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I’m a resolute disciplinarian. My dog does what I say, when I say (though, there is of course, occasional room for amusing misbehavior, so long as it’s contained. ;)) but is allowed on the couch and the bed.
My cats are a little harder to contain, but they *are* containable. Kitchen counters, shelves, desks, etc. are taboo resting places, and scratching and biting the hand that feeds is also Not Allowed. Let it never be said that negative reinforcement via a squirt bottle or a sharp, brief tap with the tip of an index finger on top of the head for transgressions like biting doesn’t deter cats. I think it offends more than anything else but it is effective!
Threats to make a tabby skin welcome mat, however, usually go ignored. 🙂
😆 I don’t let my dog get away with much, but I really always thought that while dogs have masters, cats truly have servants. Now I know better.
My cats laugh at the squirt bottle, can of coins, fingers, etc…But they have mellowed with age. Thank goodness!! My dog tho listens very well. I wonder of the squirt bottle would work on kids?? 😀
My cats don’t do anything they don’t want to, mind, they aren’t obedience trained, but they respond well to negative stimuli, as opposed to praise for being on the floor instead of the counter. O.o
I can’t count the number of “How *dare* you!!” looks I’ve gotten for correcting a behavior, but they eventually stop doing the undesireable!
I need a picture of that offended look…
I am glad you decided to try an fix it. I certainly would, or at least given it to someone who could.
Rusti wrote:My cats don’t do anything they don’t want to, mind, they aren’t obedience trained, but they respond well to negative stimuli, as opposed to praise for being on the floor instead of the counter. O.o
I can’t count the number of “How *dare* you!!” looks I’ve gotten for correcting a behavior, but they eventually stop doing the undesireable!
I need a picture of that offended look…
Oh yeah, that would be neat!
Ouch! Like… totally ouch! 😯
But yes, I agree, I think he’s fixable. Just glue one piece at a time – though figure out first what goes where. Some pieces might need to go in first. I think of it as a 3D puzzle. 🙂 I used white glue to fix my white mother, and drywall compound to fill in and re-sculpt.
Good luck!
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http://www.sarahjestin.com/feedbacklists.htmAh ha, never thought of dry wall compound. I want a glue that dries pretty quickly because I think I’m going to have hold the pieces together atleast while it sets up.
asinnamon wrote:Ah ha, never thought of dry wall compound. I want a glue that dries pretty quickly because I think I’m going to have hold the pieces together atleast while it sets up.
White glue, as crazy as it sounds, seems to work the best. It’s a trick to put enough on there that it will bind, but not so much that the glue dries and forms a separation (which is incredibly hard to conceal properly). Of course white glue has a while to ‘set’ so with a break like this, in the main body, I’d be tempted to gently drill a small corresponding hole in both the base and upper body, in which I’d place some sort of brace such as a metal pin. That way you’re structurally sound (the fractures will always be weak points) and because of how this griffin is weighted it’ll make fixing the rest of him easier, and prevent his butt and top from ‘sliding’ either way while it sets. Does that make sense? ❓
I use special plasters but dry wall compound sounds like it’d work well actually! I then use dentists tools to re-carve the details. Matching paint colors and lustre is sometimes the hardest part!
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My art: featherdust.comSquirt bottles work on kids and most cats. Unless they are like Sylvester who has to be with me in the bathroom when I shower (if I don’t keep the door shut on the shower he watches me 😯 ) if I shut the door to the bathroom without him in there he cries and claws the door until Dave lets him in. My cats have never caused damage to my defenseless Windstones, but the Ex husband did once…only once. 😈 Although I have never tried the coins thing… Sylvester is scared of elongated smooching noises tho, and makes it easy to deter him.. 😆
Honestly, I think you could fix him though. 😀
Nam, what do you think of paper clay? I love the stuff, and have used it to fix more than one dink on Windstones and picture frames. 8)My cat is too old to do much of anything, he does a little spaz thing everynight, but other than that he just sleeps, and cuddles. The dogs are also old, and sleep alot, none are obediance trained, shibas do not lend themselves to it, heck the cat comes when you ccall better than the dogs do.
OH! OUCH! My heart just skipped a beat! Why is it always the rarest or most expensive sculpt that the cat knocks over? That poor griff, My heart sank when I saw that photo! I hope you can fix him! With enough time and patience I’m sure it is possible
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Dreamscape, Orion, Poison Dart, Fireberry, Spangler + Tigerberry DragonsLooking at it again and reading everyone’s encouragement, I changed my mind. I think it’s doable too. I’d do it one piece at a time, like DragonMedley said. And I liked Nam’s interior brace idea too. Don’t give up hope.
As far as cats are concerned. I have a kitty that comes when I call her name, a kitty that fetches superballs and tinsel balls, and another kitty that is just trouble. The husband has a ‘magic word’ for the third kitty. He pretends he’s going to sneeze. He does that pre-“ahh” sound, and she stops being naughty and leaves the room very quickly. He sneezes very loud, and she’s afraid of loud noises, so it works.
Thats funny! I love cats! My male kittie, Calvin, is a tuxedo cat(think sylvester). He is just trouble, but super sweet too! My youngest, Sophie, is afraid of dark objects on the floor. She was a stray picked up on the side of the road. Our other kittie, Alex, is very mellow now that she is an old woman. Sleeps on my pillow every night:)
I started glueing. Found some regular elmer’s white glue. The first peices were tricky, but I got it down now. All I have left to do is the 2 main body parts. Going to wait for hubby to help with the drill, I don’t know how they work. I am missing alot more then I thought, and the paint has peeled around the majority of the breaks. That is going to be a challenge. If I had done this when it first broke I think it would have been easier. Like I said, he isn’t going to be 100%, but atleast he isn’t sitting in a shoe box in the closet anymore!
asinnamon wrote:Thats funny! I love cats! My male kittie, Calvin, is a tuxedo cat(think sylvester). He is just trouble, but super sweet too! My youngest, Sophie, is afraid of dark objects on the floor. She was a stray picked up on the side of the road. Our other kittie, Alex, is very mellow now that she is an old woman. Sleeps on my pillow every night:)
I started glueing. Found some regular elmer’s white glue. The first peices were tricky, but I got it down now. All I have left to do is the 2 main body parts. Going to wait for hubby to help with the drill, I don’t know how they work. I am missing alot more then I thought, and the paint has peeled around the majority of the breaks. That is going to be a challenge. If I had done this when it first broke I think it would have been easier. Like I said, he isn’t going to be 100%, but atleast he isn’t sitting in a shoe box in the closet anymore!
IF you use the drill idea, just be very careful. I’d feel TERRIBLE if my suggestion made things worse! drill very slowly. I’d use a marker- line the two pieces up like a book hinge and make a dot in the center, making sure the dots line up perfect (or you’ll have a very offset griffin!). This is really tricky to do, honestly, and if you think he’d be stable enough without it just give him a good glueing. It helps that he’s not sheared across smoothly… the different ‘levels’ of the break will help act as a ‘key’ to line him up perfectly and hold the glue.
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