Great stories! When Bear is outside he frequently wants to "check on us" so he'll knock on the door adn make sure we're ok and then turn around and continue to laze around outside. Well, when he wants to make us upset, he'll do this repeatedly. We get up, go open the door, see what he wants, close the door, and sit back down on the couch. A minute or 2 later he is doing it again and the process is repeated over and over again. If we decide not to answer the door he'll knock harder or bark loudly once or twice to get our attention for sure. When we've finally had enough, we'll make him come inside and then hang out. Once he gets more loves and cuddle he's okay. Silly boy has us so wrapped around his little toe pad!