When I hear of dominants complaigning about a submissive being too bratty for them to handle or not "submissive" enough for their tastes...it just reminds me of something a very wise slave once told me...."Only those with spirit's of greater strength can have any hope of dominanting those who are also strong."

As for my laconic answer to the op...as the spartans were known for saying I have found that sometimes: "One says more with less."