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Hi all. I got an email from an acquaintance ofmine who knows I have a rabbit. It was such a cute story that I thoughtthe group would enjoy it, too. I asked her permission to post it here.
This story comes at an interesting time, because just yesterday Itaught my university English majors the expression "You can't teach anold dog new tricks". When I explained the word tricks I said that myrabbit couldn't do any. I thought that rabbits (like cats) were tooindependent to teach tricks to. This story shows that I'm wrong.
Do you have any examples of bunnies doing tricks or tasks for you?
Here's the story:
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I have a rabbit story to share with you. My parents were on vacation
in Arkansas recently and in one of the little shops, they saw a
beautiful long-haired grey rabbit. The store owner said the little
rabbit really earned his keep working the store. My parents ignored
it, thinking the lady was just making conversation. Well it was true!
When my parents got ready to purchase their item, the lady put the
rabbit on the counter and my dad paid with a credit card. After the
lady ran the card, she gave it to the rabbit. He took it in his
mouth and immediately turned to my dad to return the card and turned
and looked at the lady. She said, "I know, he needs the paper to
sign" and she put the cc receipt in the rabbit's mouth, and again,
the rabbit turned immediately to my dad to give it to him. Then the
rabbit turned to the lady and she said, "I know, he needs a pen" and
she put a pen in the rabbits mouth and the same thing happened
again. The rabbit then put the package in his mouth and "handed" it
to my dad. My parents were very impressed. The lady takes the
rabbit home each evening, and back to the store each morning. When
they get to the store, she opens the car door and the rabbit hops out
of the car and goes up to the store door and waits for her to open
it. When it's nice weather, she'll leave the store door open, and my
mom asked if the rabbit didn't try to leave. The lady said, "Oh, he
goes to the door and looks out, but he never leaves." He's also
litter box trained.
I thought you would appreciate that story as you raise Qingqing.
This story comes at an interesting time, because just yesterday Itaught my university English majors the expression "You can't teach anold dog new tricks". When I explained the word tricks I said that myrabbit couldn't do any. I thought that rabbits (like cats) were tooindependent to teach tricks to. This story shows that I'm wrong.
Do you have any examples of bunnies doing tricks or tasks for you?
Here's the story:
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I have a rabbit story to share with you. My parents were on vacation
in Arkansas recently and in one of the little shops, they saw a
beautiful long-haired grey rabbit. The store owner said the little
rabbit really earned his keep working the store. My parents ignored
it, thinking the lady was just making conversation. Well it was true!
When my parents got ready to purchase their item, the lady put the
rabbit on the counter and my dad paid with a credit card. After the
lady ran the card, she gave it to the rabbit. He took it in his
mouth and immediately turned to my dad to return the card and turned
and looked at the lady. She said, "I know, he needs the paper to
sign" and she put the cc receipt in the rabbit's mouth, and again,
the rabbit turned immediately to my dad to give it to him. Then the
rabbit turned to the lady and she said, "I know, he needs a pen" and
she put a pen in the rabbits mouth and the same thing happened
again. The rabbit then put the package in his mouth and "handed" it
to my dad. My parents were very impressed. The lady takes the
rabbit home each evening, and back to the store each morning. When
they get to the store, she opens the car door and the rabbit hops out
of the car and goes up to the store door and waits for her to open
it. When it's nice weather, she'll leave the store door open, and my
mom asked if the rabbit didn't try to leave. The lady said, "Oh, he
goes to the door and looks out, but he never leaves." He's also
litter box trained.
I thought you would appreciate that story as you raise Qingqing.