My 11yr old frenchton is-to put it mildly-peculiar. Food, toys, treats, tv, everything; but this particular question is about cuddling
Basically snuggles must be on her terms.she’s never sat in a lap and if you try to pick her up she acts like her life is in danger (even when I’m trying to help her) y
Im her only owner, got her @ 9 wks from a nice older couple so she wasn’t traumatized or anything n she’s always been like this; she’s also insanely intelligent, highly food motivated and reactive to ppl and dogs-but this post is just about the snuggles
I assumed she’d mellow w/ age- n while there’s been slight improvement over the years, not much-back then if you went to hug her she’d wrench away immediately, now she waits til your guard is down n THEN bolts. That said she can be affectionate- loves to play, gives “kisses”, loves belly, chin, n butt rubs (not crazy bout head pets though) n sleeps under the covers on my body pillow right next to me (w/ no snout she gives me 2 taps w/ her paw telling me to open the blanket n let her under- like I said, super smart) but if I’m having a bad day or just want some hugs that’s too bad. I’ve even tried to use treats to get her closer but she grabs them n scoots back out of range (as someone on the spectrum we joke that she is too as she meets quite a few criteria-lol)
I love her to pieces n if things never change that’s fine, just wanted to see if y’all had any words of wisdom bc some days, you just need puppyluv, ya know?
Basically snuggles must be on her terms.she’s never sat in a lap and if you try to pick her up she acts like her life is in danger (even when I’m trying to help her) y
Im her only owner, got her @ 9 wks from a nice older couple so she wasn’t traumatized or anything n she’s always been like this; she’s also insanely intelligent, highly food motivated and reactive to ppl and dogs-but this post is just about the snuggles
I assumed she’d mellow w/ age- n while there’s been slight improvement over the years, not much-back then if you went to hug her she’d wrench away immediately, now she waits til your guard is down n THEN bolts. That said she can be affectionate- loves to play, gives “kisses”, loves belly, chin, n butt rubs (not crazy bout head pets though) n sleeps under the covers on my body pillow right next to me (w/ no snout she gives me 2 taps w/ her paw telling me to open the blanket n let her under- like I said, super smart) but if I’m having a bad day or just want some hugs that’s too bad. I’ve even tried to use treats to get her closer but she grabs them n scoots back out of range (as someone on the spectrum we joke that she is too as she meets quite a few criteria-lol)
I love her to pieces n if things never change that’s fine, just wanted to see if y’all had any words of wisdom bc some days, you just need puppyluv, ya know?