Q: Dear Miss Ethel,
My people keep scolding me for getting into the treats in the cat litter box!!!!!  I think it is really unfair.  Do you have any advice for my people or me?

Kisses,
Your friend "sneaky" the pug





A:  Yes, my little pug friend, this is a common complaint from our people.  I feel your pain. What is a pug to do when a giant treat box is sitting on the floor?  Personally, I find it just too tempting!  Some of my pug people friends have saved the cat treats for the cats by: 

Putting the cat box in an unused bathroom, in the bathtub.  Pugs won't willingly jump in the tub for anything, but our furry felines like the privacy of having their cat box in a reinforced area.
If there is a basement in the house, try installing a cat door in the basement door.  They are usually too small for a pug to fit through.  This is how my pug daddy took my treat box away.  Now the kitties in my house get to go downstairs to the basement through their own door.  Dad said it was easy to install, with a little time, a screwdriver, and something called a jig saw.   Dad got it at the pug mega store called Petsmart for under $20. The door the cats use can be locked, too, to keep them downstairs if my mom is mopping the kitchen floor and doesn't want paw prints all over it.
Some cat boxes come with covers, and this will work for some pugs...personally, I thought it was fun to stick my head thru the door and grab the delicacies on the other side.  But, this does deter some of our pug friends.
Finally, for those pugs with people who love techno gadgets, there are several brands of "auto" cat boxes that scoop the treat away as soon as the cat steps away.  One of my friends has one of these in her home.  It really scared her the first time she saw it eat the treats...and she won't even go near it...poor thing!!!

So, deary, good luck to you.   Pugs rule!!!!

Smoochies,

Miss Ethel

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