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How to Approach a Homeless Cat or Dog
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4-21-2007 3:43 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4161d3b6-43a9-4283-ad9e-898cad2034a9/C721EF20-AEC6-4630-AACB-E4F42432E6F9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.wikihow.com/Approach-a-Homeless-Cat-or-Dog" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Approach-a-Homeless-Cat-or-Dog" style="font-size: 11px;">www.wikihow.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Approach-a-Homeless-Cat-or-Dog"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Get the animal's attention:</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Approach-a-Homeless-Cat-or-Dog">it is imperative that you do not startle the animal</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Approach-a-Homeless-Cat-or-Dog"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Next, VERY slowly approach the animal, low to the ground, so you intimidate it as little as possible. Get within 10-15 feet of the animal. </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Approach-a-Homeless-Cat-or-Dog"> Once you are close to the animal, you must let it approach you. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Approach-a-Homeless-Cat-or-Dog"> Do NOT look a stray dog in the eyes for more than a second at a time. Dogs consider this to be a sign of domination, and it can cause the dog to think you want to fight.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Approach-a-Homeless-Cat-or-Dog">Hold out your hand so that the back of your hand is facing the animal. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Approach-a-Homeless-Cat-or-Dog"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">If it doesn't come to you, slowly - very slowly - start to take baby steps toward the animal. </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Approach-a-Homeless-Cat-or-Dog"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">If it's a dog and it snarls and bares its teeth or a cat and it's growling or hissing at you, do <I>not</I> run. Stay calm and slowly back away. </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Approach-a-Homeless-Cat-or-Dog"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">When the animal sniffs your hand, don't move until it's done. </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Approach-a-Homeless-Cat-or-Dog">When it is, you can pet your new friend. 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