Gandalf the Gorilla, or Cat on a diet

My cat is on a diet.  He went to the vet yesterday.  (Well, actually Sean drove him.  It's too far to walk, and he can't see over the steering wheel and reach the pedals at the same time.).  The vet weighed him.  Gandalf is, as Sean put it, a fine weight, at least for a small gorilla. He weighs over 15 pounds.  So now, Gandalf is on a diet.  He is not happy.  I believe this will lead to us not being happy.  Gandalf likes food overnight.  He is likely to be a pain due to the empty food bowl.  Of course Gandalf likes food all the time.

Then there is Nora.  She is our older cat.  She is sweet, and not naturally the dominant cat.  However, she also does not want Gandalf to be the dominant cat.  Nora wants to eat the food in the convenient place.  That place is in my bedroom where Gandlaf's food is.  Nora is also small, almost too small.  She needs to self-feed.  Luckily, she is also agile.  We have placed her food on a high service to which Gandalf, in his largeness, cannot jump.  She is not happy with us.  She does not want to work for her food.

It's going to be interesting.