Just Pass Me By

Well it looks like the cat has figure out what I am going to do. I am leaving him for a week. We cannot take him on a long road trip because he would be more stressed out then it would be worth taking him. Otis is easily stressed by car trips, moving him here wasn’t pleasant at all for the person who did it, I probably should have moved him, but I didn’t have enough room in the cab of the u haul so a friend did the job for me. Not like Otis needs a horse tack to be happy once he home he content taking him to the vet is not fun. He screams the whole time, so we figured it was kinder to have our neighbor take care of him. She a sweet and very kind person, so it’s nice to have her as a neighbor. I do not have to worry about my cat. Last time she cared for Otis she gave him a new cat dish, I am surprised he hasn’t picked it up like he did he’s big bowl and bring it to me when it empty. Otis is a large cat and after the dog moved in lost a little weight. The dog keeps him busy and if she can, she steals the cat food. The cat lately has been picking on the dog just as meanly as the dog does him. I try not to let them fight t0o much but I do let Otis smack the dog around a little bit and sometimes will let the dog do the same thing to the cat.
The dog loves to travel, and prefers to be in my lap while I drive but I prefer her to be in the backseat or passenger seat in her seatbelt. I am glad someone created something like that for little dogs, to keep them safer when they cannot be in a kennel on a trip.
What I do not get is why I need to tell both animals get off when I am packing or getting ready to go somewhere then it’s like the cat sheds on command.