-=> Quoting Jo Peshek to Nobody In Particular <=-
 
 JP> I've surmised that Piper is intimidated by me when
 JP> I'm standing up.  He's a real love-fest when I'm
 JP> reclining on the couch, or when I go to bed at night,
 JP> but during the day when I'm standing, he doesn't want
 JP> to be touched, picked up, nothing.  He skitters away
 JP> from me constantly.  Or he'll rub on my leg/foot but
 JP> if I loom over him to touch him, he gets distressed.
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
There's the problem.
You tower over Piper, and that terrifies him.
 
 JP> Anybody else have this experience with their feline?
 
I haven't. Yet.
 
      Ross Sauer    patch@bbs.sts.net    patch@bytehead.com
 
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