I'm sure all of you have experienced a "boneless kitty" at one point or
another. Its when you try to manahandle the cat into doing something it
doesn't want to do. The cat may fight you, or, in Gandhi-like protest, go
boneless, sot hat while youa ren't *fighting* against the cat as such, the
cat is in no way making things any easier for you by going all floppy and
"pouring" itself out of your grasp.

The Yowlet is 18 months old. The Yowlet now has a fully developed Will,
which is often in conflict with ours. Sometimes we just have to pick him and
physically remove him from places where we don't want thim getting into,
although we know we'll get the great big song & dance, crocodile tear
protest about not being allowed to do what he wants to do. Others kids may
beat their heads onteh ground, or hit people, or scream at the top of their
lungs. Most people call these displays of frustration "tantrums"

But the Yowlet has been cat-trained. When he is frustrated at not getting
his way, he emits a low growling sound and goes completley floppy so he's
really difficult to pick up or move out of the way.

Shmogg, IBKFergus and even Fluffy are clearly training Cary well, although I
wish they'd take more interest in parenting when there's a dirty nappy to be
changed, for example.

Yowie