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Post by Skylos on Nov 4, 2021 5:52:14 GMT -6
Kouta lv 18/attachment 18 To train: Back (1) - Speak up (1) - Bow (1) - Kiss (1) - Search (2) - Track (5) ? hunt? (5) Gatherings:
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Post by Skylos on Nov 4, 2021 6:15:50 GMT -6
The request of the stormy draconic who seems more pliable with gold looms iver Skylos’ head as he is taking note of just how many creatures he’s picked up since adopting his spider twins. Not to me tion Kouta having a rapidfire growth spurt and his head at the cat’s bicep. And Kitri is bigger then him! Their pup is snuggled up close to her mother as he closes the little space an ohou keeper of no note helped him with. The pup wan’t old enough to leave her mother to interact with him, and he was fine by that. Thankfully, maternal instincts run steong with worginu. Kind of why he was out here in the similar field with Kouta, and without her. Coaxing him to leave her side had been a bit difficult. He’s in awe of how much larger the ohou has become. Who right now is super interested in his alpha cat’s ears. This wan’t ok. He pushes his body against the ohou, and he bumps backwards with a surprised woof. {Back up} the cat instructs him. Begin back Fall tbb 1
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Post by Skylos on Nov 4, 2021 22:02:14 GMT -6
Gravity takes Kouta briefly off balance as he backs off a step to get all four paws on the ground again. Didn't his cat friend like playing? But he reaches into himself, which looks very strange to the dog, and fishes out a plump berry. Oooh, treat? Excited now, Kouta starts wiggling and tries to get the treat from cat friend's paw. {No Kouta. Back up.} He has to put out his other paw to keep the larger dog from trying to snap at his paw. The attempts to treat snatch stop, but he hasn't backed up. The cat gives him a little push backwards, and his paw barely moves him. {I said... back up.} this time, its a shove. Arrrm?! Kouta is put off balance, and backs off a few steps. {Good boy. Here.} tossing the dog a treat, Skylos thinks to himself how this is going to work. Did the dog have a prey drive like cats did? fbb 2 back 2
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Post by Skylos on Nov 4, 2021 22:14:26 GMT -6
'Oh thats an idea', he thinks to himself. With nothing in his paws, Skylos walks over to his ohou and just...stands there. Kouta perks up with his initial approach, with a deep sounding yip, he wiggles happily, and trots in a circle around him. But the cat... just stands there. When he stops, the cat man comes closer. Close enough that they're touching chest to belly. Uh... his dog looks up in his eyes, just briefly. {Back up.} Instincts are driving in two different directions of 'cat friend!' vs 'holy crap EYES get out of here move move move'. Kouta's ears drop just a little bit because they haven't broken eye contact... and he backs off a few steps with a fearful whine. The spell of staring breaks and Skylos finally blinks, smiles and digs out a few berries for the ohou to eat. He'd found some berry bushes in the garden while snipping up vines. {Good.} tbb 3 back 3
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Post by Skylos on Nov 4, 2021 22:25:04 GMT -6
Even with having run around with the cat man a fair amount, Kouta doesn't understand the cold drop he feels inside himself when looking right deep into his eyes. They're different from the other. What's so odd about that? Cautiously, he approaches and takes the treats from the offered paw, the other paw reaching out toe scritch behind his floppy ears. {Thats a good boy Kouta. I know you'll get this fast. I'm not used to telling someone what to do.} It is true, Skylos has no actual experience with training, but that doesnt' bother his ohou. His tail wags while lapping up the berries with relish. Perhaps he could find something round here that would also taste good. Like a bird? Standing again, he doesn't look right into Kouta's eyes again, thats enough to put anyone off him, if an animal. {Back up} he instructs. The dog pauses, then backs up a few steps. Skylos smiles, praises him, and gives him a treat. A few ear scratchs too. tbb 4 back 4
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Post by Skylos on Nov 4, 2021 22:29:09 GMT -6
