My SLP Grace thinks she is in charge. I finally got her to stay off the table when I am eating. Now she stays directly under my plate and stares up at me. She doesn't want me to forget that she is there, and she reaches up with her paw and tries to flip my plate! She is very strong and almost does it too! This is a new technique she has developed in the last couple of weeks. I guess I should pick her up and put her in the bedroom when she does this. That's how I got her to stop going on the table.

Last night Grace was asleep at the top of the bedside tower, and Blondie slept under the covers for the first time in my bed. The bed is pretty much Grace's territory but I don't think she knew Blondie was under the covers until dawn when she saw the unidentified lump down by my feet. She ran down the tower onto the bed and began ripping at the blanket with her nails over and over next to Blondie. I was afraid she was going to puncture Blondie so I brought her out from under the covers, and she left the bed. Grace continued to knead the blanked with such conviction and focus it was almost comical. I tried holding her in my arms and distracting her but she went right back and continued, so I got up too.

She is such a big strong cat and still growing. I tried the Bully Remedy essence, but it seemed to have the reverse effect and made her really act out against Blondie. Grace can be really sweet and loving to both me and Blondie, but she has her moments. Maybe it's growing pains and something that she will grow out of as she matures?

Oh man, you HAVE to get a video of the plate-flipping thing. If it were me I'd probably serve up something like spaghetti and meatballs, let it happen, and film it. Priceless! Youtube legendary status would be assured.

As far as the other stuff, that doesn't really sound that bad. Every day (and especially at bedtime) little dramas like that play out all the time with my 3. Each night the cats have to figure out who sleeps where, and there are inevitably some disagreements about that But no lasting hostilities. And when one cat is foolish enough to burrow under a blanket, they do so at their own risk To a cat, the idea of something unseen moving under the blankets is just way too exciting to just let that go. And it doesn't seem to matter which cat goes under the blanket, that cat is in for somewhat of a beating by the other two.

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A video of that might be worth the mess involved with the plate flip if I could capture it.

I thought we were making progress with the bed territory until this morning. I guess they are animals first and Grace has very strong instinct driven urges. It just seemed odd when they were so loving the previous day.

I'm sorry to hear the Bully Remedy doesn't seem to be working on Grace. My Raiden hasn't developed into a teenager yet. He has gone from a 2-year old toddler to a 3-year old now. He's actually almost 8 years old. Raiden sleeps at my feet at night and if I wiggle my toes or move my feet, he's right there pouncing on them. Not very amusing to me, of course, as that wakes me up.

You are really good at keeping on top of the situation with Grace and Blondie. I hope things improve. This is one reason why I have a single cat. There's just too much that can go wrong adding another one to the mix. And I just don't have the time or patience to deal with it.

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