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one kept wandering toward the door to see what was up so I had
to put her in my son's room (all our cats are indoor only) - but then
again, she's 99.9% deaf, so the doorbell and kids' loud voices didn't
really bother her........
one laid down low behind my recliner where he could still see what
we were doing at the door but where noone could really see him......
the last two basically just *disappeared* until it was all over - they
DON'T like the doorbell so after it went off twice, they were in hiding !
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| I had the same problem with my two. Miss Sarah Vaughan, who is a
scaredy cat by nature, hid behind the sofa in the basement in the
family room, and didn't come out until about 10pm, after about 1 1/2
hours of no bell/knocking.
Count Basie, who is as bold as brass, ran upstairs and hid, I guess.
Last year, when he was only about 4 months old at this time, he showed
off a lot for the kids. I don't have a regular doorbell, either a
brass knocker or one of those electronic jobs that plays "westminster
chimes"; I didn't have this last year, so maybe the tune drove him
nuts.
I had a small problem a couple of months ago; for some reason my
electric garage door opener decided to work on its own, and the
electronic chimes decided to play ALL the various selections (12 in
all, from ding-dong, to the "12 Days of Christmas") in the middle of the
night. The cats and their mom ALL freaked on that one. Happened a
couple of nights in a row, at maybe 2 or 3 am, until I ripped the
chimes out of
the socket and reset the code. Maybe my kids were scared then and
still haven't gotten over it.
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