George's Games

George loves to box and wrestle with my hand. He signals by sitting close by and staring at my hand. I oblige by holding my hand a few inches above his head and wiggling it, or by feigning attacks with it, or by gentling attacking with it. He usually sits still for a moment, or longer, until springing into action. He jumps, grasps my hand in his forepaws and chomps on it, wrestles it to the ground and continues to wrestle with it, using his rear legs to pummel it if it resists.

He can play this game for a very long time but it is not his favorite. His favorite game is to spring an ambush from a hidden spot. A cardboard box is a good hiding place, another is behind the bedspread when it is draped over the foot of the bed. He gets very excited, runs to hide, waits and watches a few seconds, and attacks. Occasionally he just waits and watches, perhaps expecting that it is my turn to attack. He can play this game indefinitely.

A variation of the ambush game is to pounce on my hand when it is under a blanket. He watches from a few feet away for a while and then jumps to where my hand is, thrusting his paws blindly under the blanket. Sometimes he twists his head and pushes it under the covers to nibble at my hand.

As much as he bites and paws at my hand, wrist, and forearm he rarely leaves marks.

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