Mom stopped at Petco on her way home from work today and she bought me some new canned cat food to try. I has never had this brand before, but hopefully it tastes yummy! She also bought me some new clothes. I thinks she wanted me to have something for the 4th of July which is what prompted this. Mom knows I’m not big on the clothes, but since she bought it and I already made her sad, I guess I can wear it without a fuss.

Yeah, I was a bad kitty today. I made Mom all mad first then sad. See that bag of treats up there in the picture? Well, I’ve been getting bad about coughing up hairballs lately so Mom must have thought treats that help with hairballs was a win-win situation. Well, she was wrong because those things don’t taste like treats at all – they’re not yummy at all and are actually kinda gross! I refused to eat ‘em and it upset Mom since these ones weren’t cheap at all. She let me have some of my regular treats instead, but I could tells she was still upset over it all.

Mom also says this is mine:

I thought she might be joking, but she’s serious – that’s all for me! I wonders what Mom will buy with it. More of my favorite treats? Maybe some of them Greenies treats which I haven’t had in a while? Ooh, or more canned cat food instead of the bag stuff? Or toys? Oh Mommy, you know how to make a kitty both very happy and feel very guilty at the same time! I must gives lots of purrs to Mom now so she knows I really do appreciate her gifts…even if one wasn’t what we thoughts it might be.

But now I think I might have them too well trained.

I had a cold last week. I kept sneezing, I couldn’t keep things down, and I slept a lot. Not really odd, I tend to get sick easy. This morning I went outside on the leash for a walk and the grass was wet. I was so excited because fresh wet grass tastes yummy. Then I sneezed. Sure it was several sniffles back to back and my nose got runny, but I was fine!

The way Mommy acted, you would have thought I was recovering from Mesothelioma treatment not a kitty-cold, something that I get multiple times a year without fail. So since the grass was wet, and I sneezed, in we went. Mommy dried off my paws, gave me some kitty vitamins then opened a can of my favorite cat food as an “apology for taking me outside when it was wet”. I wanted to be outside in the wet Mommy!

So now what do I do? How do I unbreak my Mommy of this suffocating behavior. Any suggestions?

In our house, canned cat food is treated like treats. We get to eat it on special occasions, when we’re really good, or mom just wants to give us a treat. In the past couple of years though I’ve gotten to eat canned cat food a little bit more regularly, which is something Denali positively hates. The reason is simple though, I have a very sensitive system and mommy likes to make sure I eat my greens so that I’m not getting sick all over the place.

It’s for this reason that Elegant Medleys, from the creators of Fancy Feast, are my favorite dishes. They come in a wide variety of flavors, all of which boast greens with a large number also having healthy grains and tidbits in them as well. Because of this, I get the vitamins, nutrients, and greens that I need. Sure, I like to munch on the sweet grass mom has planted in planters for me, but I can only eat so much of that. And because they have so many flavors I never get tired or worn out with them like I do other brands!

All of the flavors are “restaurant inspired” and taste as good as any food my humans could cook up. They have Tuscanny, primavera, souffle, Florentine, and shredded recipes. In the picture above you can see one of my favorite dishes, the Wild Salmon Florentine. Mom didn’t get too many of my favorite dishes this time, I think she was going more for variety this time. But that’s okay, because they’re all delicious.

So the next time your humans go out shopping make sure you get them to stop at the canned cat food and aisle and make them get you a couple of these. You won’t regret it, I promise! In fact, I’ve yet to meet a kitty who doesn’t like these. If you get a chance to help your human decide which flavors to try, I strongly recommend:

• White Meat Chicken and Cheddar Cheese Souffle with Garden Greens
• Wild Salmon and Egg Souffle with Garden Greens
• White Meat Chicken and Egg Souffle with Garden Greens
• White Meat Chicken Primavera in a Classic Sauce with Garden Veggies and Greens
• Wild Salmon Florentine in a Delicate Sauce with Garden Greens
• Yellowfin Tuna Florentine in a Delicate Sauce with Garden Greens