Dougy is all over me most of the day. He’s very affectionate and likes me to pet, scratch, scritch, play with, and generally give him lots of attention. So, when I pick him up, you’d expect Dougy to be in kitty heaven!
Nope! Dougy gets upset because he doesn’t like to be held.
Barely restrained, Dougy gets his photo taken. He is NOT happy!!!
Andy’s the same way, but he does like me to scritch his chin and ears…from afar!
You’re messing up their beautiful furs. 🙂 Are they like my cats and spend the next 5 minutes grooming to get themselves back to perfection?
Ha! Ha! Yes, exactly!
Dougy and Andy still love you, even if they don’t want to be picked up. Cats sure do let us humans know what they like and what they don’t!
For sure! Even if they resist being picked up, they do want to spend their time hanging out with me.
yes Dougy likes to be petted but not held !! Simple , no ? 🙂 Man are hard to understand a cat loves to be free !:) free but petted !
In friendqhip
Michel
When the boys aren’t paying attention, I pick them upo and pet them just as long as they want to be pet, then I let them down. I have increased the length of time my kitties like to be petted this way, but they still tolerate being held less than a minute!
I understand what you are saying because my little pet birds like for me to give them “Face Time” and to talk to them and tell them how pretty they are .. but they absolutely hate the idea of me reaching into their cage and touching them — (Most of the time.) My bird, “Sugar” has developed a new trick however: He will fly down to the bottom of his cage and then pretend to have problems flying back up onto his perch so that I will pick him up and set him back on his perch. I know he is doing a con job on me because I have seen him fly to the bottom of the cage and if I ignore him for awhile he will fly back up as easily as ever. My birds do love to receive attention and praise. Has your little kittie always been skittish of being held or is it something that has happened lately?
I might understand Andy’s resistance to being held because he gets medication while being held. I tell him he’s a good boy and give him kitty treats afterwards to help him look forward to medication and being held. It almost works….! Dougy just doesn’t like being held up when he’s on kitty business, which, of course, he always is!
That’s a really “sweet” story about Sugar and his con job! Our animal friends are so much fun!
I become so sad whenever I lose one. They become like little children after a while.
They do become just that, especially pets that have distinct personalities.
Kitties are funny, they want love on their terms, but that is OK- they are so cute, they can get away with it.
Yep, it’s that cuteness factor alright!
So WP is messing with me again but I can still get here from Facebook. Love that Dougy face. is he turning gray or is that just the lighting. Ali is turning gray in her main and spitz on her face but her FAD (feline auto Immune disease) has really aged her too.
You and the boys have a great Wednesday.
No, he and Andy are smoke Persians. When their hair grows out, you see that grey. Since I have them trimmed up, the full effect of their “smoke-Persianness” doesn’t show.
Clearly a conflicted creature. 😀
Dougy or me….!?
I think I will pass on that one. 😀
Good move! LOL!
Wise decision, Susan P
My two do not like being held, either!
More people tell me this. My sister’s two tuxedo cats don’t like being held either, though I think she said they are getting to be less resistant as they get older. Perhaps there is hope for a lap cat in the end!
Oh, when I LIE in my bed, the Tom likes to sleep on my breast or my thigh (when I am lieing on my side) – but only then.
Andy avoids me mostly, but Dougy makes a production of kneading me and letting me know he’s there, as outlined elsewhere…..
It’s ALWAYS on their terms, isn’t it?
How true!
I have 2 dogs that demand a hug at least once a day…..Baby Girl gets really pushy if she does not get hers…..chuq
LOL! Love our pets…on their conditions!
Yep most are more demanding than a 3 year old….
LOL!