Rita has been here about five months and she still doesn’t like to be held or doesn’t even really want to be close. She’s very jumpy and when we’re outside, she’s scared of her shadow . . she makes me feel brave and I’m such a chicken.
Sitting With Vince
The other day Vince said . . look who’s sitting with me! That’s about as close as she gets and she doesn’t do that very often. She’s always ready to make quick get away . . she never gets too snug.
I’ve heard that some dogs just aren’t snugglers and maybe she’s one of those, or maybe it’s due to something that happened in her past. We’ll take whatever lovin’ we can get from her but we always want more than she’s comfortable giving.
Maggie says
We have a cat that is skittish, sometimes she runs off if we just breathe too loud. She spent a few months hiding in the basement when we first got her. Now she will stay in a room with us, but she is not very snuggly either. I often wonder what might have happened in her past to make her so scared.
Deb P says
We have our Chloe, rescue adopted, with her backstory not revealed. The things they told us have proven not to be true. She does not snuggle. After 18 months she will now greet us at the door, sit and watch us and will let us pick her up. But she will not relax….we will keep being consistent and maybe after another 18 months we will have more progress to report. She was very obviously trained, she can do several tricks and was housebroken.
Jannette B says
We have a cat that was rescued from a not-so-wonderful situation. Buddy has been with us for about 3 1/2 years, and he’s still kind of skittish – until we bring our supper out, that is! Other than that though, he very rarely sits with us, or even near us, and he still startles REALLY easily – but he’s ever-so-slowly letting down his guard….
JanetB says
My rescued pug is not a snuggler. But after several years, she has become all about her people (my husband and me). She likes to be with one of the two of us and will sit between my husband’s legs in the recliner. She will always be somewhat independent but I have no doubt that she really loves us.
Dar in MO says
We had two feral cats that we adopted over a course of several years. They were truly outside cats and had taken care of themselves for who knows how long. We finally enticed them into our home and over the next 5 or 6 years, one of them became very cuddly and friendly. The other one was still skittish and frightened if you moved too quickly or got up from a chair near her. It took us a couple more years before she would come sit on my lap and go to sleep there. She was a sweetheart the last couple years of her life. It took a lot of patience but we won her over.
Cheryl in PA says
Judy, I love reading your posts. You make me SMILE!!!