Cat\’s Eye View

Every cat knows that we could do what our humans want us to, if we felt like it.

But most of the time, we don’t. It prevents them from getting any illusions that they control us. Luckily, Ma never gets those ideas. She knows all the time that I rule this house.

So, every once in awhile I like to throw her a bone and do what she actually expects of me. She’s so cute. She wrote about me here. She tried to pretend to other humans that she’s in control, but we all know better.

I have her trained to get up when I want breakfast, change my water as soon as she is awake for the day, and get my fish promptly at six o’clock.  Training her wasn’t easy and took some perseverance, but I’m sure you can train your people too.

The key is to look pathetic and cute while being demanding all at the same time. When I was training her to get up at dawn to make my breakfast (yummy cruchy ProPlan!) I had to spend a few days nosing around my dish and making sure she could see that it was empty. I even put one paw up on top of the food container to let her know what I wanted.

Sometimes, with people, you have to speark very slowly and plainly for them to get it.

A couple times, I gave her the belly flop to “show my appreciation.”

now, she is so well-trained, she gets my breakfast at dawn even if I decide to sleep in.

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