Here’s a tricky one:
What if Aspiekid needs her privacy, mom wants her to have her privacy, but mom is overenthusiastically dashing into Aspiekids room anyway?
We first tried teaching Aspimum (that’s me) to respect a closed door:
Knock, wait for a reply, then enter.
Nope, only worked whwn mum wasn’t hyperactive, and just HAD to serve tea immediately..
Then, how about a locked door? Yup. Works excellent, and Aspiekid has no problems respecting the “no locked doors when we are asleep”-rule maintained in case of fires or similar emergencies.
Except for three small problems: Our cats.
How do you make it possible for three active cats to enter the locked room, without allowing Hyperactive Mum inside, and without making a cat door?
It turned out to be quite easy.
Hypermum doesn’t stop to read any signs, but a physical barrier gets the message across!
A length of rope was attached to the wall next to the door, and tied to the door handle.
Long enough to keep the door ajar, for the cats, but for the door to allow some seclusion.
Two loops were mede on the rope so that the door can be “locked” in two positions.
Result:
Aspiemom in hypermode stops when seeing the rope, and acts as if the door was closed (long rope) or locked (short rope).
Tada!
