George is driving me nuts. He's always driven me nuts because he's a brat and I have myself to blame . I spoiled him because I raised him since he was one day old. I didn't know there was a name for it until I came here, but he "herds" me. And now that I have a name to attach to it, that's exactly what it is. Biting me to get what he wants and when he wants or just because he's mad about who knows what. Wendy had an excellent column on the home page so I will try those tips. He has told the other cats in his way to STAY OUT OF MOM AND DAD'S ROOM - MY ROOM. He gets yelled at and I try to carry the others back in to the room to show them they are welcome to stay but usually, his intimidation is not worth their effort. Just this week, I noticed he has started picking on Mama - outside of his room. He glares at her and stalks her anytime she is within his sight. I have no idea what started this or why. Tonight she was just walking into the family room and he chased her up on the couch and she hid behind pillows eventhough he was far away and on the floor. He just sat there and waited. Waited for her to jump off. When I try to distract he just gets mad at me because he's on a mission to hunt her down. He's not mad because he's not thumping his tail. It's almost like a game to him. When he's sufficiently scared her, he just walks away knowing when he's sufficiently scared her all smug and proud of himself.
Sorry for the marathon post. George is my baby. I just don't know how to deal with this behaviour properly. Wendy's article helped with tips on cat herding of people, but not cats to cats. I tried doing a search and couldn't find much under keyword "herding" Any advice would be appreciated.
Sorry for the marathon post. George is my baby. I just don't know how to deal with this behaviour properly. Wendy's article helped with tips on cat herding of people, but not cats to cats. I tried doing a search and couldn't find much under keyword "herding" Any advice would be appreciated.