DOG BEDS

Anything new brought into the house has to be explored, reviewed & examined by ALL THREE cats. Favorite items are paper grocery bags & corrugated boxes. They check them out & one or more cats will crawl into the new object.

Plastic bags are a no-no. They have no sustaining support & the noise the bags make is not appreciated by The Girls. They avoid plastic bags.

Naturally, being cats, when I spent money on their "furniture" -- the "Kat Kondo" -- they investigated it when it was set up in the living room & then they promptly ignored it for weeks.

Well, the money was NOT wasted, as I first feared. In fact, it is now the daily hang-out for Nibblets.

Ignoring the irritated look Miss Nibs is providing in the above photo, she seems to enjoy sitting in the upper "barrel"; either looking into the room -- where she is provided head scratches -- or staring out the window at all the birds visiting the bird feeders.

One time in Petsmart, I acquired a bed which I figured would be the right size for any of the three thugs. When I brought it home the same scenario occurred: the bed was examined & there after, ignored.

The bed ended up in the corner of my office & after what ever length of "cat time" was necessary for it to be accepted as part of the house, THE WOBBLER took it over as her own. Wobs is the only cat to use the bed. In fact, she's sleeping in it now as I type.

Well, being a person who likes to spend money on his cats, another visit to Petsmart had the same beds on sale. Bed number two came home with me.

I placed the bed on the floor in the living room, with the idea that when it was occupied, I would have another cat sharing the living room with me during TV time & not scattered all over the house. They are my girls & I want to enjoy their companionship.

RIGHT !!

Same story ... ad nauseam. The second bed was investigated, reviewed & ignored.

Finally, while doing some cleaning & rearranging recently, I placed the latest bed on the dining room table, just to get it out of the way, before I put it in storage someplace ... like in a closet.

That's all it took to get it utilized; put the bed some place ... "inconvenient"... but only for humans. Works every time !!

"Momma Kitty" -- Precious -- can usually now be found on the table in "her" bed. Good thing I eat most of my meals at the kitchen counter. I'd hate to be in her way.

Still, now that Wobs & Precious each have their own beds, I get to chuckle each time when I look at them curled up all comfy & serene, since I know ... they are in DOG BEDS !!!