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I pick up Hobbes and Bones (cats) and they tolerate it, but don't like it very much. Bones has learned that a simple, whiny "tchah!" (like the sound your gf makes when she's pissed or offended) is enough for us to cease grappling with his meaty frame and set him free to bitch at us from the floor. Hobbes is a Maine Coon mix, and has the dumbest fur I've ever seen. He has perpetual teenage bedhead, and he matts up almost every day. So I've taken to simply tugging the smaller matts out the moment I notice them, which he also tolerates unless I get one that 'isn't ready' and he verbally complains (very rare). He prefers being held like a baby when picked up, weirdly. I also like to slowly slap them in the face with their fish-on-a-string-with-a-stick toy until they engage. Goddamnit I'm getting all of my $3 worth out of this loving thing! You trash beasts! Stop eating used q-tips instead!! Garbage. Just garbage.
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Thin Privilege posted:Same, I pull out the mini mats. But Its not actually to mess with him, its to help him, and hes happy when i pull em out (despite mrowing) but he is so happy afterwards. He actually has now learned and started doing it himself now (he was a feral and when the shelter got him he was pure mat so hes never done it before). I taught a cat I wish Hobbes would learn, he just wet felts his goddamn hair into tangles that are so truly impressive I would give him a medal for it if it wasn't so annoying. He was a feral/mystery outside cat too, so I can't tell if he just doesn't understand or he's always been this dumb. At some point my gf and I decided that the reason he doesn't really like us tugging the mats out is that he loves each and every one, and names them all "jeremy" (?? no idea why) because he's like Ralph Wiggums, personalitywise. Hoarding his Jeremys, his beloved mats. What a weirdo (I mean me)
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Aug 23, 2016 23:51
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While I love messing with pets, a public service announcement: If you have someone else clip your dog's nails, please please please don't mess with their feet. Clipping nails is a big part of my job and it's so much more difficult if the dog doesn't tolerate it. I've been kicked in the tits, pawed in the face, or just had dogs that will NOT let me touch their feet...that's fun. My coworker split her lip (needed stitches) because a dog bashed himself into her. I've been bitten in the face just for trying to (gently but firmly) hold a dog's paw. So boop those noses, scrunch those faces, tell 'em lies or take their poo poo, I don't care! But maybe hold off on the paw stuff...please. (also I should try the yawn thing, that sounds fun  )
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