I love watching dog and cat thought processes. One notices how they're simpler, more easily hacked versions of our own. (And our own are still pretty easily hacked.)
Raksha's going through the age right now where she has grasped that doing certain things makes the humans get mad at her, and that's bad. However, she has only internalized this to a point, so often you can watch her moral struggle: "I know I shouldn't take that food off the coffee table. But then again, on the other hand, I want to. Boy, this is a tough call..."
She's also at the stage where she looks guilty when she's done something wrong, even if we haven't found out about it yet. She knows she wasn't supposed to, so when I see her slinking around guiltily, I automatically check the usual spots to see what she chewed up this time.
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Date: 2010-03-20 09:04 am (UTC)Raksha's going through the age right now where she has grasped that doing certain things makes the humans get mad at her, and that's bad. However, she has only internalized this to a point, so often you can watch her moral struggle: "I know I shouldn't take that food off the coffee table. But then again, on the other hand, I want to. Boy, this is a tough call..."
She's also at the stage where she looks guilty when she's done something wrong, even if we haven't found out about it yet. She knows she wasn't supposed to, so when I see her slinking around guiltily, I automatically check the usual spots to see what she chewed up this time.