Hello,

My cats are on "strict" eating times, I feed them three times a day at specific times so that they get as much as they need for the day spread out throughout the day. Lately they have been obnoxious hours before their meal, trying to get me to feed them NOW. They follow me around the apartment running between my feet or stopping right in front of me if I am going the wrong way. If I move one millimeter in the direction of the kitchen, they are off running to their bowls, then come back yelling at me when I'm not there. They complain and moan constantly when they don't get their food.

What I want to ask, if I give into their demands every once and a while to shut them up when I've got something important to do, will I be reinforcing their bad habits? I don't want them to think they can boss me around like that.