Originally Posted by Bama

It's easy to solve - stop giving the cat anything but the cheap dry stuff.

Cats are dumb as a post but you've conditioned it to the point that it believes it will receive "the good stuff" if it follows you around and cries for it.

By not giving it the good stuff, you'll recondition it so that it expects the same cheap dry stuff no matter if it follows you and cries - and being a lazy ass that would prefer to sleep than follow you around, it won't be at your feet too long asking where's the beef!