Don’t let him fool you…

Does this boy look innocent and sweet to you?  Does he look like he couldn’t hurt a fly?  Let alone cause someone ten times his size physical harm? 

This is Robin, and while greatly misunderstood by many a visitor to our home as stand-offish or even whiny… I must admit… he is my baby.  We have an unspeakable bond when it comes to who can comfort this wild beast… and I take quite a bit of pride in that he runs to me and puts his paws up to be held when no one else will do.  

But that comes with a price.

Robin must drink from the faucet, and most of the time decides he’s thirsty at 5:00am.  He’s got an internal clock you would not believe.  Here’s what he’s learned how to do in order to get us up: (HA! “Us”… Alan sleeps through this)

• Knock pictures off the wall.  We have since relocated all of them to areas he can’t reach from the top of the dresser.
• Turn ON my alarm clock.  It has a large bar that you can press for a nightlight.  He learned that if he paws at it, I’ll wake up.  I now cover it strategically with a pillow each night.
• Bounce me – nuff said.  We tried a water gun to dissuade this practice… he’s learned to sit there and take it.  (If he opened his mouth at this point I think we might have a solution)

Now I know you are thinking I am a complete wimp and I should just shut him outside…. a) I’d be kept up by the guilt more than his needing a drink at 5am because I am a HUGE animal softie, and b) tried that, didn’t work…. he rattles the door… all – night – long. 

So we’ve come to an agreement he and I… he does one of his tricks and I get up for a moment, turn the faucet to a drip, and get to sleep for another hour before work.  So what exactly happened last night I cannot tell you… perhaps I was too tired to get up… maybe he was not in the mood to wait.  

He knocked the lamp onto my head.

It’s a heavy lamp.  Yes it hurt.  And yes I have a mark.  No it wasn’t an accident – it’s too heavy to do with his tail.

I’m a little afraid to go to sleep tonight.

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