I think Peter is starting to realize that he LOVES my attention (or maybe I'm just starting to realize that he loves it lol) and that he adores being pet and that it brings him so much joy! I've noticed that he really enjoys laying on the foot of my bed while I'm typing away at forums and he will randomly come and annoy me to pet him and if I don't he will just jump between myself and the laptop and infront of my face
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I also noticed that he LOVES when I pet him and hold a conversation with him (I usually hold conversations with all my animals, but he especially likes when I'm animated with him) because he goes NUTS running around my bed and doing binkies back and forth... I havent seen many binkies from him in this apartment because of the parquet flooring so he only really binkies on my bed unless he's REALLY excited like today where he ran off my bed around the apartment back onto my bed and so on and so forth.... Such a little sweetheart! He's becoming a true character now! I hate to say it and like to think that favorites are a bad thing but Peter really is my favorite! He likes all the simple things I do with him, he loves me for who I am as I love him, I feel like our love is unconditional even when he does something bad.
I feel as time goes on, my boyfriend and I treat him more like a dog... something that really made me smile in silent chuckle the other day is when I was playing with Pandora in the washroom, I heard my boyfriend disciplining him by saying "bad bunny" ... I thought he peed on the bed when my boyfriend just said no, he was sneaking food from the bag because he tore a hole at the bottom. I thought it was very clever and adorable, unlike as if he were to pee on my bed again! (SO NOT HAPPENING, HE IS ONLY SUPERVISED IN MY ROOM NOW
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Even my entire family (who were all VERY skeptical when I brought him home, exclaiming that rabbits are dumb animals who just sit in their cage and run away...NOT) they all are SO open to rabbits now.
My father LOVES Peter so much... I remember for the time that he stayed here with us, we would go to work in the morning, come back from a job 12 hours later dusty as heck (home renos) and rather than cleaning off, the first thing he would do is open Peters cage and get him a banana or treat to snack on!! I think that also encouraged him to get a dog because he missed the company of all my sweet critters.
My mother has been exclaiming how he's like a dog, and that he and Pandora are both better than having dogs, they're cleaner and actually (in her words) "surprisingly loving" ... although we all LOVE my mothers dog Tyson, a Bichon Frise, he's now about 12-13, diabetic (poor thing, doing extremely well on his insulin though!), plays like a puppy still, is extremely calm and intelligent and the worlds LARGEST cuddle bug and sweetheart!! (BTW I will totally post a tribute picture to him at the end because he's so sweet and I love him dearly!)
My brother was laughing because he never ever enjoyed Peter or rabbits but was shocked that he got to pet him on his visit.. the first time he ever saw Peter, Peter cowered away into his house in his cage and wouldn't come out for anything, not even a treat. He still says rabbits are boring though *sigh*
My sister was actually scared of Peter comparing him to a little rat but now she's actually open to coming over and having him out of the cage... she thinks hes kinda cute ahhaha
The only one that never said a bad thing about bunnies was my boyfriend because I have a feeling the only reason he bought Peter is because I really wanted a bunny (DESPITE the fact that I asked him if he genuinely wanted a bunny or if he just wanted one because I did, my boyfriend never tells he'll do just about anything to make me happy) But even he has learned to genuinely love Peter and calls him a sweetheart too!!
ANYWAYS... my post is long but it felt good to type for a while.
As promised, my tribute to TYSON !!!
^^^ my favorite picture of him, he reminds me of a lion in this picture and looks extremely annoyed as well
^^ here he reminds me of that sheepdog from Loony Toons LOL
^^ I thought it was cool how I got him on a tongue roll, (p.s. don't mind his teeth poor thing has a lot of dental issues the vets are sorting out)
^^ of course his FAVORITE way to sleep... on his back, in between blankets and somewhere comfy, preferably all while getting attention!! LOL... he's such a little suck! (he also sleeps like this with my mother on the pillow next to her!!!)
^^^ Quite likely his OTHER favorite way to sleep like a little pampered princess on a pillow.... You can see the cataracts in his eyes as he's only got a bit of vision left, it def doesn't affect the way he is though, he's extremely trusting of us and never gets scared.
As you can see, this little guy is a trooper, he's been through lots of surgeries in his life, and he keeps pulling through because we always support and love him just as he loves us.... I wish I could keep him in my apartment because my mother and sister don't have much time for him he's in a playpen for most of the day with pillows and sleeps due to them working but then again sleeping is his favorite activity, always has been, I always used to say that he is like a house plant you barely know he's there!! Unfortunately I can't have him here, he doesn't get along well with Peter because he can't see too well anymore and just wants to chase Peter for that reason, he used to get along with all kinds of animals and critters.
He is extremely intelligent and is bi-lingual (Polish and English) his most known commands are (in Polish) cuddle, speak and he LOVES to be spoken to like a baby and is all over the attention.