The Lost Journals of Pavlov

I, Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, set forth on this fourth day of December, 1894, on a series of behavioral studies to determine if it is possible to create what I call conditional reflexes.  My methodology is to ring a bell, feed the cat, and over a period of time, determine if the cat will still salivate if I ring the bell and don't deliver the food.

Day One.
I am using a gray striped cat named Perseus as my first subject.  With great struggle, resulting in clawed gashes on my forearm that will certainly leave permanent scars, I attached a muzzle device that will measure salivary secretions in the cat.  I ring the bell.  I open a tin of fish, a favorite of Perseus.  He looks at the food.  He looks at me.  He looks at the bell.  He leaves, and hops on the window seat.

Day Two.
I cannot get Perseus to come.

Day Three.
I ring the bell once, and Perseus looks at me.  I ring the bell a second time, and before I can place the tin of fish on the floor, Perseus attacks the bell.  He paws at it and makes it ring.  It's quite cute.

Day Four.
Same reaction as Day Three.  My only scientific achievement is in teaching Perseus how to ring a bell.

Day Five.
Perseus has found where I keep the bell.  It's constant ringing is making me mad.

Day Six.
The bell is broken.  Perseus has removed the clapper from the bell.  I need a new bell.

Day Seven.
Perseus ignores the bell.  Saliva? Nyet. Perseus? Nyet.  Anything of scientific merit? Nyet.

Day Eight.
I have initiated the same experiment with a great shepherd, Ilya.  I rang the bell, and as soon as Ilya saw the food, she began salivating.  I think I am onto something.