• If you’ll promise to aim your hairballs where I don’t walk, I’ll promise to comb you more often and take care of any mats before they become uncomfortable for your skin.
• I will feed you food without cornmeal listed in the ingredients so you will vomit less to being with.
• You will all try to get along with each other. If you can’t stand the other cat, just leave the area. Don’t have a hissy fit just because Bubba looked at you “that way he does”.
• When using the bathroom, please think INSIDE the box. Knowing how you don’t like to use dirty toilets, in return I’ll try harder to keep your litter box clean on a regular basis.
• I promise to spend more quality time with you, playing with cat toys or laser pointers so you can have fun and exercise too. In return, stop pretending that human feet under covers are critters that need to be tamed at 3 a.m.
• If you will cooperate better with claw clipping, I will try to trim your nails every 3-4 weeks so they don’t get hung up on furniture and bedding. If the process makes you nervous, I’ll give you treats to nibble on while I do it so the clippers don’t seem so scary. Read my blog on claw clipping for more advice.
• Stop teasing the dog for your own amusement. We all know you have superior intellect (and smell better too). There’s no need to make her look like a fool all the time.
• As I care about your health, I will monitor your diet carefully to make sure you don’t become too heavy, feeding you a quality, high protein dry food and canned food twice daily. Being a Maine Coon doesn’t automatically mean you are supposed to weigh 25 pounds if the weight doesn’t fit your stature.
• Speaking of diet, I don’t put food out on the counter just for you. Kindly refrain from licking the butter or stealing food as if I won’t notice. I don’t eat your food so don’t eat mine.
Wishing my readers and their feline companions a healthy, happy New Year!
Sharon
Love the NY resolutions for cats and their caregivers! Junior "visited" me again this week. It's really weird! Aunt Clarice
ReplyDeleteBut life is not all about me; it’s really about the cats.
ReplyDeleteDon't let the chickens hear you say that. They would be traumatized. I'm sure Jay already knows.
...in return I’ll try harder to keep your litter box clean on a regular basis.
With as many cats as you have in your house, is this like a daily cleaning? Or more often than that?
Speaking of diet, I don’t put food out on the counter just for you. Kindly refrain from licking the butter or stealing food as if I won’t notice. I don’t eat your food so don’t eat mine.
Now here is advice for the whole family, not just the cats.
Let me know how that not eating the people food on the counter works. I haven't had any luck keeping Heath from trying to eat anything that isn't bigger than him. Silly Maine Coon boy! Thanks for stopping by my blog. I love your stories!
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