Our cat spends his day in and out. If I am home all day, then he is in and out more. Sometimes I think he gets me to open the door just to assert his authority, especially when he comes in the front door and straight out the back door. wah wahhing all the time. Bossy little bar*d. Sometimes he wah wahhs at the back door (expecially when you are busy) so you think he wants in, only to be told when you get to the door that you need to run the brush over his back. He does this by looking at you, and then at the brushing table, and then back at you. If you mention the word brush, he leaps onto the table and assumes the position. I should take a video of this to prove it.
I hope I don't get told to keep him in all the time, it would drive us both crazy. I don't want my little mate to be a prisoner.