There is a book called Worry and Nervousness: The Science of Self Mastery. I don't know a thing about the book or its author, except that its author must not own cats
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Zuul actually got so neurotic about OH MY GODS AND LITTLE FISHES, I CAN SEE THE BOTTOM OF MY FOOD BOWL (even though it's a pinhole view and the bowl is otherwise full) that we eventually *adopted another cat* to give her more stimulation and get her to stop being quite so stressed-out
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Our cats would lead us places like food, water, Outdoor..but they knew there was a tradeoff, they had to roll over first. The training was for *out* but they adapted it to get whatever it is they wanted. Including my dad's warm chair with a sneaky bait and switch on the *out*.
Certainly they were finicky about food and water and Burrito would YOWL when on his way in for cuddles, but I only ever really saw anxiety at the vet's office.
We did occasionally see the resentment at the rolling over training before he learned he could use it to get his way at everything. He would sigh out of stubbornness and frustration, try and wait us out, and finally roll at the 8 count of 10.
They had very different styles of the rolling, too. Thankfully, Nacho mostly learned it from watching Burrito; she didn't require much training. She was generally more stubborn and would leap out over top of him when door was open, but got much better about it after he passed and she couldn't sneak.
At least around here, it's recommended to have at least three days food and water on hand at all times in case of emergencies. Clearly three days food and water is the new empty!
It's probably from that time I went out of town for three days and he shut himself in the bedroom by mistake and couldn't get to his food and was forced to pee on my bed in retaliation.
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Certainly they were finicky about food and water and Burrito would YOWL when on his way in for cuddles, but I only ever really saw anxiety at the vet's office.
We did occasionally see the resentment at the rolling over training before he learned he could use it to get his way at everything. He would sigh out of stubbornness and frustration, try and wait us out, and finally roll at the 8 count of 10.
They had very different styles of the rolling, too. Thankfully, Nacho mostly learned it from watching Burrito; she didn't require much training. She was generally more stubborn and would leap out over top of him when door was open, but got much better about it after he passed and she couldn't sneak.
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Ewen
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Sorry about that.
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