Well, having a cat like Sophie is a bit of a handful–especially when it comes to work.
I work a lot from home, working on my blogs, marketing, etc. Needless to say, when I’m home, my attention-hungry Sophie interprets the time as more play time.
For a few months now, we’ve been working on bringing her weight down. As a young cat (four years old), she shouldn’t be fat. Fortunately, the latest diet we put her on, Wellness Healthy Weight, has helped her shed a few pounds. Her active level is higher than it’s been for awhile.
Rather than sleep all day, she constantly wants to play. I feel bad not playing whenever she begs for it, but I soon realized there had to be some ground rules. I came across this post from the Web Worker Daily about working with pets in the house. Top on the list? Train them.
Whether or not she’ll admit it, Sophie is trained. When we first brought her home, she was constantly waking us up to be fed–at five in the morning. That had to stop. I made her wait until an alarm on my Palm went off. She soon figured it out. No alarm. No food. The hardest part about that was training my husband not to brake down and feed her first.
Well, now that she’s on a canned food diet and being fed twice a day, the afternoon meal soon became a problem. Solution? An afternoon alarm when I knew I’d be home.
So far, it’s worked. I have to remind her with a “Not yet,” every now and again. She knows though. No alarm. No food.
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