Some Saturday feedback from SuperDave... Got straight to the action again last night and it worked a treat! Just before, she had expressed concern because there was a crowd of 19 year olds playing computer games in the den downstairs and she thought they might hear something but I quickly gave her something else to occupy her mind with the swiftest of chest rubs followed by a long and deliberate slide down to the danger zone. By the time I got there she was all mine! At the height of the action there was a fair bit of noise from downstairs when the teenagers went out but she was beyond the point of caring by then and actually made a fair bit of noise herself at the end which was delicious! I think this is an approach that is well worth trying but I have to admit that I have the advantage that she is prepared for something to happen because of our weekly schedule. Be bold and good luck! SD