The water bottle works until I'm away from home. Deaf and stubborn are not good combinations. He has his own cardboard box in each room. Cat furniture! Place mats and table runners are wonderful things to slide on when mom's away. The scoundrel stole a chicken pin cushion I bought to give as a door prize at my next book signing. Came home and found it in one of his cardboard boxes. He'd dug it out of a plastic bag full of other items. Did this three days in a row. I decided the door prize belonged to him.