Thread: Teenager Phase

Sid is a horrible bratty teenager at times, and cuddly and adorable at times - just like my 16-year old son!
At least we were able to get the cat neutered...

Oh here I was thinking my Neevie was so special! Today she got time out twice for trying to bite my arm (when I wasn't answering her pleas... - then demands - to play)
She talks back, too, the brat! If I tell her to do something she doesn't want to do - like getting out of the pantry or down from the dining table - she makes a clearly protesting meeeewwww sound! But then I bring the big gun - the spray gun that is ... I just have to show it, now, she stops protesting and does as she's asked.
At first I used to make the mistake of shouting at her when she bit, now I do the same as H&SWells: time out when she is rude - can't just leave her there or I get bitten, so I firmly -but tenderly ;-) - pick her up and put her in another room, knowing that given time she can open the door herself. By the time she's opened the door and comes back in she's calm and cuddly again.
She is getting better - we're back from holiday since last week and she hasn't tried to bite our legs... yeppee!!! and she didn't jump at my head once since she got spayed... double yeppeee!!!
She's 2, just spayed in October.