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- Subject: Re: Opal's Inferiority Complex
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.115206.3006@mtroyal.ab.ca>
- From: shoran@mtroyal.ab.ca
- Date: 21 Dec 92 11:52:05 MST
- References: <BzEu6u.A8A@acsu.buffalo.edu> <17DEC199211530733@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov>
- Organization: Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta
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- In article <17DEC199211530733@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov>, prkenne@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (CAROL SHARP) writes:
- > In article <BzEu6u.A8A@acsu.buffalo.edu>, kkeating@acsu.buffalo.edu (Kelly Anne Hinkle) writes...
- >>The problem is this--whenever I scold Jessica for doing something she knows
- >>she shouldn't, Opal slinks away like I'm yelling at her. So as I'm saying,
- >>"J, no!", I have to say "Good dog, Opal!" It's kinda hard sometimes! :)
- >>
- >>Any suggestions?
- >
- > I'd also be very interested in suggestions as Buddy has the same reaction
- > when I yell at the cat. He doesn't seem to understand that kitty is not
- > his name and he's not the bad one!
- >
- > Carol
- >
-
- My dogs have always reacted this way, looking sad/guilty and slinking off as if
- in disgrace, whether I was scolding husband/child/another dog/cat. I always
- figured it was a sympathetic gesture on their part, feeling sad and upset that
- I was angry enough to yell at some other poor creature in the house. It always
- make me smile and call out to the innocent one, "OK, Cassy, you can come out
- from under the couch, I didn't mean you!" And that's usually enough to bring
- her wriggling out, relieved and wagging and smiling. (It's usually enough for
- the transgressor to do the same too, hoping for forgiveness!)
-
- Stef
-