Pepper-Bunny Breakthrough

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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 11/23/2009 at 8:09 PM
  wendyzski
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  I’ve been off the boards for a bit – got laid off from my job and was helping run a local sf steampunk convention….
  
  But I had to come back and share this – Pepper had a real breakthrough last weekend.
  
  Background – she’s a rescued park dump, and I’ve had her for 3.5 years. She was always confident and would approach people but very skittish about touch. It was the better part of a year before she decided that head-pets might be acceptable, and only last winter did she actually start coming up on the couch as asking for pets. She would hang around the room when other people were around, sniffing and trying to snatch food but NO TOUCHY!!!!!
  
  Well, since I got laid off about 2 weeks ago so I’ve been home a lot. Pepper is quite pleased with this turn of events because I am more available for skritchings upon request. Saturday night I had a couple of people over to watch videos, and not only did she sniff them all thoroughly but she actually nudged one guys hand and let him pet her!
  
  (I’m not sure whether I’m happy that she’s finally decided that people are OK or jealous because she’s finally letting someone besides me pet her…)
  
  She even *gasp* hopped up on people’s LAPS! And they didn’t even have FOOD!!!
  
  Sigh. My little bossy/scaredy bun is finally realizing that no one is going to eat her!!! I’m so proud of her.
- 11/24/2009 at 12:12 AM
  jerseygirl
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  Hi Wendy. I’m sorry to hear about your job situation. That sure is a nice ‘silver lining’ though, seeing Pepper enjoying the extra company. Mysterious creatures! They continue to surprise. I hope you also get a positive outcome on the job front but in the meantime – enjoy your bunny girl!
- 11/24/2009 at 3:54 AM
  Beka27
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  Aw that’s great! It’s amazing when they make a break-through like that. Bunny life is truly about *patience*.
- 11/24/2009 at 9:54 PM
  wendyzski
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  OMG – tonight she actually laid down next to me on the couch! True, she didn’t have the back feet kicked out to the side in true relaxation, but she was otherwise all stretched out with her back to me and I wasn’t even petting her. I was afraid to breathe in case I startled her!
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