Mis-Understanding Daylight Savings Time

My kitties have been placed on a diet and are learning a new behavior, I hope. They no longer have free access to the food bowls at all hours of the day or night. This is because Puff needs to lose about 5 pounds. Most of it is my fault, but even when he was in kitty prison a couple of months ago, I specifically told them he was not to have more than a certain amount of food daily and they didn't pay attention to that. Their idea of a good kennel is to keep all the animals fed and quiet. So Puff gained weight while he was in the kennel because, like me (unfortunately), he eats because the food is there.

After getting him out of the kennel, I knew it was time for a diet. I also knew it was not going to be an easy task because they love to get up around 2 or 3 a.m. and have a small snack. So this re-training was not going to be easy. I knew it meant some sleepless nights for me but I am determined to get the weight off Puff and to get them out of the habit of eating in the middle of the night. So bowls up!

We have been doing pretty good. After a couple of weeks, I had gotten them moved from a 2 a.m. wake up call to a 5 a.m. wake up call. Then disaster. This week we moved to daylight savings time. Oh my cats do NOT understand why they cannot have the food when they think it is time. As such, they are now dancing on my head at 4 a.m. because they think it is 5. They still aren't getting their food until almost 7 but there is no way I can stay in bed once the dancing starts. I hope it doesn't take long for them to adjust.