Velour
Lairian
- Joined
- Jan 5, 2021
- Messages
- 134
- Points
- 51
This is probably going to be very ignorant of me.
I am going to attach a video of Vladimir a couple of months before what I recognized as a real act of aggression towards me.
At that time I felt was Vladimir at play (hunting/attack play). Looking back I wonder now if he was actually already attacking with aggressive intent. Cornell seems to think the video is straight attack mode and found it scary...they would have freaked if they saw his aggression months later when he REALLY was attacking. I was mortified myself, Unfortunately I could not protect myself and video tape at the same time.
THings are a little better right now, but he just tried to do it again yesterday. I live on eggshells now around him.
In my other posts you will see what I have been doing.
But here I wanted to post the video and see what you think from your experience As it seems sphynx are in a category of their own and what they consider play is different than most other breeds. He was never aggressive as a kitten. There was an unfortunate phase when he was 2 when someone in my life would rough house with him. I did not think much of it because he seemed happy, but looking back I should have put a stop to it right away. A huge regret as I did not foresee the consequence. But that is another story...
I am going to attach a video of Vladimir a couple of months before what I recognized as a real act of aggression towards me.
At that time I felt was Vladimir at play (hunting/attack play). Looking back I wonder now if he was actually already attacking with aggressive intent. Cornell seems to think the video is straight attack mode and found it scary...they would have freaked if they saw his aggression months later when he REALLY was attacking. I was mortified myself, Unfortunately I could not protect myself and video tape at the same time.
THings are a little better right now, but he just tried to do it again yesterday. I live on eggshells now around him.
In my other posts you will see what I have been doing.
But here I wanted to post the video and see what you think from your experience As it seems sphynx are in a category of their own and what they consider play is different than most other breeds. He was never aggressive as a kitten. There was an unfortunate phase when he was 2 when someone in my life would rough house with him. I did not think much of it because he seemed happy, but looking back I should have put a stop to it right away. A huge regret as I did not foresee the consequence. But that is another story...