CHAT: Why won't she play with me?
Baby Rain (babyrain@mi.net)
I came to live with my human almost a month ago. There is another pet
here, but she doesn't look like me. She has pointy ears and a long,
skinny tail. I want to play with her, and she pretends to want to
play with me (she wags her tail) but when I try, my human gets nervous
and says in a big voice, "Leave the cat alone!" Then the human pets
me and says "Good girl", because I stopped playing with the other pet.
The the other pets runs away.
The other pet looks like she's getting smaller. Is this my fault?
When I came here, the other pet was the same size as me. Now she is
only half my size. Does my human think I am shrinking her? I don't
think I am.
What is a "Labsheperdcross"? My human calls me this sometimes. She
also says I am going to be a Big Dog. Is this the same thing as a
Bad Dog? I hope not.
Pepsi
Rhonda Paprocki
: My name is Pepsi. I need advice.
Pepsi,
you don't wanna play with that....its a CCCat. I have 2 CCCats and they
won't play with me (still). When I first got to my house, the one was as
big as me (or bigger), but now they're reallll little. But I think it was
me cause now I can see over things much better. Tell your mom and dad to
get you some doggy friends or dig your way to the cool UDR parties....
Zeus the great dane
IloveK9s
Welcome to the Underdoggy RR Chat group! You'll find lots of new friends
here. And I think we can help you out with your new home.
First, I think the other pet is a CCCCCat! Not a dog. And they're very
mysterious sometimes. I know that their tails speak a different language
than our tails do. Like, when you said she wags her tail. I know this is
hard to understand, but when a CCCCat wags its tail, that means she's MAD.
Or sometimes scared. But I learned thru rough 'sperience that their
tails talk different. CCCCCCats don't always like dogs running up to
them. Here;s what to do. Pretend you don't even notice that CCCCat.
That will make her curious. She'll eventually come up to sniff you.
Don't do anything! It will take lots of patients to do this, and sounds
like you're a puppy, so I know it's gonna be hard.
Second kwestion. Is the CCCCat shrinking? Nope. You're getting bigger!
How old are you, anyway? I think you're gonna get even bigger. Don't
worry about what your mom calls you. Tone of voice is more important.
Besides, we're petitioning the AKC to recognize ALL dogs, no matter what
they're called!
Big Dog is NOT same as Bad Dog. You're a smart puppy if you already know
that its not good to be called a Bad Dog. Big Dog is A Good Thing. Just
means you're gonna grow lots more!
Now, there are some things you gotta learn right away. You gotta start
workin on your mom so you can train her to be a sucker-mom. Start by
learning the bigbrowneyes trick. When she tells you to do somethin you
don't want to do, just look real sad, and make your eyes big. Hang your
head, and wag your tail slowly. This also works when you want a ttention.
Put your head in your mom's lap, look real sad with those bigbrowneyes,
and wag your tail. If she says one of the magic words, like "Play",
"Walk", or "Outside", then you can runrunrun in circles, jump and bark -
show her how happy you are. You can turn her into a sucker-mom quick.
Good luck, and tell us how you're doing with your mom-training.
Perry (1-4 MBG, Amber Lee's loving nephew, MGH)
Holly
> My name is Pepsi. I need advice.
Hi, Pepsi! My name's Winter!
>
> I came to live with my human almost a month ago. There is another pet
> here, but she doesn't look like me. She has pointy ears and a long,
> skinny tail. I want to play with her, and she pretends to want to
> play with me (she wags her tail) but when I try, my human gets nervous
> and says in a big voice, "Leave the cat alone!" Then the human pets
> me and says "Good girl", because I stopped playing with the other pet.
> The the other pets runs away.
That's a CAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They're FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My Auntie Heather has a CAT named Isis. Isis sometimes plays with me, but
most of the time she just jumps up high and wags her tail and sneers at me.
Mommy lets me play with Isis as long as I don't try to Alpha Roll her. She
says Isis doesn't care if I'm higher in the pack order. Hrmpf!
> The other pet looks like she's getting smaller. Is this my fault?
> When I came here, the other pet was the same size as me. Now she is
> only half my size. Does my human think I am shrinking her? I don't
> think I am.
The same thing happened with Chloe and me. She was lots bigger than me. Then
we were the same size. Now I can beat up on her. :-) It's not your fault.
It just happens.
> What is a "Labsheperdcross"? My human calls me this sometimes. She
> also says I am going to be a Big Dog. Is this the same thing as a
> Bad Dog? I hope not.
You're a GermAdor!!!!! I met another GermAdor at school. Chloe is a
ChowAdorAtian. Being a Big Dog isn't the same as being a Bad Dog. Chloe
isn't a Big Dog, but she's sometimes a Bad Dog. (And sometimes I'm a Bad
Dog... but I try not to be.)
Are you coming to our St. Patrick's Day party next Frieday?
-Winter
Margaret Stein
Don't worry if that other animal won't play with you. That animal is a
cat. I have one named Spider and Spider won't play with me either. When
I was really young and used to lickandlickandlick her she'd get really
mad at me and hiss and swat me on the nose. I ignored her when she did
that because she doesn't have any razors in her toes like some cats do so
it didn't hurt to be swatted. But if I licked her too much some times
she bit me--right on the NOSE. Well that hurt. So your mommy is doing
you a favor by telling you DONTPLAYWITHTHECAT, she doesn't want you to
get swatted or bitten. Listen to her, sometimes Mommy's are pretty smart.
As far as being a big dog goes, that's a very good thing. When I was a
puppy, humans used to say to my mommy, "look how big those feet and ears
are, he's going to be a BIG DOG, isn't he?" Then my mommy would laugh and
say, "I sure hope so, otherwise he's going to look pretty silly."
Duffy (the really big goofball)
Neefer
>That's a CAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They're FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO! CATS ARE STOOPID!!!!
Not only that, they get preferential treatment from Mama.
Stoopid cat hisses and spits and bops me, and Mama won't let
me sanp at it. STOOPID CAT!
"Annette was my baby first," says Mama. I don't care. I
am bigger and better and prettier and smarter and Mama should
love me best.
>The same thing happened with Chloe and me. She was lots bigger than me. Then
>we were the same size. Now I can beat up on her. :-) It's not your fault.
>It just happens.
Huh? You were smaller than a cat? How can that be? Cats are the
size of your head. You were smaller than my head? Are you sure
you are a dog?
>Being a Big Dog isn't the same as being a Bad Dog. Chloe
>isn't a Big Dog, but she's sometimes a Bad Dog. (And sometimes I'm a Bad
>Dog... but I try not to be.)
Being a BIG, HUGE, GIGANTIC Dog is great. I'm as long as my
boy. Mama says that other dogs are starting to look funny.
Their heads are so small. I agree. Heads should be big!
Big is best! That way you can really spread the slobber
around.
Sara, the shy mastiff
PS I used to be afraid of the STOOPID cats. They would
look me in the eyes. Can you imagine?
--
Jennifer in California oak...@netcom.com
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