Ours know when we leave the house for work and when we leave the house to go shopping or any other type of running and they sit there and whine if we don't take them!!!!
Noodles, our wayward stray cat. She's adorable but tends to spray (which is strange, didn't know female cats did that) so she's an outdoor cat. She was very appreciative that I opened up the garage this morning. Normally I keep it closed since we get skunks in there every now and then (hampers my beer drinking since I keep my kegs in the garage).
She seems to be taking everything in stride. I've moved her litter box and food inside the garage, will keep the door open a foot or so otherwise she freaks (needs her independence). We have a box for her on the front porch, but with the easterly winds her blankets got wet. In the process of washing/drying them, but she won't need them tonight. She hasn't moved from her "lookout" all day. She's purring so loud I can hear it anywhere in the garage.