dogs and neighbors
Jan. 14th, 2011 11:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kalmngaptooth whitebeard, dowager empress of all the pirates (she's eleven, she gets to be a dowager empress) is a little licky recently.
by a little licky i mean regularly tries to lick all the skin off my hands. thank goodness it's winter so i'm wearing pants instead of shorts so she can't get at my knees. it's very weird when she licks the numb spots on my left knee.
this is not very new; the juggler assures me it's been going on for a while. i was worried it was new after josie died, but no.
anyhow. anyone have any ideas on how to distract her from the OBSESSIVE LICKING? i try to pet her instead, she doesn't want to be petted. if i wrestle her out of licking, sometimes she'll lie down and cooperate, sometimes she'll jump off the sofa or bed and go do something else.
also! i seem to be making friends with the neighbors. this is cool and strange. i am not sure how this works, but i am all for it. their kid is a sweetie.
by a little licky i mean regularly tries to lick all the skin off my hands. thank goodness it's winter so i'm wearing pants instead of shorts so she can't get at my knees. it's very weird when she licks the numb spots on my left knee.
this is not very new; the juggler assures me it's been going on for a while. i was worried it was new after josie died, but no.
anyhow. anyone have any ideas on how to distract her from the OBSESSIVE LICKING? i try to pet her instead, she doesn't want to be petted. if i wrestle her out of licking, sometimes she'll lie down and cooperate, sometimes she'll jump off the sofa or bed and go do something else.
also! i seem to be making friends with the neighbors. this is cool and strange. i am not sure how this works, but i am all for it. their kid is a sweetie.
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Date: 2011-01-15 05:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-15 05:44 am (UTC)Wait! You have a numb patch on your left knee?
Date: 2011-01-15 05:57 am (UTC)And yes, having the cat lick it, or scratch across it is a very odd sensation.
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Date: 2011-01-15 10:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-15 04:18 pm (UTC)Shadow used to be a bitey kitten. We could sit together for a while and cuddle, but at some point he would decide it was time to chomp on me. So every single time he did that, I gave him a firm, "No!" and stopped cuddling (either I got up & walked away or I put him off the sofa, as appropriate). Over a few weeks this significantly reduced the frequency with which he was trying to bite. We've kept it up so that he only makes the attempt once every several months now.
I hope it helps - good luck!
Re: Wait! You have a numb patch on your left knee?
Date: 2011-01-15 04:36 pm (UTC)