I think I am officially Public Enemy Number One again.
After spending months feeding Bruiser treats by hand several times a day and spending hours sitting on my floor I was finally getting him to trust me again. He was starting to come and try and climb up my legs looking for treats and has thought about jumping up to join me in my bed several times.
And then I went and, horror of horrors, trimmed His Majesty's nails!
I've been putting it off as long as I can because I didn't want to scare him. But one of his back nails was starting to turn sideways so I had to get it done.
I bunny burritoed him and flipped him on his back. Got them done as quickly as possible and unwrapped him. He then gave the craisin I offered him the Ultimate Bunny Butt, jumped off my bed, ran to his cage door, looked back over his shoulder at me, thumped and ran inside to the very back corner.
He didn't even come to his food bowl when I fed him. Just sat in the corner looking very disapproving.
In other news, my relationship with Smirnoff has come on in leaps and bounds since I started clicker training her! She'll now come running out of her cage everytime I open the door, she'll sit by my feet under my desk whilst I work and I can't sit on the floor without her climbing in my lap. I think she's mainly looking for food, but I can convince myself it's love if I like!
And, just for fun:
Give. Me. The. KALE!!!
I said: GIVE IT TO ME! (That "Beware of the Rabbit" sign is very well placed!)
Flopped out under my desk whilst I revise.
Joined by Sparky
I can come up plz?
x-posted so sorry if you see it twice!
After spending months feeding Bruiser treats by hand several times a day and spending hours sitting on my floor I was finally getting him to trust me again. He was starting to come and try and climb up my legs looking for treats and has thought about jumping up to join me in my bed several times.
And then I went and, horror of horrors, trimmed His Majesty's nails!
I've been putting it off as long as I can because I didn't want to scare him. But one of his back nails was starting to turn sideways so I had to get it done.
I bunny burritoed him and flipped him on his back. Got them done as quickly as possible and unwrapped him. He then gave the craisin I offered him the Ultimate Bunny Butt, jumped off my bed, ran to his cage door, looked back over his shoulder at me, thumped and ran inside to the very back corner.
He didn't even come to his food bowl when I fed him. Just sat in the corner looking very disapproving.
In other news, my relationship with Smirnoff has come on in leaps and bounds since I started clicker training her! She'll now come running out of her cage everytime I open the door, she'll sit by my feet under my desk whilst I work and I can't sit on the floor without her climbing in my lap. I think she's mainly looking for food, but I can convince myself it's love if I like!
And, just for fun:
Give. Me. The. KALE!!!
I said: GIVE IT TO ME! (That "Beware of the Rabbit" sign is very well placed!)
Flopped out under my desk whilst I revise.
Joined by Sparky
I can come up plz?
x-posted so sorry if you see it twice!