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Forum BEHAVIOR Why is my boy only responding to these commands?

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    • Sr. Melangell
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        We had visitors today, (Me and My Boy) they brought with them a liitle boy who is only abot 8 years old, he has special needs, he saw my Bunny boy, so I opened the pen and said he doesn’t like to be picked up and to be very gentle because bunnies are like babies, he said it was OK, My boy came out of the pen and went to the little boy, the little boy patted his chest and said. “Come.” My boy was on the boys lap and after 2 minutes got down again, then started doing victory laps round the room, the by stood up and said. “Stop.” My boy did as he was told, he told me to call him over by patting my chest like he did, my boy came running towards me, sat on my lap for a few minutes and got down again, the boy looked at my boy and said. “Sit.” And he did, he did the ‘Sit’ a few times, I don’t know why he is responding to these commands because he’s not a dog and I haven’t told him, the boy also said. “Play dead.” And “Lay down.” He did, what is going on???

        As some of you know I have had problems with picking up my bunny, but the boy didn’t and the boy told me to try, yes at last, I picked my boy up.


      • Benthebunny
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          How many visitors? Maybe your bun was to exited? I’m not 100% sure but maybe someone else would have a better answer.


        • Bam
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            He could be responding to the little boy the way a dog can respond to a small child. When my dog was a puppy and severely mischievious, you know the stage when they steal shoes and bite their leash and refuse to come when called, she would be perfectly obedient with my then 5 year old niece. My niece could get “stolen” things back from Ephi, sth that absolutely no grown up could do. Ephi didn’t pull at her leash when my niece was holding the leash, and so on.


          • Chel
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              I agree with Bam. Some animals act differently around small children- more gentle, obedient, patient, etc.

              I used to ride horses and their was this one horse, Johnny, who was considered a higher level horse. He was very stubborn and he would test his riders to see what he could get away with (not in a mean way, he was just mischievous). However, he was used in a lot of lessons with kids because he was a completely different horse around children. Very calm, patient, understanding, forgiving. If a young rider halted him, he’d stand perfectly still like a statue. He’d never misbehave if a child was involved- like a nurturing instinct.

              Perhaps it’s a similar situation with your bunny. For some of those commands, they may be words your bun has picked up on, like “come”. For the others, such as “play dead” I couldn’t tell you how he understood them or if it was a coincidence. Anyway, it seems your bun might have a soft spot for kids

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