Another post about my cats

At my house, cat bossiness is in inverse proportion to their size and seniority. Hairball is the largest and most senior. She lets Screech chase her around and trounce her good. The Geek and I have encouraged her to sit on him at least once; that would teach him a lesson. No such luck, she just wails “mommy he’s picking on meeeee”.

Screech is the middle child and used to be the house bully. Even full-grown golden retrievers are scared of him. He will sit on a chair and wait for them to come by – SWAT. Yipes!!! Another dog learns to grovel. Tinker is the smallest, youngest and newest to the household, full of vinegar and determined to be in charge. She does not make the dog grovel; she has a different tactic. She snuggles up to the dog and plays all lovey-dovey, ain’t I sweet. Dogs fall for it! Same with us humans. If it is a lap, she is in it wanting to be petted.

Since February, there is a new boss in the house and it is Tinker. She makes sure Screech toes the line. Oddly enough, Hairball has decided she will not tolerate Tinker being bossy. She has not sat on her yet but it is merely a matter of time. Screech has become the cowardly lion. I suspect he decided to bully Tinker once and she let fly. I told Hairball he would stop if she just stood up to him once. See there cats – the human was right!

I should admit that the cats have trained the humans. Hairball will sit in your lap ONLY if there is something soft covering it. She does not lay on bare skin or blue jeans. Sweats are acceptable. She comes up to you and checks your lap out, if the covering is not acceptable she will sit to one side, mew and stare at your face then your lap. Hint, hint – put one of those nice afghans on it so I can sit down. We now know to go ahead and cover our laps as soon as we sit down. Saves energy later. Tinker is the one teaching us about emptying the litter box at least twice a day. She has a way of getting her opinion across that makes me more than happy to clean the litter box as often as she wants. Screech – the alarm clock – has taught us he will wait until the appropriate hour but, by god, we had better get up then. Therefore, we do, even on holidays.

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