– by Michael!
I’m really a dog person. I grew up with dogs, I know how to act with dogs, I’m comfortable with dogs. I never honestly disliked cats, but I also never really interacted with them. Abbey (pictured below in a rare moment of grace) has been a bit of an adjustment for me, but I think I’ve got a handle on a few of the things that she hates and some of the things she does not hate (‘love’ is not really part of Abbey’s emotional makeup).
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| D’awwwww she’s so cute when she’s not destroying everything. |
Things my cat hates:
- A full laundry rack
- Being petted
- Cat food
- Not being petted
- Knowing where her toys are
- Her water bowl
- That one plant that The Human Slaves keep moving so that she can destroy it in a new place
- The underside of any piece of upholstered furniture
- The Human Slaves sleeping for more than an hour at a time
- The Human Slaves shutting the bedroom door so that they can sleep for more than an hour at a time
- Her crate
- Curtains
- Being in any form of moving vehicle
- The couch
- Using her scratching post as a scratching post
- Yarn
- Bathtime (this is beyond hate, and journeys into the realm of anathema)
Things my cat does not hate:
- Tuna, because it makes her smell so interesting
- Anything that was put on top of the bar, because it MUST be the laser pointer
- Yarn
- The couch
- Food left on the counter to thaw, especially chicken
- Sleeping on her bed
- Sleeping on our bed
- Sleeping on the writing table
- Sleeping on the couch
- Assaulting the Human Slaves’s ankles while they are carrying hot beverages
- Running up and down the hallway with the graceful, sinuous motion of a drunken miniature elephant with an inner ear infection
- Doing the above at 3am
- Fussing at The Human Slaves when they have been gone too long
- Occasionally showing just enough affection to The Human Slaves so that they forget all of the annoying things or, better yet, remember them as amusing.