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THE YOUNGSTER ARRIVES On taking the father cat home again last night after spending the day with me, his daughter came to greet us, but; on me going home via the road and not the back alleyway like I usually do, as the daughter will not come all the way down the alleyway due to the tomcats who live at the other end of it, I found them both following me home, and unlike the other times the father has been at my house, he has settled down with the front door closed, in fact, he and his daughter have now settled on my bed and are happily in the land of nods, keeping them for the night is one thing, but; it's the toilet training in the garden without them both setting off back to their old home if I am to have any hope of keeping them both as their owner is getting rid of them, come, the end of September and time is now short, so it will be out my back door whenever they get up this morning and see if the daughter will do her bit in the back garden then return back into the house, I already know the father does as he has been here before, if not, I will have no choice to escort both of the cats back to their house to see that they gets home safely, and try again next time with a litter tray inside the house, and see what happens from there . . . The father teaches, its youngster how to survive, and my door arrive Indiana Shaw . . .

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Date: 9/13/2020 9:40:00 PM
potty training is a shore, but cats do like their litterboxes. I did have a persian cat that didn't :) love the story
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Date: 9/15/2020 3:18:00 PM
The daughter will use the litter tray for both ends, the father won't use it, so I have no choice to let him out, but; we getting it sorted, no idea what to do if it rains mind, it will have to be back garden job, quick out, quick in, he he he . . . : )
Date: 9/13/2020 6:56:00 PM
sweet saga of the migration blues...animals usually know to go potty elsewhere, unless they are locked in... :)
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Date: 9/15/2020 3:15:00 PM
3 nights in and we have got a rota going, out early in the morning when there is no one about, same at night, no traffic to worry about . . . ; )

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