In this video, Juniper shares an ice cream cone wither her canine pal, Chewy.
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Idiotic vertical format video. iPhone should not run in video mode when phone is held that way.
Looks an awful lot like my papillion and acts similar.
If you pet my dachshund Oscar on his belly and stop, he flips his front paws at you as if he’s saying, more, more, more.
Juniper clearly enjoys them.
My cat KC otoh, would rather not. Belly rubs are in the same class as tail tugs.
how d’ya like it
how d’ya like it
Over the last few years, I have noticed quite a few videos of red foxes being someone’s pet. As much as I’d love to share my life with a fox, I just don’t know if it’s right. How kind is it to try to domesticate something that should be wild?
But they are soooooo adorable.
Claudia, I hear what you are saying….but it doesn’t stop me from wanting a pet fox! 🙂 But then again, I want a pet snowy owl, baby elephant, red panda, and some of those cute goat kids in pajamas! 😀
Why do we talk to animals and babies in real high pitched voices?
My son always wanted a ferret or a spider monkey, neither of which he ever got. And his wife won’t let him have them either, good for her. Of course this is the kid who tried scaling the fence at the Calgary zoo also trying to get in with the zebras when he was 3 before my father in law and I caught him about 5 or 6 ft. up the fence and brought him down. And his year and a half old daughter takes after him, she’s going to be a pistol.
Foxes and wolves are ancestors of today’s dog. That’s why they share the same type of personalities and blend in better with us humans.
An animal showing its belly is a sign of trust also. Foxes are beautiful creatures.
The fox has been domesticated, and they can be found for sale if you know where to look.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated_red_fox
If I’m lying down, my kitty will circle around and around, getting himself positioned just right so that my resting hand is aligned with his belly. Too funny.
Keeping a wild animal as a pet? I don’t know. I wouldn’t if I could help it. Sometimes releasing them back to the wild would mean certain death for an animal who doesn’t have the instinct to take care of itself, I imagine.
A friend caught an injured red tailed hawk once back in the early 70’s, we took it to a vet and left it there. And we had all sorts of critters growing up my brothers and I. Frogs, toads, horned toads, praying mantises, domestic mice, rats, gerbils, hamsters etc., and even a 6 ft. bull snake which my brother lost in an upstairs cubby hole of which we never saw again. My Mom, God bless her was a good sport overall since she grew up on a farm and was used to all sorts of critters. And more darned cats and dogs especially beagles and German shepherds growing up. We lived in a regular managerie at times, no birds though.
old_oaks- Mine does, too. And they have looong bellies. lol!
When my belly’s being rubbed my legs start waving really fast.
All three of them.
One danger I see about getting a wild animal to be friendly to humans is they may die early because of it. Not all humans will be aware it has been domesticated and may act violently towards it out of their ignorance and previous mindset.
Many years ago, my most-lefty friend claimed to love this one particular goose down at the sailing club.
He would glow when talking about how it would follow him as he drove out of the lake park and would seek him when he arrived. Took several pictures with him holding the goose. Wearing a big shit-eating grin, too.
The goose was soon caught by some people and eaten.
No doubt the goose’s demise was facilitated by his befriending of it. Not only did he not fear humans, he thought they were “good” and that made him easily catch-able by someone with bad intentions.
Moral: If you really love wildlife, it’s better they fear humans than not.
The selfishness of wanting them used to, and befriending, you may very well be the reason they die before they naturally would. This is not the easiest thing to do, I understand. We want animals to love us back.
Adopting or caring for a damaged animal is not the same thing. I’ve done it a few times, but they were always returned to the wild when they healed. If they can’t do that then, fine. Keep them on your property and protect them. JMO
As for the high pitched voice thing – because it is the complete opposite of aggression and danger signals.
You can try the experiment yourself: Try coo-ing to your resting baby or pet for a while then start yelling at it and see what happens.
Unfortunately, foxes do not live very long about 2-5 years.
Daadof: ‘Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all….
None of us are getting out of this gig alive and it seems that, for the time it was topside, the goose had a pretty interesting and unusual goose life. …..Lady in Red
“Why do we talk to animals and babies in real high pitched voices?”
I don’t. I have more respect for them.
Well I don’t talk baby talk to my cat. I do use different tones of voice depending on the occasion. He’s about four years old now and responds to several words and phrases. You couldn’t call it a vocabulary, but it is communication.
For more about cat behavior etc you can check here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8EPjo3GCJE
and related vids.
Simon gets it.
Cats are by nature solitary- quite different than dogs (pack animals) and birds (flock animals) in their relationship with humans.
I imagine most canids raised in captivity will behave similarly once socialized.
If you were to invent an automatic belly rubbing machine you can make a vast fortune.
Unfortunately, payment will likely be in the form of MilkBone dog biscuits.
@Dadof4 January 5, 2018 at 12:02 pm
I know people that respond the same way to progs. I’ll miss the goose, I’ve never met, more.