd ever heard...Until we got Merlin. I have never had a cat wake me in the morning for anything. The most Mandy ever does is chirp and then come up for rubs and cuddles, and she generally doesn't disturb my sleep. Merlin is a different story! He steps all over me and DH, will lay on top of us or right next to us, fussing and turning around over and over again until someone gets up to give him his breakfast. Yesterday he got right in my face and drooled on my mouth! (Merlin drools a LOT because he doesn't have any teeth). It was the same thing again today, sans drooling, and I was completely awake by 6:30am, even though I'm still on break and have absolutely NO reason to be conscious at that hour. It will come in handy when school resumes, however.

I'm also convinced that Merlin was raised by dogs. He scratches with belly with his back feet like a dog, he LOVES having his belly rubbed...like a dog, he makes strange noises that do not sound like meows (typical for MC's I know, but he howls in the basement...like a DOG!) Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night to Merlin howling away at nothing in particular, the moon I guess LOL!