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Grandma Only Wanted to Wash the Car. Sterling Found the Hose First.

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Car wash day in the driveway was supposed to be simple. Grandma Dottie has her yellow sponge pressed to the side of her dark green sedan, but she can barely keep a straight face, because Sterling has discovered the hose. A bright arc of water shoots up from the bucket, and the Russian Blue is standing on his hind legs batting at it with both front paws, eyes wide and whiskers flared. A blue pail, a pair of work gloves and a few fallen leaves are scattered across the wet concrete behind them.

The old idea that all cats hate water is not quite true. Many cats dislike being soaked, but moving water like a dripping faucet or a trickling stream can be fascinating to them. Running water makes sound and flashes in the light, which grabs a cat's attention, and some cats simply enjoy swatting at it. If your cat is a water-player, let them choose how close to get and never spray them directly. Keep car-cleaning products, soaps and antifreeze well out of reach, since many automotive chemicals are dangerous to pets, and wipe up puddles of anything other than plain water right away.

The car may end up only half clean, but nobody in this driveway seems to mind. Sometimes the best part of a chore is the helper who turns it into a game.

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