This morning, my cat looked at the treat box, then me, and then meowed assertively. He was not asking for a treat. He was informing me that it was time for me to give him a treat. As the latest comic from Jimmy Craig’s They Can Talk cartoon explains, cats regard us as their servants, not family members.
Lacking proper boundaries, we humans can become overly familiar. Occasionally, cats must remind us of our place in the organization, which is hierarchical with themselves at the top.