Floofstrapping (floofinition) When an animal helps itself.
In Use: “Smart animals will often use floofstrapping to feed themselves or satisfy their desires.”
Recent Use: “Parade Magazine shared a tale about a floofstrapping golden retriever escaping his place to take a dip in a neighbor’s pool “
Michael Seidel, writer 
That’s one thing that Regulus doesn’t do. Much like a newborn infant, he’ll wake us up in the middle of the night to get food that is already ready to be eaten (in his special feeder that is set to dispense food), but never stealing from the table, etc.
~Nan
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From what you’ve shared with me about Regulus, they seem like a unique sort of animal.
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Cleaning our my email box, which isn’t as big as the deficit created by the Big, Ugly Bill, and noticed this comment.
Unique? Maybe, but more like damaged in some way. Regulus is a stray that we adopted during the pandemic. He was seven years when we adopted him, according to the vet’s examination of him. We have no idea what his life was like prior to our time with him, but someone obviously abused him based on some of his early behaviors. I couldn’t even pet him straight on or he’d go into a defensive attack mode. Petting or scratching him from behind his ears, though, was fine. He also had issues with paper. I once picked up a magazine to read when he was sitting on my lap, and he jumped about a foot in the air and away from me as if he was about to be hit. As if I would ever do such a thing. He has other triggers, too, and now after all this time, he is better. But his memory is long and he remembers a time when it wasn’t so good. Yeah, TMI. ~Nan
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Poor Reg. I’m happy he found you, and you found him. Cheers
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Me, too, at least most of the time. Because Reggie is afflicted with bouts of chronic pancreatitis, it limits us from traveling since we never know when it will flare up. That’s the downside, but the upside is that he has a loving nature.
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