The Rejection is Strong with this One! In our household Shippo is known as Mister Cuddles, while Zora is known as Little Miss Independent. She doesn’t ask for cuddles and is usually more content to sit by herself. She does barge into our rooms throughout the day to check on us though, which is about the extent of her showing concern and affection for us. It’s rare for her to want cuddles, usually she’ll only cuddle with you if she gets scared or she thinks that you’re asleep. We’ve been reduced to what we like to call “force cuddling”, which is basically us picking her up as she walks by and giving her cuddles. This is how Rosie has become dubbed as the “Smother Mother”. Both Zora and Shippo were rescue dogs, and when we first got them they came to us with a lot of problems. One of the main ones was that they were unused to interacting with people. It took Zora nearly a year before she became comfortable being in the same room as people. The f...
