Daisy Doodle wants lovin in the morning. She will paw my leg and if that doesn't garner fast enough results I get a gentle nip on my shin. Then as I begin to reach down, she plops on the floor. This means she wants her back massaged.

Boo sits and waits at the bathroom door as if guarding it. He is waiting for me to turn on the faucet for his morning drink.

Mixers is my verbal cat. She waits until I am sound asleep, then stealthily jumps on my bed. She startles the living crap outta me with her bugle cry, which gets louder with each passing day, because she is 15 and almost deaf. This means she wants me to pet her head.

Annie cakes lies all the time. She waits at the front door and quietly meows, at all waking hours, indicating that she is so hungry her backbone is rubbing her belly.

My late Whiskers would put his two front paws on my lap and look at me. This meant he wanted me to hold him.

My late Patches would spy around the corner of the kitchen wall...and glare at me and follow my every move. That meant it was time to eat.

They have me trained well.