It's time for me to turn into a cat bed for the night...they are NOT spoiled.
Of course not...just well loved, there IS a difference.It's time for me to turn into a cat bed for the night...they are NOT spoiled.
+1--make it "fun/rewarding." Why do you think kids get suckers (or they used to) after getting a shot? I have had several "thunder phobic" dogs. I would load up Kongs and roll-a-treats and let them have those during thunderstorms. It didn't cure them, but it did distract them and stop one of them from climbing the walls (almost literally) and stop hiding in the bathtub or behind the toilet. If I had had them as puppies (I have not had a puppy for over 20 years--mine have all been s/one else's rejects with issues that made them difficult/impossible to adopt out), I would have played games with the puppy during thunderstorms and given it high value treats. Oh, that's the other thing--make the treat associated with the insulin shot(s) the highest value treat possible and only give that treat when doing the shot. One of my dogs LOVED toast--another mini-marshmallows--if he could, I think he would've done backflips for mini-marshmallows. Whatever works. Another went nuts over a snoopy squeaky toy. I could get him to do all kinds of things for that squeaky toy. But, he didn't get to play with it "at whim." That squeaky was a training aid and only used as a reward during training.Find Ollie a vet approved treat that he likes when it is shot time, he should get his shots at the same time every day. Then he will start coming to you when it's time for the shot, if only because you give him the treat after. Getting his insulin at the same time everyday will give better control of his diabetes.
+1...hmmm...bet the girls would like a "chicken" tree..........i got the new cat tree assembled. they love it. were a little hesitant at first ,something strange in their space, but they soon got over that. they both went into the little cave like space on the old one they never touched it. go figure they are cats.
Patron! There you are, tres chic, oui oui!
Here is beast.. on his favorite chair that he decided to eat the arm off..