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Old April 3rd 04, 04:33 AM
Chris
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Well I was feeding this stray who would do the exact same thing--cry & cry &
cry! For a long time, he would rub up agains my leg & feet but would jump
away if I went to pet him--I think somebody must have hit him in the past.
Anyway, to make a long story short, I brought him in during a particularly
bitter cold snap-months later, he sleeps cuddled up next to me on my bed,
follows me around like a puppy dog, loves to be petted. He still gets
scared if I try to pick him up but all things take time. He is still very
vocal. My only suggestion is to just go out and talk to him softly while he
eats. Spend as much time as you can where he can see you & hear you. At
some point, stoop down a few feet away from him & just put out some treats
every day in the same place--he'll come to eat the treats & I bet you he
will be eating out of your hand!


"RedRiver35" wrote in message
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Good morning:

Well ...

He acts like he wants me to pet him but when I open the door he runs.

He also cries when going around the gate in the next yard.

He hever has let us pet him.

I wonder if he wants me to follow him, which I can't do because the

neighbor
gate is such that I can't open it, it is a privacy fence, and the neighbor

is
gone.

He has been coming up and crying several times a day ever since he showed

up
again.

I can, however, talk to him, and he does seem to pay attention to me.

Chelle.

Maybe he wants to come in...... does he let you pet him?


"The day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those

rights
which never could have been withholden from them but by the hand of

tyranny.
The question is not can they REASON, nor can they TALK, but can they

SUFFER?"
-- Jeremy Bentham