Cheyenne's week of communicating her wants via some low-level undesirable behavior started while I was doing my taxes, something that for this non-math minded individual requires my total concentration. As you can see we have a roll of chewed paper towels and to the right there is my animal manual lymphatic drainage massage chart (canine bite tear can't be seen in photo) and a little green toy (she left that in tact) thrown in for good measure.
We moved along a few days later on to me coming down with a cold and not really feeling like walking her as much as usual which resulted in this:
It's a little difficult to tell and I am having a "you have no more space available in your phone to take another picture" issue but this pen was part of a gift package from a dear friend and has a favorite passage of scripture inscribed on it. I had a fleeting moment, in my sickness induced crankiness, where I considered the possibility that Cheyenne was mocking my beliefs.
When we are overly preoccupied our animals will let us know. Ignoring what they are telling us can simply result in more relatively harmless attempts to get our attention. I consider this seeming "rule of the animal universe" to be a gift.
Cheyenne's behaviors alerted me that I needed to ground myself. I was allowing being sick (not to mention doing taxes) to uncenter me; which can have negative repercussions. Such as the time 2 years ago when Cheyenne was 6 months old. I was in a hurry getting ready and I left her alone for about 10 minutes. She ate my eyeglass lens (made of plastic, fortunately). At that stage in our relationship, that would have been considered a rookie mistake on my part. She had been coveting those glasses for months. My veterinarian recommended that I give a little bread and butter every day until the bits of lens had passed and all was eventually well.
Lame non-raw food (high quality or not) has been covered up with a sheet by Cheyenne. She looks away, as it is so distasteful.
It's not always about us. Cheyenne had been chewing on a fresh raw bone today. So when I gave her this 'high quality" canned wet food, which I sometimes do in addition to her raw meals, the difference to her was very clear. She can tell what feels good for her body. When I asked her if it was the taste of the canned food (which she had eaten that morning with no issue) I felt from her that having it put out so soon after the raw bone was highlighting her awareness that this food didn't feel as healthy for her. The solution was to shun the offensive "food" under a burial cloth.
Naughty dog behavior is often a sign of something that we should be paying attention to both for the good of our animals and also ourselves. Animals provide us with so many gifts and one of the most valuable is how they reflect areas of our lives that need tending to. By making it a priority to pay attention to the messages they are sending we can show our appreciation for our animal family members and honor their love for us.
Naughty dog behavior is often a sign of something that we should be paying attention to both for the good of our animals and also ourselves. Animals provide us with so many gifts and one of the most valuable is how they reflect areas of our lives that need tending to. By making it a priority to pay attention to the messages they are sending we can show our appreciation for our animal family members and honor their love for us.
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