This is kinda strange to me.
Monet and Picasso gets along great. they're always playing and grooming each other. Monet's at the point where he doesn't care of Picasso pounces at him or gets too close.
This morning, upon waking up, Monet was curled up against my face, as usual. Cassie jumps up, I guess she was startled to see him there, and she froze in place. She did not move a millimeter, ears back and eyes wide. Monet leans over, gives her a sniff and a quick lick to her ear. She still didn't move a millimeter. After a few seconds, Monet then swatted at her, causing her to crouch back. I am not sure if he hissed or not, I didn't have my hearing aids in. When she crouched back, she once again did not move a speck. She stayed that way until Monet jumped off the bed and she became instantly animated again. Life proceeded as normal after this.
To me, it seemed Monet was saying "It's OK, you don't have to be submissive" with his lick to her ear. But when she didn't move still, he got annoyed and swatted her.
On Cassie's side, I guess she felt because Monet was close to me, she shouldn't get close and got scared?
What do you guys think? my hunch right with both submission pose and theory to why?
