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[miss_yt]

Well, it's been an eventful couple of days. I successfully saw through the Yom Kippur fast on Thursday, I took Roo to her second vet appointment on Friday (the rain, and my lack of a proper carrier on the way back, made that very complicated), and today ironroot and I designed my D&D character. I have to ask one of the other players if our two characters can be related. It's complicated - I'll explain it if it works out. My friend Martine, now a senior at Bryn Mawr, is flying home from Atlanta tonight. She's going to spend the night here and meet Roo.

Speaking of Roo, I got a little spray bottle that I hope I can use to train her not to bite. The vet says she needs to be trained now, or she will not get out of the habit when she grows up. I'm hoping I can do that without making Roo hate me or something.

Oh, and I also made a discovery. I was wrapping the yarn around the needle the wrong way when I knitted. Now I've corrected the mistake. It takes some getting used to, but I can see that it's working - my stitches aren't too tight anymore and the yarn I'm working with doesn't get twisted. Yay!

Comments

[miss-yt.livejournal.com]

Well, I've been using your strategy. If she bites, I hiss, swat her a bit (not too hard!) and/or put her down and then ignore her for a while. She's already biting much less.

[alashiya.livejournal.com]

That's because you're speaking to her in a way she can understand.

I haven't tried the Bitter Apple bit, but I fear that what she would learn from that is "Fingers taste funny, so I better bite the wrist instead." Whereas what she's learning from your approach is, "If I bite, people get mad at me and won't want to play anymore and I get scolded. So I better not bite."

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

Good to hear! They're fast learners - much faster than some people give them credit for.