To make it a bit more complicated, likely on himself, Skylos walks right up to being chest to belly with Kouta once the treat giving is done. Looking up at him, the ohou just blinks. He opens his mouth to speak but before the command (request really) is out of his mouth fully, Kouta takes a few steps backwards. {Good boy.} he praises happily. Kouta's tail is making enough movement to wag his whole butt. They continue to split the practice. A verbal cue of {Back up} and to couple it with standing a bit too close for comfort. An establishment of personal space. Skylos likes his bubble of space. Doesn't usually have anything hanging off him like that. Kouta bumps his arm, snuffling for treats. {Back up.} without the bump of his body this time, the dog backs up obediently and waits. This actually turned out pretty easy, right? Thats what he thought, giving the dog a pat on the head. tbb 5 back 5 lv 14 Skylos lv 19 Kouta Found:
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Post by Skylos on Nov 5, 2021 5:51:43 GMT -6
Even with the field being pretty quiet and empty in terms of people and their pets (wasn't this the public park of the city? Seemed a bit out of the way...and somewhat wild), its full of life other places. Kouta pauses, sniffing the air a few times. What was he noticing that the cat man couldn't, or hadn't. Putting his nose to the ground like a common hound, he follows his nose all the way over to a bush with reddening leaves, a vine curling through it with the intent to choke it out and take the sunlight for itself. This had the smell! Woof! Woof! Pawing at the foliage, he's trying to find a way inside. Something's in there! The gentle paw steps of the cat he can hear from behind, sometimes two, sometimes four. But thats not what he heard otherwise. The snap of a twig. {Good alert} the cat praises him, and drops a treat from his paw. The dog is distracted briefly, but isn't understanding why the cat made funny cat noises. begin speak up tbb 6
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Post by Skylos on Nov 5, 2021 5:57:37 GMT -6
Find: Careful not to prick his own paws with examining the bush as well, Skylos leans himself into the bushes, looking for what set his dog off like that. His nose isn't nearly as keen as a dog, but something does catch his attention. Its almost vegetabley smelling. What he finds... is a moderately sized pumpkin! {You found this Kouta? Good boy} he praises the dog, who barks happily in response. {Good alert.} that was his suddenly chosen idea of 'speak' was 'alert' and it worked. In his own mind at least. Theres a struggle to remove the pumpkin from the foliage until the vine tears free of its strangulation of the bushes and he goes tumbling backwards with the pumpkin held to his chest. A few taps of a fist on its thick skin, sounds nice and supple to his ear. The memory of watching human children and their families carving pumpkins for the spooky month... tbb 7 speak up 2
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Post by Skylos on Nov 5, 2021 6:02:15 GMT -6
His mother usually bought smaller pumpkins, not for carving but for eating. Putting it in the oven once cleaned out, and use the pumpkin's body for a stew container for serving harvest murp stew. Oooh, mom's stew. It makes his stomach growl at the thought. Setting the pumpkin in his lap as he sat up to avoid his tail, Skylos examined their find. Lovely and orange, and hardly a blemish. He wondered, did dogs eat pumpkin? He recalls its not.. poisonous if cooked. Kouta is more interested in the bushes still, whining and pawing at it. Looking back and seeing cat friend still enamored with the pumpkin. Bark bark! He calls at him. Stil more! Still more! {I'm coming I'm coming, one second.} the cat makes noises, and comes up to his side. Woof. {Good alert.} there's a treat in it for him. Was he wanting to be told when something is here? Because he can smell dead things! tbb 8 speak up 3
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Post by Skylos on Nov 5, 2021 6:22:09 GMT -6
Kouta wants him on the ohter side of the bush. Instead he's not coming 'over here', and that frustrates the ohou briefly. There are things here and he wants to show him! No, he wanders away from the bush! He huffs and trots over to butt him lightly with his head in the arm. Bark bark! Jerking his head backward at the bush! There's more in there, lets go look at it! {Good alert.} the dog finds himself awarded again... with scratches... oh... is he making noise for food? {Alert} Skylos responds to the dog once he's finished his treat. A long pause before he makes a whining yip sound. Thats enough for him to reward with. There was too much insistence on looking at the bush. Don't pay attention to the bush, pay attention to me. {alert?} alter his vocal tone on it. Was he asking a question? Back bark bark! Treats! tbb 9 speak up 4
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Post by Skylos on Nov 5, 2021 6:48:28 GMT -6
