We walked in the door last night from our long weekend out of town with family and friends. Whenever we do so, we come home to find the couches covered with tarp. Since my brothers were waiting on our front porch last night to eat supper with us, they uncovered and folded up the green tarp, moving back the couches.
Several years back on our two week long road trip out west, in spite of a house sitter, we discovered that our cat, Maestro like to mess on the couch. He became nervous while we packed for the anticipated camping road trip with bags and supplies strewn across the floor. At this time he developed a behavioral pattern of using the couch as a litter box to let us know he was upset with us leaving town.
So anytime we are gone out of town, we push the couches together and throw a big tarp over them blocking off the bottoms so that he cannot access them in any way. We also make sure the bedroom doors are closed (just in case). Then we clean out his litter box and stock him up on food and water.
A few months ago, this tarp actually saved our hides. We did not notice that Judah had closed the bathroom door on our way out of the house. We came back to a horrid smell but at least our couches were still usable and clean. The tarp, on the other hand, made its way out to the trash.
Another time, we forgot to stock Maestro up on extra food and water for a weekend. That weekend we came home to find that he had actually pulled off a couple of our books from the bookshelves to chew on the paper. We had to clean up little, ripped pieces of paper all over the floor.
Animals/pets can be funny when it comes to letting you know how they feel. My tip today is be prepared for the worst. Being prepared and resourceful will save you time and energy cleaning up and money trying to replace your couches.
Do you have any funny stories about your pets while you are gone?
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