Gracie gets very upset if anyone wants to pet the cat instead of her, especially if it is someone who just arrived here. She also is very protecive of her favorite toys. This behavior usually happens when she is highly excited and is exhibiting her major terrier personality. I don't think of the behavior so much as jealousy but more as dominance. She can be very dominate at times and honesty feels she runs the place a good deal of the time. When someone tries to pet the cat she will run up and try to get between the cat and the person and may actually growl or nip at the cat. It obviously does not really bother the cat but she does get a sharp "NO" for the behavior. She is now 2 years old and still does it occasionally. She will stop when corrected but I can see she does it when she is excited and forgets that this is bad behavior. |