Is Dakota playing or am I scaring the begeezus out of her?

buckeye23

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Dakota will sometimes hunker down like she's going to come at me and then I'll take a step at her and she'll run behind my couch, then come out with her back arched, walking sideways with her tail fluffed out. Then I'll get on my toes and she'll run past me and go under my bed, then I'll step aside and she'll dart back out of my room to the other side of my coffee table. After a minute, she'll walk out from behind it, I'll walk towards her and she'll just plop down on the ground infront of me and I'll pet her.

However...when I first brought her home, she'd go under my bed, I'd peak under there and say, "Come here." and she'd come, now she doesn't. I'm wondering if how I'm playing with her has changed that behavior.

She doesn't really act afraid of me at all except in those circumstances. I'll come home from where ever and she'll complain that I was gone (and I thought I stopped having to answer to my where-abouts years ago when I flew away from the next
). Other than that, she still does the leg rubs, will bring me her play mice and play with them (the best is when I'm sleeping and she drops it by my back and it rolls under my side and she paws at it
).

Most of her behavior says that everything is fine, but I just want to make sure from our resident behavior experts.

Thanks gang!
 

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Originally Posted by yayi

She's playing with you and it sounds like she's having lots of fun!
yes I certainly agree!! I think you are doing just fine with this girl - looks like she is having loads of fun at your house
 

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I used to play this game with Winnie years ago. Now I have two cats, they play the same game together (only they are rough with each other too) and I am the referee!

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Thanks for the replies. Makes me feel better. Just after reading some of things about how cats don't easily forget, I just wanted to err on the side of caution. I guess I'll continue to play the "Make Yourself Bigger" game.
 
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