Remember how we said we’d be willing to replace anything Scout destroyed (or just live with it)? Well, he’s decided to use Hubby’s super beloved (but 40-year-old) stereo speakers as his personal scratching post.
This drives Hubby nuts and he’s spent a lot of time adjusting the speakers sideways to try and thwart the cat:
And getting up every 15 minutes to take Scout off the speakers and walk him over to his scratching post. Half of the time he snuggles him during the five step walk, half the time he hisses at him and expresses displeasure in a way he thinks Scout’s kitten brain will have understand. I say nothing and try not to giggle at either one of them. Kittens ruin your furniture. That is what they do.
But today! Today Scout used his scratching post without being carried to it.
“Quick! Treats!” I said. Hubby jumped up and jiggled the treat jar. Our nieces taught Scout all about the treat jar and he’s a total sucker for Friskies Beachside Crunch. He came running, flopped over, rolled, then ate treats out of Hubby’s hand.
We’ll keep giving him treats every time he uses the scratching post, but I’ve got to wonder, who will end up training who?
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