Australian Shepherds by Bit O’ Blarney: Dog and Cat Grooming, Boarding, and Loving in the Salinas, Monterey, and Santa Cruz Counties of California

Tanner has been hanging out with my cats too long…………….

 

I have a lightweight throw that I put over my bedspread, that I can wash easily, for cat hair, etc.

One of my favorite games is to wiggle my finger under that throw, and the cats pounce on it and we play… they roll over and rabbit kick my hand through the throw, bite my hands etc.

Tonight, I am changing the throw on the bed and Tanner jumps up there.  I slide my hand under the throw, like I would for the cats, to see what he’ll do. He looks at the ‘lump’ (my hand) and looks at me.  He then gets up, and stares at the lump…. he gets this stupid “let’s play” look on his face and rears up and comes down on my hand with both front feet, like a polar bear going after a seal under the ice.  Damn near broke my hand, he really slammed me… but of course he didn’t mean to hurt me… he was trying really hard to play like he sees me play with the cats…so he flops down on my arm and takes my hand in his mouth, and tries to rabbit kick me… again, like he sees the cats do…not a real DOG like behavior….

Like I said, he has been hanging out with cats too long.