Watchcat protocol DCLXXXIX

Watchcat Headquarters doesn't encourage this. Once in a great while, however, it's permissible for a watchcat to request a backup watchcat so she can savor the good security service she has provided for a few minutes:

December 2012: Watchcat Rosie, smiling with pride at the good job she has done.

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Just because she was relaxed, it didn't mean Watchcat Rosie wasn't guarding her assigned sector in April 2003:

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I always knew my kitchen was secure, thanks to Watchcat Sylvia and her wooden watchcat backups.  Here they are on duty in April 2010:

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Intruders might think this is a decorative tortie cat statue.  It isn't.  It's actually Watchcat Lily, surveying her assigned sector last night:

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You know your fortress is secure when you have a dedicated watchcat monitoring one side of an assigned sector and a backup watchcat and watchrabbit keeping an eye on the other side:

Spring 2017: Watchcat Sylvia and her backup security force.

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A doorway is a good place from which to guard one's assigned sector.  A watchcat can spot a wide range of activity from that vantage point:

October 2004: I vaguely remember Watchcat Rosie calling out, "Medic!" from this guard post once.  I don't remember why, though.

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In Spring 2011, Watchcat Rosie conveyed to visitors, "You know no one gets past me, right?"  Such was her attitude when guarding the steps: