the kitten chronicles - part 106

The Cat Whisperer is in town and I'm so excited. He (or she?)is an expert in training cats who can pass on specialized wisdom guaranteed to bend your cat's will to the behaviour you desire. Tonight on the news on Global the Cat Whisperer will appear and will reveal some secret tricks. I could use the help. So far whispering has not worked at all but maybe you need to whisper your request directly in the cat's ear - and I haven't tried that yet. Screaming isn't working. That much is clear. The offending feline only gets a look of fear and confusion in his eyes at the sound of a raised voice. And goes and hides in a closet for a while only to sneak back into the room later and resume the same activity. Hopefully, the Big Cat will learn how to whisper instructions to his young charges in such a persuasive way that soon all counter- jumping -up- on, random defecating and odd bits of territorial urination will be things in the distant and smelly past. Still, one whispered phrase keeps repeating in my head -"fat chance", it says and then it laughs a whispered laugh. Which is pretty creepy. xxx dad