If there happens to be a passerby, the scene of a cat having what sounds like a disjointed attempt of trying to conversate with a dog would look very unusual, but this is Pethia. The norm doesn't EXIST. At this rate, Skylos would also need to teach his dog to be quiet. But he seems to be catching onto being rewarded when he barks and makes noises. He turns his back and starts admiring the pumpkin again, purposefully ignoring the dog even when he whines. Then asks him to {alert} and the barking starts up. {Very good alert Kouta. You're catching on.} the cat turns around and gives him ear scritches. A gentle amount of scritches later and Kouta's pulling on the cat's sleeve with muffled yips to come OVER TO THE BUSH, and see the stuff he found! Clearly something that deems and alert to him. Oh look, fallen branches and such. Well, and a skull. tbb 10 speak up 5 lv 20 Kouta
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Post by Skylos on Nov 5, 2021 12:30:20 GMT -6
But when Skylos straightens up for looking at the mass of debris that his ohou had discovered, maybe someone's nest, he had a thick rope in his hand. A tuggy rope. Looking back at Kouta, he shows it to him. {Is this what you found} he asks. NO, the ohou has a hard time understanding that cat speak and dog speak are very different. But what the cat found has caught his interest. And he wants it. Yip! He wants it! There's all attention on the rope as Skylos crouches on his knees, and the ohou's head follows him down, just enough. {Bow, Kouta.} he attaches quicklike. The distraction of cat noise vs watching the object in his paws... his head pops right back up with a tilt. Huh? What did he say? The rope comes up to his nose again, and he tries to snap at it. {No Kouta, bow.} and drops it back down, and his head follows. {Good.} tbb 11 begin bow
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Post by Skylos on Nov 5, 2021 13:08:34 GMT -6
Why was he even wanting his dog to learn how to bow? Well because he can't reach his head when the cat is sitting down or isn't up on his tip toes. Which puts an awful lot of strain on his toes to constantly do that. Sure, it makes him look a bit taller, but its not something he can maintain constantly. Unlike leaner cats, who sprout up like weeds. The ohou isn't so fond of this game of keep away with the toy, and grabs it as soon as it drops into his reach, shaking it back and forth with a playful growl. {Two can play at that game.} the cat growls back. He's not about to stick the other knot in his mouth though, extending his claws to dig into the rope knot, pulling it downward. {Bow Kouta} he repeats as the dog's head dips downward with a playful growl, not expecting the direction to pull back. {Good.} bow 2 tbb 12
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Post by Skylos on Nov 5, 2021 13:26:02 GMT -6
Cats dont' typically play tug of war, but its also super dumb to lose to your dog in a war of strength. Granted, the ohou is bigger and techincally more geared to the war. because with a gleam of mischief in his eye, Kouta tosses his head back upwards and to the side, and rips the toy out of the cat man's grip. Thankfully he hadn't dug in too deeply, or he'd be missing a few claws. He growls at the dog, who has teeth showing on either side of the knot in his mouth, grinning like a disobeying child. {Thats cheating.} he complains. The ohou makes a noise that he's positive means 'thats tug of war.' {Bow, get that rope down here, Kouta.} he growls, crouching on all fours, his tail swishing the ground in annoyance. Making a mocking swipe, but he pops his head upwards a bit, out of reach. The standoff lasts until he slowly lowers his head, and Skylos grabs hold with extended claws. {Good boy.} bow 3 tbb 13
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Post by Skylos on Nov 5, 2021 13:37:22 GMT -6
Silly cat friend. Kouta drops the knot, and licks the top of Skylos' head, one long slurp. He backs off with a yowl of disgust, but isn't angry, but more of exasperated, but it worked! He dropped the toy! Oh yuck! Disgusting! Its one thing to lick yourself, but to have others lick you who arent' related?! Ew. The cat shakes his head, and tosses himself into the grass, practically on a headstand to rub the excess drool out of his fur. When he looks up, slightly cross eyed and upset, the ohou's sitting there with the toy in his mouth, eyes crinkled in a mischievious smile. What a little prankster. Er, not so little anymore. The drool is going to harden up now and he'll have to wash himself to get the stuff out. A twitch of his fingers in a come motion, and the dog comes up to him. {Bow Kouta} he asks the animal, and slowly it happens. Finally he reaches up and pulls down on the rope so he can see the dog, eye to eye. {That was unnecessary. Good bow.} he growls. Kouta purposefully releases the rope and licks him again. Now that was on purpose. bow 4 tbb 14
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