Hanging Offence

I am trying rather unsuccessfully to bead while Red sits by me. The lack of success is related to Red biting my beading wire as I try to do Right Angle Weave and my unfamiliarity with the pattern. After getting quite frustrated by repeatedly having to rescue the wire from his teeth I sternly told him in my best Barbara Woodhouse voice that if he didn't stop I was going to "put him down"! Then I ruined my warning by laughing at the dual interpretations of my warning...what I meant was I'd would put him down off the table, not have him 'put down' at the vet's...! The punishment does seem a bit extreme for biting my jewellery making.