re:coffee table tails

[Emma Goodall]

I have to laugh about all the tail wag stories. We don't have coffee tables 
but a cardboard box on its side (don't ask) and the stone fire surround. 
Tatty likes to steal wood from near the fire surround so things are safe on 
that - if she knocks them we know where she is in the wood stealing 
process. She had two glasses of beer all over her in two days from the box 
so no matter how fast she is going she avoids it. HOWEVER, she loves to 
nudge me when I have a full mug of hot chocolate especially if I am sitting 
on the sofa - so much so we have got to dye the sofa cover chocolate 
colour, but even worse...
I work on a table with folding legs, Tatty likes to be near when I work, 
and one day she tried to walk between the legs, as she came out the other 
side, the legs bent, collapsed and table fell on top of my foot - computer, 
printer, files etc everywhere on the floor! I had to get everything out of 
the way to remove my foot whilst Tatty was jumping around with her 'what 
me?' look (head tilted sideways, eyes all pleading). She is now forbidden 
under tables - 'out of there' is now one of the most frequent commands. (by 
the way this worked in the hotel last week when she had her head in the 
toilet bowl)
Emma and Tatty in France