Tabby Cat's Clever Plan To Keep Mom Home From Work Is Total Boss Material
As a pet parent to three cats and two dogs, I've learned over the years that there's a distinct difference between the way each of them communicates what they need or want. While my senior rescue dog leans on screaming at me until he gets his way, my other pup, a bossy Corgi, leans hard on glaring until I figure out what she's after (good luck to me!).
My cats, however, are a lot more diabolical and strategic-just like one of the internet's most intelligent Tabby cats, Milo the Chonk. The smart boy is known for running the house to better suit him, and now, he's mastered a plan to make Mom late for work. Watch this genius in action, and please explain to me how he's actually a human parading around in a cat suit!
@mrmilothechonk I'm usually at least 10 minutes late because of him #foryou#foryoupage#viral#cats#catsoftiktok
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I've covered Milo a lot over the last two years, and it's because of posts like this. His IQ has to be off the charts based on his methods alone. Making Mom 10 minutes late for work is but one tiny cog in the machine that Milo runs in *his* house, so if you're not familiar with his handy work, I implore you to do a deep dive into this boss!
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Milo's Intelligence Is Unmatched
This dramatic plan to get Mom wrapped up so she won't leave the house is one thing, but in case you need other examples of his manipulation tactics, here are some of his most epic, funny cat videos:
- Milo's plan to make his sibling disappear like a villain
- Demanding Mom to turn on his fireplace
- "Telling" Mom to get off the furniture
- Plotting to make the dog vanish
- And, to prove he's not a one-trick pony and knows what he's doing, the time he revisited the "disappear" trick with his cat sister, Poppy
This is one Tabby cat who seems to outdo himself with every new post. His latest shenanigans show how he trained Mom to carry him upstairs to bed. But he's only happy if he's carried inside his cat bed, and if she does it wrong, he makes her do it again.
@mrmilothechonk I wouldn't be surprised if his next demand would be for the bed to be heated before he's carried up #cats#catsoftiktok#foryou#foryoupage#viral
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I've covered Milo long enough to know who's boss, and it's definitely not Mom and Dad! I'll make sure to stay on this kitty king's good side just in case.
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This story was originally published May 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM.