We don’t have a cat door that leads to our catio so, when the weather is too hot to leave the door open, I have to open it whenever a cat wants to come in or go out. Sometimes my wife opens it but mostly it’s my job. Frankie is extremely annoying when it comes to wanting to be on the other side of the door. He usually scratches on the door to get my attention but sometimes he just stares through the window.

When I let him in, he’ll wander into the kitchen to see if the food situation has changed and then a minute later, he is at the door wanting to go back out.

Sometimes we’ll repeat the in and out routine five times in five minutes. It is like he is testing my patience. Other times, though, he will nap on the catio, and we won’t see him for hours.