{"id":12064,"date":"2014-10-26T22:20:48","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T03:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=12064"},"modified":"2014-10-26T22:35:48","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T03:35:48","slug":"molly-our-perverse-little-angel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=12064","title":{"rendered":"Molly, Our Perverse Little Angel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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She looks so sweet but she has a couple of really weird habits. One is that she cannot eat over her bowl. She picks up food from her bowl, walks a little ways before dropping the food on the carpet, and then she eats off the carpet. This makes for interesting textures on the floor when you’re walking around barefoot. <\/p>\n

And then there is this other thing that she does:<\/p>\n

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It’s kind of weird but I’ve been told it’s quite normal. It’s a way for her to show dominance. She’s always done it and would even mount Jesus<\/a>, one of our cats back when we had cats. She couldn’t do it to Felix<\/a> or Oscar<\/a> because they wouldn’t let her get away with it. Jesus was so passive that he wouldn’t even flinch.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I’m not sure how this got started but she’s always done it. I suppose we’ve not done a very good job of discouraging it because we’d just laugh it off so now, even at the ripe old age of 48 (technically she’s 48 because she’s 8 years old), she still does it. <\/p>\n

I’d been reading up on this behavior<\/a> and it seems like the main reason she does it is probably boredom. Brian and I are both at work all day. And, though Brian does a good job of coming home for lunch to let Molly out, I’m not sure that we give her as much exercise and attention as she needs.<\/p>\n

I’m going to see if walking her and playing with her more will curb the habit but I’m thinking that it’s probably too late to change her behavior at this point. I mean, she’s pretty much an old lady. Oh, well.<\/p>\n

BTW, here are some more adorable pictures of Molly:<\/p>\n

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Brian and Molly, sleeping.<\/p>\n

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She’s always napping, even in broad daylight.<\/p>\n

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She can sleep even in the most awkward of positions.<\/p>\n

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See what I mean?<\/p>\n

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Bunny ears!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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