Door Check

I’m not sure what the deal is with my 20 pounds of housecat.  He’s developed a new quirk.  Now, when I find him at the door and try to let him outside, I am required to open and close the door three or four times before he will actually walk outside.  He sits there watching the door (not looking outside) with great interest as I conduct the “practice openings.”

It’s as though he is some kind of building inspector making sure the door is in perfect working order before he will use it.  Or, perhaps, my cat has developed obsessive compulsive disorder and I and the door are caught up in one of his OCD loops.

 -- Mitchell Hegman