We call Joli the "referee", "enforcer" or "herder" because she does just that. The cats are technically my roommates and therefore "live" in her room and Joli and Somi "live" in my room. And Joli and Somi are definitely not allowed in their room because they get confused by the cat's litter box and feel the need to pee everywhere and the cats are not exactly welcome in my room but they aren't as good at listening. UNTIL Joli can tell them. Joli will herd them back into Anna (roommate)'s room whenever she feels they have been out long enough. And she will just stop at the doorway and not go any further.
And if I yell one of the cat's names she will start yelling too. She has also figured out that scratching is bad, so if she hears the scratching she will either herd them back into their room or yell at them (she will do this even if she is in her "room" (aka the crate) in my room and can only hear the scratching).
Sometimes this is nice, like when they are scratching or doing something bad. But others not so nice like when the cats get backed into a corner and Joli doesn't understand why they aren't going to their room. lol. And she is teaching Somi this bad behavior. I need to figure out how to only let the good behaviors rub off. LOL.
Like I always tell Anna.... yorkie >>>> cat.
and most definitely smarter
[no offense cats, but you have nothing on yorkies
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