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]]> By: Woodstock http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/the-truth-about-cat-teasing/832/comment-page-1#comment-5422 Woodstock Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:13:32 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=832#comment-5422 Lady is a shelter adoptee. From what I know of her history, she was probably dumped out of a car. She is a lovely dilute tortie, with a smooth grey coat mottled with lighter gray & yellow. when I first had her home, I stroked her back and down her tail, and was rewarded with a yowl and bared teeth as she swung around in a quick 180. So, OK, no stroking of the tail. I assume she was cruelly teased in a previous life by someone pulling hard on her tail. {As an aside, it was an adult, not a child, my grandchildren could pet her on any part of her body, tail included, and she never objected.} As the months went by, she became more and more accepting of my stroking her, and now I can run my hand to the tip of her tail. She swishes her tail back and forth, makes a charming little chattering sound with her meow, looks at me now and then, but no more teeth, no more yowls, no more quick moves to get out of the way. The tail swishing is now more of a game; "if I swing it over here, can you reach it?" She also will deliberately cross a room to brush herself against my ankles. On occasion, I scoop her up for a cuddle. But I'm often busy and don't respond. However, I can tell that on occasion, she WANTS to be scooped up and will tangle herself in my ankles so that to avoid tripping both of us, I grab her. She has learned to tease me, as well, in ways that don't involve her tail! What a deep sense of pleasure, to take in a cautious previously mistreated little girl and create this mutual trust! Lady is a shelter adoptee. From what I know of her history, she was probably dumped out of a car. She is a lovely dilute tortie, with a smooth grey coat mottled with lighter gray & yellow. when I first had her home, I stroked her back and down her tail, and was rewarded with a yowl and bared teeth as she swung around in a quick 180. So, OK, no stroking of the tail. I assume she was cruelly teased in a previous life by someone pulling hard on her tail. {As an aside, it was an adult, not a child, my grandchildren could pet her on any part of her body, tail included, and she never objected.} As the months went by, she became more and more accepting of my stroking her, and now I can run my hand to the tip of her tail. She swishes her tail back and forth, makes a charming little chattering sound with her meow, looks at me now and then, but no more teeth, no more yowls, no more quick moves to get out of the way. The tail swishing is now more of a game; “if I swing it over here, can you reach it?”

She also will deliberately cross a room to brush herself against my ankles. On occasion, I scoop her up for a cuddle. But I’m often busy and don’t respond. However, I can tell that on occasion, she WANTS to be scooped up and will tangle herself in my ankles so that to avoid tripping both of us, I grab her. She has learned to tease me, as well, in ways that don’t involve her tail!

What a deep sense of pleasure, to take in a cautious previously mistreated little girl and create this mutual trust!
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