Wonders …
May 9th, 2010
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Sumner has been blowing my mind lately.
He now hangs out with me behind the register during the day. Yes, up front, amid all the hubbub. He greets the first few people in the store with rumble-grumbles, but then settles in and accepts petting from everyone! My anti-social odd boy is acting sort of … normal!
Does he enjoy it? 80% of the time I think he’s just tolerating the touching, but I’ve seen him lean in for more when a particularly gifted pet-er gives him a massaging rubdown.
Even more surprising, he’s greeting canine shoppers too. I know he’s not sure how to act (he never learned proper canine signaling as a pup), so he stands very still and breathes in the other dog. The visiting dogs have been almost universally deferential, giving him little licks around the muzzle (The probably recognize that Sum isn’t speaking their language, what with the direct gaze and stillness.) He’s gotten more than a few play bows, too. I wait for the day when he returns one.
He’s learning, and I’m very proud.
Maybe he saw a little Zeke in Cage? We’re all partial to Bostons around here …
