Always accompany guests to the bathroom. It is not necessary to do
anything. Just sit and stare.

DOORS:

Do not allow any closed doors in any room. To get door open, stand on
hind legs and hammer with forepaws. Once door is opened, it is not
necessary to use it. After you have ordered an "outside" door opened,
stand halfway in and out and think about several things. This is
particularly important during very cold weather, rain, snow, or mosquito
season.

CHAIRS AND RUGS:

If you have to throw up, get to a chair quickly. If you cannot manage in
time, get to an Oriental rug. If there is no Oriental rug, shag is good.
When throwing up on the carpet, make sure you back up so it is as long
as a human's bare foot.

HAMPERING:

If one of your humans is engaged in some activity and the other is idle,
stay with the busy one. This is called 'helping', otherwise known as
'hampering'. The following are the rules for 'hampering':

1) When supervising cooking, sit just behind the left heel of the cook.
You cannot be seen and thereby stand a better chance of being stepped on
and then picked up and comforted.

2) For book readers, get in close under the chin, between eyes and book,
unless you can lie across the book itself.

3) For paperwork, lie on the work in the most appropriate manner so as
to obscure as much of the work as possible or at least. Pretend to doze,
but every so often reach out and slap the pencil or pen.

4) For people paying bills or working on income taxes or Christmas
cards, keep in mind the aim: to hamper! First, sit on the paper being
worked on. When dislodged, watch sadly from the side of the table. When
activity proceeds nicely, roll around on the papers, scattering them to
the best of your ability. After being removed for the second time, push
pens pencils, and erasers off the table, one at a time.

5) When a human is holding the newspaper in front of him/her, be sure to
jump on the back of the paper. Humans love to jump.

6) When human is working at computer, jump up on desk, walk across
keyboard, bat at mouse pointer on screen and then lay in human's lap
across arms, hampering the typing in progress.

WALKING:

As often as possible, dart quickly and as close as possible in front of
the human, especially on stairs, when they have something in their arms,
in the dark, and when they first get up in the morning. This will help
their coordination skills.

BEDTIME:

Always sleep on the human at night so he/she cannot move around.

LITTER BOX:

When using the litter box, be sure to kick as much litter out of the box
as possible. Humans love the feel of kitty litter between their toes.

HIDING:

Every now and then, hide in a place where the humans cannot find you.
Do not >come out for three to four hours under any circumstances. This
will cause
the humans to panic (which they love) thinking that you have run away or
are lost. Once you do come out, the humans will cover you with love and
kisses and you will probably get a treat.

ONE LAST THOUGHT:

Whenever possible, get close to a human, especially their face, turn
around, and present your butt to them. Humans love this, so do it often.
And

don't forget guests!