Is your pet a Southpaw?  

I haven't really given it any thought about whether my boy sammy is right or left pawed. I have seen him use both though. I know when the door is not shut all the way he has used his left paw to open it more.

That's not a dumb question at all! It's very observant to even notice something like that. When I get Tukay a beef pizzle stick, she usually holds it with both hands. When she's playing with her toys, I've noticed that she uses her left hand most of the time. Maybe she's a southpaw too.

hmm..you know,i don't know?
most of my cats seem to be right handed,but my calico is a master of the 1000 paw slap of death where she gets both going at once,so it's hard to say with her.

it sounds entirely possible to me,i doubt just humans have a dominant side.

i bunnybon7,



Awwwwww, that is so sweet,its amazing what you can discover about your pets jut by studying them, my two cats are both right handed and when I throw a little bottle top or little top from tooth paste, my Tom would catch it with his two paws, he is clever like that. Hugs.


Tamara

I have noticed that my cat uses his right paw more then the other one. So maybe that means he is right handed. Contrary to your belief that this is a dumb discussion I bett it is has been researched by researchers wanting to know the same thing.. so not so stupid as you might think.

I couldn't resist this one! Um - in my case, Billy usually knocks me over to get to whatever he's after - I don't have time to look at his paws!

Hey bunny! Now that you mentioned it I will have to watch
Star and Luna more closely to see which paw they stick in
their dishes when they want to take their food out! I have
never paid attention to which paw they use! What a terrible
mother I am! I don't think that you have too much time on
your hands! I think you are a wonderful doggy mom! I am the
one who isn't paying enought attention to my babies! Shame
on me! Now I will have to watch them more closely so I can
find our if they are left pawed or right pawed! I am so upset
with myself!

hmm...I don't know about that. I've never noticed it. I will have to start watching my Baby Girl and see if she seems to favor one paw over the other.
We took her to Petco today to get one of those pads to pull the loose fur off because she'd been shedding horribly. I ended up getting her some doggy cookies too. She loves the ones with Strawberry creme inside.

It makes me happy to hear that you love her so much! Because i love pets myself, and recently i moved away from my house and haven't seen my Gorian for 4 months now :( I miss him so much, but at least i know that he's being well taken care of by my mom. Back into topic, hmm i haven't really noticed if he uses his right or left paw more.. i always thought that he uses both equally? xD I could be mistaken though, gotta remember to ask my mom next time i call her.

Happy MyLotting

awww, that's very nice, bunnybon...

I never thought some people also keenly observe how their pets act or move. I do, too, with my pets before. I only have a cat now since my dog had a heart attack two years ago.

our remaining pet, a cat, that we had picked up almost dead in our yard and rehabilitated it till he got a bit normal. we noticed that he doesn't react to anything when he recovered. he also had sudden seizures and was diagnosed that he has epilepsy. and when happens to have those, we try to pet him and brush him down to make him settle down because his eyes are so dilated and like he is in shock.

Before he doesn't do anything except sit there and stare and when he gets hungry he slips between your feet and can't even purr. lol

now he's getting better and so fat. he can purr now... hmm, but going back to what you had been discussing. He is right handed, he uses his right paw to hold his food down or play. he also can't lick clean the right side of his back lol. He fall flat when he does that, it's so funny and my bro sometimes try to put a rag on his left for him to lean on to hahaha...I think his left legs aren't as strong as the right legs =P

We love my epileptic cat no matter how scary it is to see him in one of his seizures...