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Post by starlingqueen on Oct 3, 2015 20:27:36 GMT
Cookie dove loves my feet but only if they're not naked, if naked he bites them. In socks he worships them, but only mine. He does this every day, several times.
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Post by ffiscool on Oct 3, 2015 20:34:28 GMT
Awww. Cute
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Post by milliej on Oct 3, 2015 21:24:37 GMT
We have two collared doves that frequent our garden (I believe they pair for life?) and I've seen them doing a similar action like this to each other. You don't think he fancies your foot do you, or sock even! If he's a he, would he be more inclined to do this?
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Post by starlingqueen on Oct 3, 2015 21:45:23 GMT
We have two collared doves that frequent our garden (I believe they pair for life?) and I've seen them doing a similar action like this to each other. You don't think he fancies your foot do you, or sock even! If he's a he, would he be more inclined to do this? Yes, he is a he and he has bonded with me, chasing off anyone who comes near me. He bites the rest of the family, slaps them with his wings and screeches at them. He doesn't hurt, thankfully. And yes, they do mate for life.
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Post by Hezz on Oct 4, 2015 1:38:59 GMT
What happens if you give him a socked hand? Poor Cookie needs a girlfriend.
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Post by OP on Oct 4, 2015 7:10:38 GMT
What'll happen when he tries to mount your foot, or has he already done that? You could finish up with one frustrated dove!!!
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Post by Shirls on Oct 4, 2015 7:39:17 GMT
That video is lovely starlingqueen. I think Cookie loves your socks! Very relaxed doggie in the background!
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Oct 4, 2015 7:56:02 GMT
How cute. Interesting that he bites your naked feet but loves clothed ones.
Dumpling was the same with me!
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Post by starlingqueen on Oct 4, 2015 13:01:34 GMT
What happens if you give him a socked hand? Poor Cookie needs a girlfriend. I will have to try the socked hand Hezz. I have thought about a girlfriend but if he sees me as his mate then he might not accept a real dove girlfriend as they stick together for life. Oh and the can be 30 years in captivity. What'll happen when he tries to mount your foot, or has he already done that? You could finish up with one frustrated dove!!! He hasn't mounted my foot yet OP but if he does I'm sure it will be just like all those dirty buds we have that do the deed with whatever they find appealing. That video is lovely starlingqueen. I think Cookie loves your socks! Very relaxed doggie in the background! He does love my socks Shirls. If he sees naked feet he pounces on them and make a strange wheezy squawk, then attacks them. That relaxed dog is Teddy. He's used to animals walking all over him, literally. He thinks nothing of a tortoise stomping past, a bearded dragon hitching a ride, a parrot nestling in his fur or a dove landing on him and playing with his fur, a chicken walking past in the garden, that is bigger than him. He's the most laid back dog ever. How cute. Interesting that he bites your naked feet but loves clothed ones. Dumpling was the same with me! Yes it is odd. It's not just my naked feet he bites either but only my clothed ones he worships. Other clothed feet are ignored.
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Post by milliej on Oct 4, 2015 16:07:23 GMT
Ah he's in love with a certain socked foot err not meaning to be personal here but how often do you change them wondering if it's the pattern or the way you wiggle your toes perhaps. More budgie bird psychology!
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Post by starlingqueen on Oct 4, 2015 16:21:20 GMT
Ah he's in love with a certain socked foot err not meaning to be personal here but how often do you change them wondering if it's the pattern or the way you wiggle your toes perhaps. More budgie bird psychology! I change them every day and have a wide variety, today's are pink and purple stripes. He's not fussy about the sock variety, he checks to see I am at the other end and worships. He doesn't do the same to anyone else in the house but he doesn't bite the other family members toes if they have socks on. I think he's just a prude and doesn't like nakedness.
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Post by milliej on Oct 4, 2015 16:29:31 GMT
Ah he's in love with a certain socked foot err not meaning to be personal here but how often do you change them wondering if it's the pattern or the way you wiggle your toes perhaps. More budgie bird psychology! I change them every day and have a wide variety, today's are pink and purple stripes. He's not fussy about the sock variety, he checks to see I am at the other end and worships. He doesn't do the same to anyone else in the house but he doesn't bite the other family members toes if they have socks on. I think he's just a prude and doesn't like nakedness. Ah bless, perhaps he likens the cloth to feathers and naked skin to predators? She says clutching at psychology straws!
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Post by Hezz on Oct 5, 2015 1:03:20 GMT
Whoever can know what goes on in the minds of our animals? Only them.
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