Interacting with critters

As some of you may already know, I learned to read cat body language long before human body language. In part, I suspect it's just simpler than humans, as other than hiding sickness and injury, cats don't tend to hide their emotions.

At this point in my life, I have a pretty good sense of how to interact with most animals. This has sometimes earned me the nickname druid, as well as reflecting my most commonly played RPG character class.

There was a friendly pup on the train home this evening, which caused me to reflect on the various things I have picked up along the way around relating to critters of various sorts. I'm most comfortable with cats, then dogs, and then it varies.


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There you go! Many tips. I'm sure that I know more, but these are the ones I'm most able to express verbally.