[SirTeddykins]

So, I was making popcorn and a kernel fell on the floor. So, of course Teddy does a rush over to the kernel and confiscates it for his own. I chase him down and command him to "give" which he normally does BUT today he chewed faster on the kernel. I didn't want him to choke so I took it from his mouth, like I sometimes have to do, and he bit me like a freakin' Tasmanian devil and growled at me and looked proud of it!!!!


I scolded him and took the kernel away and then put a popped corn next to him and told him to LEAVE IT and when he did for five minutes I released him so he could eat it for listening. This was just to show him that I was in control of what he has or doesn't have and that making him wait for something doesn't mean he won't ever get it..


His bite didn't hurt, it made me laugh but I'm not sure I did the right thing. I know he bit me cuz he was stuffed in between two dining chairs which he always uses as a den and I reached in. I'm not overly concerned as there is no exposure to children in my house and he never 'guards' his food bowl against anyone in the house, including the cat, we are all okay to just reach in as he eats and he backs up and waits until we go to resume eating. PLUS, it was kinda my fault since I normally make him wait outside of the kitchen to avoid things like this but I was a bit lax and let him in so, like any opportunist, he took advantage of the situation!


It was just.....hmmm....did I scold correctly or enough or what?


Assuming a one off, like maybe he is still made at me cuz of the belly band..haha...not really but whatever! He is not allowed to sit with me on the couch, today. I think he forgot who was the boss around here!