AnqeiicDemise
09-27-2008, 03:05 PM
Things with the dog are going okay. He's still obnoxiously wound up to the point I want to punt him across the room sometimes (like when I'm crochetting and he just climbs up on my lap trying to give me kisses. Its hard to train him to stop such behaviour when hubs and I work so much). I feel bad for him still but things are getting better after I got so mad at his mom that the hubs thought I was going to go postal on her. She's gotten better about keeping her appointments and staying longer than half an hour to visit.
But my issue is not with the dog now. Its now with my cat.
I had her fixed a week ago and despite a few days of ubber misery and over-clingyness, she's gotten better. At least when it comes to her being so needy and obnoxious about it too (she got into 'I'm in pain and I need my Mommy ALWAYS' stage for a few days.)I felt like killing her when she kept getting in my way of cutting patterns earlier in the week. I decided to just stop the project altogether until later on today when I have more free time and after I exhaust her from pettings. That way she can sleep on the couch while I get the corset cut out and pinned.
Outside of her being clingy, her temperament has gotten better. She's no longer bitchy and spazzy. Well, at least when it comes to us.
Last night hubs and I were playing spore. The cat was between us and we were giving her loads of petting and love while the dog napped on the love seat. At some point, the dog woke up, stretched, and meandered to his water bowl. She stirred on our lap and stared at him. By this point, I'm used to this behavior as she's been antisocial with the dog to begin with. It took us a few weeks of us holding her and reassuring her that we wouldn't let the dog hurt her (she was petrified!). Before her being fixed, she got social enough where she could be in the same room with him. She'd just sit on a high perch and STARE. Yeah, she'd be a little scared but as long as I was in the room or near her, she was fine.
Sometimes, the dog would chase her when she left her perch. Not because he's agressive, but because Doggie has lived with other cats and LOVES playing with them. Kitty, on the other hand, hasn't interacted with dogs but twice before and had been real bad experiences. So she'd freak, think he was trying to attack and puff up. She'd hiss and spit and I'd have to call out their names like a mom does when her kids are fighting over a stuffed toy. She'd stop her hissing, look at me with a pitiful look and he'd just wag his tail and give me the "omg! we has play time? Do we? OH BOY! OH BOY!" stare. Sometimes if he was too excited he'd chase her despite my telling them to knock it off. I then would tell him to go into his box to leave her alone and she'd go into her room. Y'know, time outs for the children who couldn't behave.
NOW, though, she's just an outright bitch to him. A few days after surgery, we thought they'd be okay, at long last, as she'd go up to him and rub noses. He'd wag his tail and nothing more. (Me thinks the time outs helped as he learned not to chase her.) She'd bat at him, he'd roll over to play. It was adorible and peaceful.
Not lately.
So we were on the couch playing spore and Kitty was staring at the dog now that he was awake. I told her she'd be okay and continued petting her with one hand as I followed hubs instructions to add some tail lights to our tanker. Dog yawned, licked his chops, then went to eat food.
Kitty then tore out of my lap and started hissing, spitting and worst of all, scratching. She got all up on his face and just started batting up at his nose and he freaked. He didn't growl, chase or snap. He just backed up, tail between his legs with this terrified "WHAT THE HELL DID I DO?" look on his face.
I knocked my foot on the coffee table as I got up and got between her. I admonished her for being a bitch and picked her up. She was still hissing and spitting when I held her and kept trying to get at him. Doggie went to hide under the table as I walked by to put Kitty in her room. When I called him over to see if he was okay, he went straight to his box.
I felt horrible!
The tables have turned and I don't know how to curb Kitty's agressive behavior. She's kind and sweet one minute and the next she's beating the crap out of the dog for NO reason! Hell, I witness her go at him later on that night as HE SLEPT at my feet. Doggie knows not to hurt her, especially since she just got her stitches removed and out of her cone. What do i do now?
But my issue is not with the dog now. Its now with my cat.
I had her fixed a week ago and despite a few days of ubber misery and over-clingyness, she's gotten better. At least when it comes to her being so needy and obnoxious about it too (she got into 'I'm in pain and I need my Mommy ALWAYS' stage for a few days.)I felt like killing her when she kept getting in my way of cutting patterns earlier in the week. I decided to just stop the project altogether until later on today when I have more free time and after I exhaust her from pettings. That way she can sleep on the couch while I get the corset cut out and pinned.
Outside of her being clingy, her temperament has gotten better. She's no longer bitchy and spazzy. Well, at least when it comes to us.
Last night hubs and I were playing spore. The cat was between us and we were giving her loads of petting and love while the dog napped on the love seat. At some point, the dog woke up, stretched, and meandered to his water bowl. She stirred on our lap and stared at him. By this point, I'm used to this behavior as she's been antisocial with the dog to begin with. It took us a few weeks of us holding her and reassuring her that we wouldn't let the dog hurt her (she was petrified!). Before her being fixed, she got social enough where she could be in the same room with him. She'd just sit on a high perch and STARE. Yeah, she'd be a little scared but as long as I was in the room or near her, she was fine.
Sometimes, the dog would chase her when she left her perch. Not because he's agressive, but because Doggie has lived with other cats and LOVES playing with them. Kitty, on the other hand, hasn't interacted with dogs but twice before and had been real bad experiences. So she'd freak, think he was trying to attack and puff up. She'd hiss and spit and I'd have to call out their names like a mom does when her kids are fighting over a stuffed toy. She'd stop her hissing, look at me with a pitiful look and he'd just wag his tail and give me the "omg! we has play time? Do we? OH BOY! OH BOY!" stare. Sometimes if he was too excited he'd chase her despite my telling them to knock it off. I then would tell him to go into his box to leave her alone and she'd go into her room. Y'know, time outs for the children who couldn't behave.
NOW, though, she's just an outright bitch to him. A few days after surgery, we thought they'd be okay, at long last, as she'd go up to him and rub noses. He'd wag his tail and nothing more. (Me thinks the time outs helped as he learned not to chase her.) She'd bat at him, he'd roll over to play. It was adorible and peaceful.
Not lately.
So we were on the couch playing spore and Kitty was staring at the dog now that he was awake. I told her she'd be okay and continued petting her with one hand as I followed hubs instructions to add some tail lights to our tanker. Dog yawned, licked his chops, then went to eat food.
Kitty then tore out of my lap and started hissing, spitting and worst of all, scratching. She got all up on his face and just started batting up at his nose and he freaked. He didn't growl, chase or snap. He just backed up, tail between his legs with this terrified "WHAT THE HELL DID I DO?" look on his face.
I knocked my foot on the coffee table as I got up and got between her. I admonished her for being a bitch and picked her up. She was still hissing and spitting when I held her and kept trying to get at him. Doggie went to hide under the table as I walked by to put Kitty in her room. When I called him over to see if he was okay, he went straight to his box.
I felt horrible!
The tables have turned and I don't know how to curb Kitty's agressive behavior. She's kind and sweet one minute and the next she's beating the crap out of the dog for NO reason! Hell, I witness her go at him later on that night as HE SLEPT at my feet. Doggie knows not to hurt her, especially since she just got her stitches removed and out of her cone. What do i do now?