Here’s some background information on our cats. First there is Buddy my orange cat. He loves to come in & get on the furniture to sleep. Chairs, couch, bed – he isn’t picky – we try to keep him off but he is really hard headheaded. Then there is Tigger who comes in & sleeps on the rug, the wood floor, the fireplace or my wood shelf unit. Tigger likes only cool places to hang out & never gets on the “real” furniture.
SO… we decide we are getting some new furniture SO Eugene says NO CATS ON THE NEW FURNITURE! What do I do???
So off to Walmart for a cool kitty bed for Buddy. Warm, fuzzy & brown to match our decor. Tigger doesn’t need one as he doesn’t sleep in warm cozy places.
Home again & Buddy goes CRAZY! He hates it!! He’s scared of it & guess what?? Tigger falls madly in love with the thing & claims it anyway! I’ve still got a problem – new furniture coming in 2 weeks & Buddy still loves to hang out on furniture. Of course, by now we’ve sold all our old furniture & he doesn’t have much left to hang out on.
So off to Walmart again. Let’s see – a really cool cat bed with a pocket under it that you put catnip in. It gives it an catnip smell & cats are supposed to go nuts. Dustin laughed when I took it to the car & said no way will that work!!
Home again & Dustin got it all fixed up for them.Then guess what?? Both cats went crazy over the bed! Buddy wanted it & Tigger wanted it! Tigger forgot all about how much he loved his old bed – he wanted this one!! Just like kids!!
Of course, like kids the new worn off & Tigger will hang out in either bed – he loves them. We are still working with Buddy. He gets on the furniture – we put him in his bed over & over & over! Maybe given time you can teach an “old cat” new tricks!!
Here’s some photos for a laugh!
First Buddy gives us that “Will you PLEASE make Tigger leave me along look!
While Tigger gives you -the who me look – the I’m NOT doing A THING wrong look!!!
Slowly – so NOBODY will notice – Tigger starts to creep toward Buddy..
Closer & closer – I can almost touch him… Buddy gives him the I see you coming look!
Here I COME…!!
Tigger gives up being a pest & just hangs out in his cat bed!
Buddy goes to sleep & dreams of a Tigger free home & sleeping on the furniture!
Hope you got a laugh looking at my kids [opps! cats!] They sure give us lots of laughs!!
They are so cute! I’ll have to come over and hold Buddy so he can feel like he’s on the furniture.
I can’t believe yours did it only a week. I’ve been working on Tiger awhile since we got our furniture. He finalllllllly sleeps in it most of the time. Mackie thought I was so cruel to move him everytime he went to sleep on the new furniture! But I hate having to vacuum the furniture!!! So persistance does pay off….even when the cat in 12 years old. And maybe I should of gotten some catnip! -nj-
Tigger learned in a week..Buddy is STILL learning! He’ll sleep in his bed IF we put him there & sometimes get in it himself – but really likes the chairs better still! Maybe someday we’ll win!