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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:11 am
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:36 am
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:48 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:14 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:36 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:34 pm
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another idea is to hold out your hand and let him sniff you before you pet him. If he just walks away after sniffing you, then he might not want you to pet him. If he does want you to pet him, he'll "pet" you, generally with his head and rub it against your hand. After he's done that, then it's good to pet him. Allow him to pick where he wants you to pet him, he'll move his head and body around to where he wants you to pet him. Talk softly to him while petting him. He might eventually start figuring out that you're not gonna force him to let you pet him and start allowing you to pet him more, for longer periods of time, and in more locations. He might even get to where he'll go to you and ask you to pet him. biggrin I've been doing this for my cat ever since I saw this on "My Cat from Hell" (a TV show on Animal Planet (one of the few I'll watch, the other main one I'll watch if I can catch it is "It's Me or the Dog" both for some training techniques, and new ways of approaching things) and it is working quite well. I pet her where she tells me to lol. If I pet her when she doesn't want me to, then she won't purr, and eventually either walks away or bats at my hand. When she has had enough of being petted, she'll walk away. If she wants me to hold her, she has a way to signal that too. biggrin Ever since I have started this, my bond with her is much stronger and continues to get stronger and she'll allow me to pet her more often and for longer periods of time and in more locations too. biggrin
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