My 16 pound cat’s favorite thing to do is to wake me up at 4:00 a.m. Last night, I fell asleep in a big massage chair with very high sides. The only way she could get to me was by leaping high into the air to clear the sides, and she landed on my belly while I was in a dead sleep. My daughter calls her a cannon ball. She is a VERY large cat. That was shocking and a bit painful.

So, I got up, and as I was brushing her, I could hear my daughter telling me in my mind that I am the one that creates all my own problems with the cat (I do spoil the cat). She has even said I teach the cat to (fill in the blank - wake me up at 4:00 a.m.). But she cries. You should hear her tiny little mew.

Reinforce.