We all adore the cute behaviors our pets adopt as they perform for us, chasing dots of light, barking at the fire engine sirens, tearing into the mail from the door mail drop. These aren't tricks that are taught more than behaviors, which are performance based, the first time you laugh and find the joy in your pet, which your pet responds to and remembers. They love to bring you happiness and heal you through laughter. Perhaps you have one of the many pets that licks your tears when you cry. It's all part of the special healing bond we share with our animals
Some behaviors may not be so desirable or cute and can actually be harmful for the pets and truly annoying to the human companion. These include; fur licking and pulling to the point of self-mutilation which creates sores. Over eating, vocalizing (barking/meowing/singing at inappropriate times,) obsessing over objects, licking strange foreign objects like plastics,
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