[drache]

ha
I've taught our cats never to expect food right when we get up
they also don't get access to our bedrooms
but so far - no whining at the doors
the days of rolling out of bed bleary eyed because Fritz just walked across my chest are long gone, and so are the ones of Mu-shin howling by the door
one cannot really train a cat, but one can sort of channel their expectations

I shall not be trained!

dogs aren't necessarily slaves either, but one absolutely cannot have them be the boss