Thursday, April 24, 2008

Kitty Behavior Modification

Okay, so here's the thing: my cat's a whiner. She woke me up at 5:30 this morning wanting to be fed. I picked her up and put her outside my room. This continued until I fed her at 7:45.

It's ridiculous. It puts my mood in a horrible set for the rest of the day because I'm not getting steady sleep.

And she's a talker anyway. It's not a big deal, but it is when she won't. shut. up.

So I looked up cat behavior, and I have to start pouring on the encouragement when she's being quiet and ignoring her when shes yapping away. This is tough because, well shes picky. Sometimes she wants to be left alone. This experiment will be interesting and I'll have to share it with Shawna, my roommate.

**Update**
This morning (4/25) I woke up and Jolie was sitting quietly at the foot of the bed. Success! I couldn't have done it without Shawna! And the treats I gave kitty randomly when she was being quiet..... But yay!

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