Dear
George,
Victory!
I finally kicked out my parents from the master bedroom and the master bed, of
course!
Look at
me in the pictures attached to see how happy I am. But, let me tell you how I
did it J This
past Monday was a culmination of about 10 days and nights with over 100%
humidity and 30 degrees (Celsius).
Everybody was just exhausted by the heat and lying motionless on the
bed.
That’s
when a major storm hit us and by-by power; for 2 days and nights we had no
electricity and no A/C. That was my chance George! I pretended that I can’t
sleep unless I’m close to them and started sleeping
between the two snuggling either with her or him.
By the
second night neither one of them could take it anymore; the first to leave was
him, of course.
He moved
in a spare bedroom with a small bed; soon she followed him….but in a different
spare bedroom. Ha! Ha! Ha! Not only that I have the whole master bedroom for me
now ….but I managed to get them separated at night too! And this is a good
thing, right?
George,
the truth is that I’m in a bit of a dilemma and I need your advice. The other
day I heard the human kitten (who calls himself a young professional – whatever
that is) that my human parents are somewhere in Europe. That scared me a
little. Do you think I kicked them too hard?
That
hard that they got to Europe? How
do I bring them back?
CAT
Victoria
Dear Victoria
Many congratulations for a huge feline achievement. You have succeeded where so many of us have failed. You have managed to keep your humans off your bed altogether. This is the pinnacle of the cat master plan, the apex of human training, the gold standard for the cat-human relationship. Congratulations.
You've done it. You have proved that you are in total control.....
Now be generous. You know you can do it, so now you are free to take pity on them. Remember humans are emotional beings that need feline contact. If they cannot sleep in your company they may start suffering separation distress - becoming vocal, clinging, trying to pick you up, interrupting your sleep, harassing you for affection. They can't help it: it's just their general neediness.
This is the moment to be generous. Let them have a little bit of your bed at night.
Yours
George.
Dear Victoria
Many congratulations for a huge feline achievement. You have succeeded where so many of us have failed. You have managed to keep your humans off your bed altogether. This is the pinnacle of the cat master plan, the apex of human training, the gold standard for the cat-human relationship. Congratulations.
You've done it. You have proved that you are in total control.....
Now be generous. You know you can do it, so now you are free to take pity on them. Remember humans are emotional beings that need feline contact. If they cannot sleep in your company they may start suffering separation distress - becoming vocal, clinging, trying to pick you up, interrupting your sleep, harassing you for affection. They can't help it: it's just their general neediness.
This is the moment to be generous. Let them have a little bit of your bed at night.
Yours
George.
Excellent work Victoria, a true victory. George is right, do allow them, perhaps one or two nights per month in your bed. Perhaps you could ask at the GP surgery and put some posters up if they don't come home soon?
ReplyDeleteGerry & Mungo
way to go! You'd love my post today too - so similar
ReplyDeleteYou worked darn hard! Good Job Victoria. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteNow, let them sleep on the edge of the bed - he on one edge and she on the other :-)
Diego
PS. You look very pretty under that cover
Now you have to meow loud enough for them to hear you and come back!
ReplyDeleteBe affectionate upon their return if you want to have "natural" heaters winter time.
Tom
Dear George,
ReplyDeleteI have to translate your blog into German (reading and speaking no English), and find it great.
Since cat can learn a lot on how to deal with people. ;-)
Best regards from Switzerland, Lake Constance.
Fiona and her mom Julia