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Tiffany on Behavior - Sun, May 04 2008

I need some help dealing with a very jealous Gracie. Here lately she has been beating up the others that I have been holding, petting, etc.. My little boy, that I have had longer then her, has been sick, so I have been spending more time with him. Last night she beat him up. Today, she dropped a picture on his head while he was asleep. After he went out on the porch she got up on his bed. We thought she was going to lay there, but she peed in it. I yelled at her and told her she was a bad girl for doing that and told her not to do it again. Now I am afraid she is going to beat up Boogie again, cause she is made at me. If I didn't say anything to her then she would have thought that it is okay. So I don't know what to do about her. Gracie is a really sweet girl, but she can be hateful when she wants to be.

Star Hunter on May 04 at 06:41 PM

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First, she got attention by you yelling at her. I would not give her the chance. She would only be out under the evil eye of me. Crate her until you can have the time for her. She should NEVER push herself around like this. You are the leader--not her. She must learn to submit to you. Animals are like that. They pick on the weak. Teach her a kind and different lesson. She may even nuture a wounded wild animal some day. I think we have taught our animals the way we humans are. That is not the animal nature though.

CatHerder on May 05 at 04:58 AM

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Have you taken her to the vet to see if there's a medical reason behind her behavior issues? They can help you figure out what to do at home, and prescribe meds as a last resort...

Tiffany on May 05 at 10:45 AM

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CatHerder said:
Have you taken her to the vet to see if there's a medical reason behind her behavior issues? They can help you figure out what to do at home, and prescribe meds as a last resort...

We know that she has leukemia and asthma. But I think it might have something to do with her life before we got her. We got her when she was six months old, and she ewas living on the street. I don't know if it could be because she feels she is going to get abandoned or not. I really don't know why she does act like that.

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