Yet another cat story

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So my cat is utterly fascinated by the closet where the washer and dryer live, because it's got - OMG! - a closed door. Every time I do laundry, she rushes over to investigate. I don't like her jumping up on top of them, because she's *really* fascinated by the space between the dryer and the side wall, and the one time she got there, she was stuck for a while because the folding door doesn't open wide enough for har to get through. She tried to jump back up onto the dryer, didn't make it, then spent ten minutes whining loudly and trying to stick her head through the small space between the door and the dryer while MOm and I tried to get our hands in there, under her, to lift her up and onto the dryer. And then when we sat back to contemplate phoning the apartment office and asking them to send someone over to move the dryer for us, the cat realizes that hey! maybe failing to jump onto the dryer once was just a fluke! and jumped up onto the dryer.

So I'd rather not go through this again, and do my best to keep her from jumping on the dryer. This doesn't stop her from jumping *into* the dryer and investigating when I've got it open. That usually doesn't last too long, because getting socked with a handful of wet clothing isn't very pleasant, so she usually jumps right out again. Today she jumped in and sat down, defying my attempts to show her that I was filling the space with wet, cold clothing. Until I ran to get the camera, of course. *Then* she decides she doesn't want to sit in there anymore, oh no. Sheesh.

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[pickledkiki.livejournal.com]

*lol*
Your cat is blonde. ^_^

You might just find some empty boxes to fill the space with - it'll take a few, but it's one less worry.

Maude always likes to check the cabinets if they're open long enough. I've shut him inside of them but that does not seem to discourage the practice; well and it won't harm him any to investigate the dishes.

[mundeemo.livejournal.com]

Our cat Landry loves the inside of the dryer, especially if the clothes were just dried. Our first year at our new house, one night we couldn't find Landry. We looked everywhere and we even checked outside and to no avail we couldn't find her. Then we had the brilliant idea to look in the dryer, there she was sleeping on some towels. The door was shut and she was very content.

Now when we do laundry we always have to check the dryer before we turn it on. We named Landry after the Sanrio character Landry the Laundry loving Raccoon because or her black mask. We never knew she actually loves laundry, so her name is even better. Ah cats, what would we do without them?