Since we have 2 cats and a dog, it's important for Anya to know how to treat animals.
We've been teaching her the word "gentle" for awhile now, and I'm pretty sure she gets the concept. Teaching proper behavior beyond "gentle" has proven more difficult, though. For instance, Anya spies Zahra (the black cat) and speedily crawls after her, eventually catching up. I remind her to be gentle, and then she pets the cat softly. But sitting there and petting riles Anya up -- she's so excited that the cat is staying put and letting Anya touch her. So of course she loudly screams with delight in the cat's face, and then the cat looks like one of those cartoon animals that is trying to run away so fast that their legs are spinning in place...and then she's gone and the petting session is over. Fortunately, Zahra is very patient with Anya (or a masochist) and always comes back awhile later.
It's one of those things I need to get on video because it's pretty funny to witness.
And that's my story for the day. The end.
2 comments:
How are her interactions with Laika? I'd like to see a video of that!
She is moderately gentle with Laika, but does tend to climb on her sometimes. Laika deals pretty well and just walks away if she gets annoyed. We will take a video sometime soon and post :)
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