Sidney Is Trying My Patience

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Sidney has a problem and I do not like it one bit.  He needs to curb his desire to bat through the screen door.  He only does this when Frederick is on the other side, on the back porch at breakfast and dinner times.  I thought that I broke him of this but it doesn't appear so.  Yesterday morning I was going to go out to feed Frederick and opened the door.  Now Sidney has been good at moving from the door when I go to open the screen door, but not yesterday.  I wasn't wearing any slippers or shoes.  Well he smacked the bottom of my foot and his claw did make a puncture wound.  Oh My did that hurt!  I was bleeding all over the place.  I was trying not to walk on the Asian rug that we have in the living room.  I did smack Sidney in the head and then again on his behind.  I wanted to let him know that was not appropriate to do that.  Back to square one on this!

I have also been working on him to not go on or site on the small table in between the futon and the rocking/recliner chair.  I have to be consistent for this to work.  Sometimes he will get on it when I am busy doing from my cup or eating something or looking for a channel or program to watch on the TV.  

He is so cute though when he kind of like purrs.  It's not a purr perse' but he voices his thoughts to me by a rrrrrrrr that is trilled.  I don't know of any way else to describe it.  He KNOWS and UNDERSTANDS what I am telling him.  I also use the ACK noise and I point my finger at him. He understands what that means as he will cower down.  Then he will test me and get up and put his paw on the table and then I point and he will make that sound again and take his paw off the table.  We will go back and forth with this for about 10 minutes.  He does not win.  He does get on the table once in a while now, but all I have to do is point my finger and say ACK!  

He is slowly becoming a lap cat.  I think that is what he really wants when he tries to get up on the table.  I also noticed that why the lazer toy was there, it seemed like he wanted to get to that and have me play with him.  I put it up and he cannot get to it.  That may have been part of the problem, but he now looks at the table as if to test me again and I just say NO.  He then goes away. 

This may take a long time, becasue it has become a test of wills.  I will aslo keep the broom near the back door each and ever time that I need to go out or come in from there.

© Debra K. Allen a.k.a Lady Guinevere

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