My tendency to neurotically check if my cats are alive when they're sleeping has inadvertently trained one of them, Tony, to be a very deep sleeper, a fact which wound up alarming all of us when she zonked out on a footstool as we were watching sports*.
(*D&D)
(*D&D)
Because the deeper she sleeps, the more anxious I get to provoke a response from her, which has created a sort of arms race style escalation.
With Tommy, it doesn't matter if she's asleep... if I call her name, she's by my side in twenty seconds.
With Tony... you can pet her, poke her, jiggle her. Pick her up. If she's out, she's out.
With Tony... you can pet her, poke her, jiggle her. Pick her up. If she's out, she's out.