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Re: Still Hasn't Settled Down

Mary and Melody have offered great advice...here's my experience with
dominance therapy:

My Angelhare Pasta, aka Attila the Bun, was similar to your bully
bunny. I rescued her from a humane society in the Catskills where I
volunteered and she had been abused. She would jump up to bite my
knees and attack delicate areas when I did yoga. I did dominance
therapy with her and today she accompanies me to classrooms during
Authors' Day, entertaining up to 50 preschoolers with her antics and
sweet disposition.



I read about dominance therapy on a now-defunct list. Here's how it
works: In the wild, the more dominant rabbit lies across the
shoulders of the more submissive rabbit. What you essentially do is
become the dominant rabbit by laying your hand atop the rabbit's head
and slowly moving it down to the shoulders, where you apply gentle
pressure for about 15 seconds. Do this often throughout the day...up
to 20 times or more. It took Pastahead about 2 weeks to finally get
the message and to stop biting.

Good luck and keep us posted.

Peaceful wishes,

Nancy
animalauthor@...
Think it's tough putting on a condom? Try doing it with paws and
claws! Please spay/neuter your pet.






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It's been four weeks since Zander's neuter and he still hasn't settled down. Tonight he bit me on the palm, taking a chunk out and drawing blood while I was...
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Do a high pitch scream (doesn't have to be real loud), so he knows he hurt you (even if a slight nibble).  He will not bite or nibble as hard the next time. ...
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Jul 3, 2009
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Having him neutered isn't like turning off a switch - his hormone levels are changing and he needs time to adjust to those changes. How are you petting him? -...
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Jul 4, 2009
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The reply posts on this topic are wonderful. All our rescue buns needed time to settle in. Our most recent bun took the longest. One night she was really...
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Heather, Willow, our dominant bunny, is now almost 8 years old. She was spayed when I adopted her from the Humane Society. We've had house buns for 20 years...
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Mary and Melody have offered great advice...here's my experience with dominance therapy: My Angelhare Pasta, aka Attila the Bun, was similar to your bully ...
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