Dog Eat Doug by Brian Anderson for January 15, 2022

Attitude much Sophie?

“No. No. Yes. We’ll talk.”

My Siberian has decided that rubbing the edge of the comforter hanging from the bedside is the greatest thing in the world. The comforter is white, now with the added flair of the four inch wide oily stripe along my side. He thinks he is an interior designer apparently….

We have an older recliner and all of the cats think it’s there for stretching

They know better than to actually claw it (most of the time, and the kitten is still learning), but they hook their claws into it to stretch

Always the same arm, that old recliner looks a little older all the time

My pets are always allowed on the furniture, after all, they are part of the family.

Yes, those things are permissible. Now, I think you need to go outside for a while Princess. NOW!

Next, Sophie would like to tell you what she really thinks of that brand of bargain dog food you’ve been buying…

can’t LIE on it

The lesson every dog (or cat) owner must learn is that their furniture will get pet all over it whether they want it to or not. The only way to truly avoid it is to not have the pet altogether (or, I suppose, the furniture), so they’re better off just not fighting it, really.

That’s the cats’ job.

And the cats don’t scratch it?? My husband said he doesn’t want to get a new one till we have no more cats.. I said that could be another 10-15 years!

Way back I had a cat and I ended up buying a big upholstered chair at the local thrift shop so she could use that for a scratching post instead of my speakers. She didn’t like the pet store scratching post, but she LOVED that chair.

I think Sophie just needs to be scratched.