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Princess just can't help it
Now, don't get me wrong, Princess is a sweetheart about 90% of the
time. However, sometimes, when she gets excited, she just can't help herself when she's playing with the other girls. I don't mind that sometimes rough housing gets a little carried away and turns into hissing. The only reason it becomes a problem is that sometimes Princess won't stop, and chases one of the others into a corner where the hissing looks like it could end up escalating. This happens occasionally with everyone, but Princess is the only one that doesn't stop when I tell her. When that happens she normally stops if I get up, but sometimes even that doesn't stop her.,Then I end up giving her a time out in the bathroom for a few minutes. It's kind of funny now, though, because I don't have to carry her to the bathroom. She waits until I'm about to bend over and pick her up, and then she runs to the bathroom on her own. I never leave her in there for more than a few minutes, but about half the time she stays in there after I open the door and give her a few pettings to let her know I'm not mad at her. I guess being in the bathroom doesn't bother her because she sometimes chooses to take nap in there. -- Steve Touchstone Little Bit, Sammy, Spotty, Princess, Furby and Rocky (RB) Pix at http://tinyurl.com/22pfn8 Vids at http://tinyurl.com/4yb6nj |
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Princess just can't help it
I had a cat who would get like this. I found that he needed a day to
himself without any other cats. About once a week I would put him in the backroom by himself for the day. It wasn't a punishment it was a mini vacation for him. After a while I'd just say come on lets go on vacation and he'd run to the room and wait for me to put his litter box & food in for him. Celeste -- Save 25% or more on your eBay® auctions Snipe eBay Auctions with Bidnip http://www.bidnip.com/a.php?id=39019 "Steve Touchstone" wrote in message news Now, don't get me wrong, Princess is a sweetheart about 90% of the time. However, sometimes, when she gets excited, she just can't help herself when she's playing with the other girls. I don't mind that sometimes rough housing gets a little carried away and turns into hissing. The only reason it becomes a problem is that sometimes Princess won't stop, and chases one of the others into a corner where the hissing looks like it could end up escalating. This happens occasionally with everyone, but Princess is the only one that doesn't stop when I tell her. When that happens she normally stops if I get up, but sometimes even that doesn't stop her.,Then I end up giving her a time out in the bathroom for a few minutes. It's kind of funny now, though, because I don't have to carry her to the bathroom. She waits until I'm about to bend over and pick her up, and then she runs to the bathroom on her own. I never leave her in there for more than a few minutes, but about half the time she stays in there after I open the door and give her a few pettings to let her know I'm not mad at her. I guess being in the bathroom doesn't bother her because she sometimes chooses to take nap in there. -- Steve Touchstone Little Bit, Sammy, Spotty, Princess, Furby and Rocky (RB) Pix at http://tinyurl.com/22pfn8 Vids at http://tinyurl.com/4yb6nj |
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Princess just can't help it
On 2009-01-15 01:43:54 -0600, Steve Touchstone
said: Now, don't get me wrong, Princess is a sweetheart about 90% of the time. However, sometimes, when she gets excited, she just can't help herself when she's playing with the other girls. I don't mind that sometimes rough housing gets a little carried away and turns into hissing. The only reason it becomes a problem is that sometimes Princess won't stop, and chases one of the others into a corner where the hissing looks like it could end up escalating. This happens occasionally with everyone, but Princess is the only one that doesn't stop when I tell her. When that happens she normally stops if I get up, but sometimes even that doesn't stop her.,Then I end up giving her a time out in the bathroom for a few minutes. It's kind of funny now, though, because I don't have to carry her to the bathroom. She waits until I'm about to bend over and pick her up, and then she runs to the bathroom on her own. I never leave her in there for more than a few minutes, but about half the time she stays in there after I open the door and give her a few pettings to let her know I'm not mad at her. I guess being in the bathroom doesn't bother her because she sometimes chooses to take nap in there. Ha! She probably enjoys the time off. |
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Princess just can't help it
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:15:28 -0600, Karen wrote:
On 2009-01-15 01:43:54 -0600, Steve Touchstone said: Now, don't get me wrong, Princess is a sweetheart about 90% of the time. However, sometimes, when she gets excited, she just can't help herself when she's playing with the other girls. I don't mind that sometimes rough housing gets a little carried away and turns into hissing. The only reason it becomes a problem is that sometimes Princess won't stop, and chases one of the others into a corner where the hissing looks like it could end up escalating. This happens occasionally with everyone, but Princess is the only one that doesn't stop when I tell her. When that happens she normally stops if I get up, but sometimes even that doesn't stop her.,Then I end up giving her a time out in the bathroom for a few minutes. It's kind of funny now, though, because I don't have to carry her to the bathroom. She waits until I'm about to bend over and pick her up, and then she runs to the bathroom on her own. I never leave her in there for more than a few minutes, but about half the time she stays in there after I open the door and give her a few pettings to let her know I'm not mad at her. I guess being in the bathroom doesn't bother her because she sometimes chooses to take nap in there. Ha! She probably enjoys the time off. She'd probably be better in a smaller group. She's by far the most jealous, and I sometimes think she gets in trouble on purpose just for the attention and cuddles she gets when her time outs are over. -- Steve Touchstone Little Bit, Sammy, Spotty, Princess, Furby and Rocky (RB) Pix at http://tinyurl.com/22pfn8 Vids at http://tinyurl.com/4yb6nj |
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