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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 622076" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>We have a dog, too. A tiny little guy with so much hair that you can't tell which end is which when he is all curled up. A little while back, I had posted something about the dog (and the cat ~ we have a cat, too) seeming stressed when we were stressed, and happier once the crisis had passed for us. I thought about that. We were posting on the site at that time about the practice of being present. As part of that, I started consciously choosing to make happy interactions between myself and both pets. I'm talking like one minute at most. Just laughing and making much of them. Being sure to greet them happily when I see them, like they are the cutest, smartest pets ever. The outcome has been fantastic! When the dog wakes up now, he looks around for me, finds out where I am, and comes running in with this expression of joyful anticipation because he knows I will make a big deal of welcoming him back from his nap. </p><p></p><p>(!)</p><p></p><p>True.</p><p></p><p>And the cat has been looking up with happy expectation, too. She even climbed into my lap and knocked my keyboard over the other morning, all curious about what I was doing and purring up a storm the whole time. She wound up knocking the keyboard off the desk and somehow, got her claw stuck in a key or something. So there she hung, looking at me in that accusing way cats do when they've done something foolish.</p><p></p><p>Ha!</p><p> </p><p>The fun I've had with both pets since I started paying conscious attention to them has been such a happy surprise. I am so used to whatever I do not being enough, or not turning out well. To think something so simple and sweet as making much of our pets would net such happy reward....</p><p></p><p>I am glad you are going to do that, too.</p><p></p><p>:O)</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 622076, member: 17461"] We have a dog, too. A tiny little guy with so much hair that you can't tell which end is which when he is all curled up. A little while back, I had posted something about the dog (and the cat ~ we have a cat, too) seeming stressed when we were stressed, and happier once the crisis had passed for us. I thought about that. We were posting on the site at that time about the practice of being present. As part of that, I started consciously choosing to make happy interactions between myself and both pets. I'm talking like one minute at most. Just laughing and making much of them. Being sure to greet them happily when I see them, like they are the cutest, smartest pets ever. The outcome has been fantastic! When the dog wakes up now, he looks around for me, finds out where I am, and comes running in with this expression of joyful anticipation because he knows I will make a big deal of welcoming him back from his nap. (!) True. And the cat has been looking up with happy expectation, too. She even climbed into my lap and knocked my keyboard over the other morning, all curious about what I was doing and purring up a storm the whole time. She wound up knocking the keyboard off the desk and somehow, got her claw stuck in a key or something. So there she hung, looking at me in that accusing way cats do when they've done something foolish. Ha! The fun I've had with both pets since I started paying conscious attention to them has been such a happy surprise. I am so used to whatever I do not being enough, or not turning out well. To think something so simple and sweet as making much of our pets would net such happy reward.... I am glad you are going to do that, too. :O) Cedar [/QUOTE]
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