I don’t know if you’ve ever seen the movie Head by the Monkees or if you even know who the band is. Maybe you’ve never heard of them. The song above is from their only movie. Yep. The movie is called Head. I used to know why, but I can’t remember at the moment. But the song above, Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again? has been playing in my head (Sorry for the pun) almost all morning. Why, you might ask?
It reminds me of this guy.
Every time I walk through the house, he believes I should be going to his food dish to fill it. Never mind he has dry food in a self feeder and can get to it whenever he wants. No, he wants the wet stuff. The good stuff. Getting there, and getting there first requires him to vault over things, wiggle under my feet and play his best pest role in order to get what he wants. It’s an interesting dance we do, him begging and me not giving in until it’s the determined feeding time.
If I gave in and fed him when he begged, then he’d eat ALL THE TIME. No joke. He’d be the size of a house. Yeah, no. So I don’t give in. But that doesn’t stop him from trying to trip me to get what he wants.
Every day we do this dance and every day I remind him that no, it’s not time and no, I won’t be feeding him. Like it’s on a loop.
Do you have this issue? Am I the only one with a pesty, but adorable cat, who knows how to game the system? I can’t be. He cannot be the only one. And yes, that is my cat in the photo. Cute little stinker, isn’t he?
Megan Slayer and Wendi Zwaduk 