4 month female kitten continues to be nasty to my smaller dogs and they now leave the room when she

I really am at my wits end. We took Tori on as a foster kitten when she was just 2.5 days and her weight was very low. Her mother's milk dried up so I took here as my son had to work. Unfortunately she did not have litter mates or a mother to teach bite inhibition etc.

I had to feed her by syringe to begin with then onto a bottle and was fed around the clock every 3 hours. It was fairly cold so we also put in large sock with rice in it to keep her body temp as it should be. We had Tori in a soft crate beside out bed covered at night to conserve the heat.

I was a vet nurse many years ago. I have also fostered many pups that I have bred.

Now the big question she used to love a cuddle but now will only allow a couple of strokes then she bites and we put her down.

First it was one of the Tibetan spaniels that she was always after jumping on her and now she is no longer able to relax always looking around incase Tori jumps on her. Now the male dog aged 7 she goes after him. They are very soft hearted dogs and do not retaliate they just leave the room.

We used to sit in the living room at night to watch some TV and the dogs had they beds to lay on and it was a relaxing evening. Not anymore. Last night I was so sad to see this happening I got the extra large crate out and my 2 small dogs were relieved to feel safe and went to sleep. Oh I do have an 11.5 year old Golden retriever that Tori leaves alone.

Tori has plenty of exercise during the day and lots of play and interactive toys etc. She was very interested in my measuring tape I was using so I tied it to the handle of the door and she enjoys that.

The vets will not desex her until she is 6 months. We love all of our pets but I really need some tips and advice please. I am very unwell myself and all the tension is not helping me either. Thank you for taking the time to listen. The photo is of when she was younger

Tori is very clean and uses her litter box from the start and we have never had a accident One positive

She's beautiful. How old is she now? The easiest way to socialise a kitten is to get another, well socialised one. Otherwise, there are a number of techniques you could use. If she isn't behaving ie biting etc doesn't

sorry, my phone... make a noise or say "stop", get up and ignore her for a few minutes. Get her a soft toy that she can bite and if it's close by distract her with that.

As for the petting, kittens go through stages like we do. I noticed it particularly with one of my kittens when she was about four to five months.

Thank you for your reply. I do appreciate it. We do these things with Tori. I guess we will have to wait until she outgrows it.

My 4 mo old female used to run through the room and whomp my little dog right in the head enough times that I brought another cat home for her. He kept her occupied and he was very lovely to the dog growing up. He tried to cuddle his dog sister many times. 
She had been spayed by that time too. Different clinics around Phoenix either do 2lb/2mo or 3lb/3mo rule and did them earlier than the regular vet because we had an overpopulation issue.

It's probably just a fun new game that she hasn't tired of yet, she'll likely grow out of it.  Kittens go through many fads that they seem addicted to one week then bored of the next.  

Your two younger dogs need to "man up" and stop whatever it is they're doing that satisfies Tori before/during/after she pounces.  Your golden retriever sounds as though it might have greater patience and wisdom, having learned to cloak itself in invisibility by not reacting to Tori's play.  Your dogs might eventually get so fed up that they snap at Tori, which would end the game there and then, as cats don't really find true aggression fun at all and avoid it at all costs.  

Tori's physicality will be ever changing at just four month's old, and something she finds fun now, like launching her body at a fabulously fluffy dog's tail, for example, won't necessarily feel so enjoyable when she's grown to be a ladylike, lazier, and dare I say it, fatter, cat.   

What do you do when Tori ambushes your dogs?  Your behaviour will also excite or bore Tori.  If you get all het up in a flurry of arm waving, shouting, and general kitten-amusing motion, Tori will find this game even more fun.  Try not to make any fuss and just let them all get on with adjusting their games and behaviour towards each other.  As long as no one is actually getting hurt, they should all survive this particular playful period.  

Attract or distract Tori with a wand toy, and when she comes to play with it give her a treat as a reward.  Rewarding good behaviour gets better results than scolding bad.

I hope things settle down in your household again soon, and that you are all able to relax, peacefully, in front of the box once more.