I'm with you, Noah's Mommy, I think you did very well. I'm not as assertive as I'd like to (and should!) be sometimes, so I think you did the right thing. I always wonder when someone says such non-sense about animals, for saying that you could teach an animal to ignore its instincts is stupid and somehow cruel. These things reveal how little respect some people feel for animals. Hope it changes, but it's going to take a long, long time...