naturestee
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Loki is misbehaving more lately. He always was a bit of astinker. Once he learned the concept of rules, he would makeabsolutely sure that he understood them correctly.Example: Chewing on the door. I say no, he stopsand looks at me. Chews on the door again. Repeatabout several times (even with spraying with water) until either I pushhim away or he decides he's satisfied himself with this rule and hopsaway. Usually he would hop away.
The problem now is that he has pretty much stopped hoppingaway. He just keeps doing it. If he stops, heliterally waits until my back is turned and starts again, even if I'monly a few feet away. The really big problem is that hisfavorite rule to ignore is "Don't eat the carpet." Of all therules to break, he choose the one that hurts himself!:shock:
He's also been acting more jealous lately. If Mocha is beingpetted, he wants in on it, too. If I'm petting them both atthe same time, he can get slightly upset if I spend more time on Mochathan on him. He'd rather have both of my hands on himanyway. He's currently banned from my bedroom because he peedon my bed when I wanted to pet Mocha instead of him!:X Thatwas the biggest puddle of bunny pee I've ever seen!
I've been going back and reading Buck's posts about being the BigKahuna. I'm going to try doing the hand-on-the-neck dominancemove. Will that work in this situation? What elsecan I do? I love him but he needs to learn to behave!
*Loki is misbehaving more lately. He always was a bit of astinker. Once he learned the concept of rules, he would makeabsolutely sure that he understood them correctly.Example: Chewing on the door. I say no, he stopsand looks at me. Chews on the door again. Repeatabout several times (even with spraying with water) until either I pushhim away or he decides he's satisfied himself with this rule and hopsaway. Usually he would hop away.
The problem now is that he has pretty much stopped hoppingaway. He just keeps doing it. If he stops, heliterally waits until my back is turned and starts again, even if I'monly a few feet away. The really big problem is that hisfavorite rule to ignore is "Don't eat the carpet." Of all therules to break, he choose the one that hurts himself!:shock:
He's also been acting more jealous lately. If Mocha is beingpetted, he wants in on it, too. If I'm petting them both atthe same time, he can get slightly upset if I spend more time on Mochathan on him. He'd rather have both of my hands on himanyway. He's currently banned from my bedroom because he peedon my bed when I wanted to pet Mocha instead of him!:X Thatwas the biggest puddle of bunny pee I've ever seen!
I've been going back and reading Buck's posts about being the BigKahuna. I'm going to try doing the hand-on-the-neck dominancemove. Will that work in this situation? What elsecan I do? I love him but he needs to learn to behave!
