speaking her language...

oh yes she will lol

most of the cats know better than to mess with our meal while we are there - but this kitten is only 8 weeks, and still needs to have limits set - and the roomie isn't real good about doing so - and she hands out treats, I don't I keep telling her, we need to not let the baby get away with this stuff or she'll try it on the new owners....

the cats know the roomie is a softer touch than I am, so they all stare at her

not good at purring, but I can hiss like a master! Most of mine are good about leaving the food alone, but this kitten just hasn't taken "NO" before, and she's got to learn some manners before she can find a new home...

don't leave anything low enough or a dog will steal and eat it around here, but the cats are restricted by low, so you have to guard food around here

Our dogs have always been taught not to beg at the table and not to steal food. Rocky, Mom's Rottweiler, was a different story. There were only two incidents of his stealing food. One was her peanut butter sandwich, and the second was an angel food cake that we had just bought at the grocery store. Abby, my friends dog has been a different matter. She really never received training. My friend would reprimand the dog for doing wrong and then promptly apologize and love the dog. Talk about mixed messages!!!! I have been working for a year getting the dog broken of bad habits and trained to walk calmly at your side, not steal food, keep herself off my bed, not jump on people or claw them when they are sitting and visiting, and currently we are fighting about her sleeping on the couch. It wouldn't be so important but the couch I have right now is a really cheaply built sofa and there is hardly any stuffing in the seat cushions, so having the dog on the couch constantly would destroy the remaining stuffing. I am about to get the dog's owner to take her back. I am spending a ton of money for food without the owner helping out. She seems to think that giving me money once every three or four months will provide food for the dog. Abby eats three times as much as the three mini Dachshunds eat...so a 40 pound bag of dog food only lasts me three weeks in comparison to it lasting nearly three months! Anyhow, at least there was some training of the dog, and maybe when the dog goes back to the owner she will retain some of the training.

[b] Dang, Loverbear! Now I need to go find dry undies! I doubt I'll ever look at a pb&j sandwich again without at least grinning! Maggiepie "WHERE'S THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE"[/b]

YOU feel asleep on YOUR fish stick, and LET the cat take it...

believe me, the kitten really sat up and noticed when I did it - she just ignores every thing else - but when she's rubbing up against you its hard to stay mad at her...

oh yes, its funny, but you might try it, this little girl hasn't taken "No" for an answer and she BITES!

good for Gissi, yeah, most of the cats only look longingly, but this little girl, well, she goes for what she wants - and to get her adopted, we're going to have to correct some of these bad behaviors

Actually, my first cat stole a fish stick off the former roomie's plate. Now, back then we didn't know she had sleep apnea, and she'd fall asleep anywhere, any time. So, we had sat down to eat and she went to sleep. I figured if she couldn't stay awake long enough to eat her meal, then Sab EARNED that fish stick!

oh, I know a bit of what they sound out, but I can't say I know what I'm saying, just when to use some of them

it does sound like meals should be dog free - the dog we grew up with would sit under the table, no one dropped food intentionally, but what did get dropped got vacuumed up... She was a really good dog

I've never had that "problem" now, Cujo didn't know what treats were before he came here, and because of the big dogs torturing him at his previous place, he's got some funny habits, he'll take a bite of food and then turn around, same with water, drink a few laps then turn around - obviously he's not had the problem with the big dogs here, but its now a programed response...

Spunky was the runt of her litter of 8. I don't think she ever got into the habit of pushing her way in for feeding. She was such an ugly, malformed little thing when I got her at six weeks. You wouldn't know it to see her now! LOL I'm glad your Cujo isn't being tortured anymore. Poor baby..........

I'm glad you like them because I sure do enjoy telling them!

We must be TRUE cat lovers

I'll tell ya, Jool is the first cat (kitten) I've ever had that was THIS determined to try for human food. now, the roomie is bad about letting the cats have treats, but I'm like stone (except for Star) But this isn't begging, this is getting up in the food and claiming it as her own. And I have to admit, its pretty amusing right now, but it won't be as she gets bigger, so it needs to be corrected now.

sounds like you got a message across, I wonder if he stopped just for you or for everyone...

and I know how to growl like a cat too, that way deep in the throat growl it was a priceless look!

Yeah, I was eating the other night and she just ignore me - like "this one isn't available to share food with" She'll get right INTO the roomie's food

I've growled at a few dogs in my life too, but not one I was living with