George's obituary of Harvey the Inspirational House Rabbit
Harvey the Inspirational House Rabbit was a shining beacon for rabbits everywhere. "He took over our lives as soon as he arrived," says Janet, his pet and primary care giver. "From the start he decided firmly what would be his own lifestyle, limitations and place in the family set up."
Luckily for other rabbits who are thinking of moving into a human house, Harvey left a record of his training methods. "It's not all cabbage and carrots being in charge of two humans and a house," he admitted. He monitored all visitors, and enjoyed watching TV.
His diary of daily life can be purchased here
Harvey also busied himself with a little redecorating - putting frills on the sofa arm, and adjusting the carpet fringe a little. "It was all done very tastefully," he remarked, "They could have shown a bit more appreciation in my opinion."
Like all good trainers, Harvey recognised the importance of showing displeasure when training a human. "If they try to blame you for something, turn your back. If you want to object to anything at all, turn your back and sit tight."
His chapter on the importance of watching feet should be read by all house animals. It is an important insight into the world of humans. He realised that feet were the key to predicting human activity within the house.
He will be much missed. His legacy is his blog and the written version of it in a book. He also contributed photos to Celia's website.
Help for cats whose humans show behaviour problems.
This blog is devoted to the study of human behaviour. We cats, who live with this sometimes unpredictable and always feeble minded species, can benefit from seeing their behaviour in its proper scientific context. The study of feline dilemmas, training problems, and difficulties with humans, can only benefit all of us. All of us train our humans - to buy the right food, for instance, but many of us do not have knowledge of how to improve our training methods. The human species is obviously not as intelligent as the cat, but nevertheless can learn quite a lot - if properly managed. Topics of interest include the use of claw and order, purring as a human reward, rubbing your human up the right way, when to bite, spraying as a method of making our wishes known, ignoring the human, human harassment, human inattention and sheer human stupidity. I welcome your questions. Photos can be sent via my secretary's website, www.celiahaddon.com This blog has been chosen as one of the top 50 feline blogs by Online VetTechprogramms.org
Dear Janet, we are so sorry for your loss. We know how much you loved Harvey. We loved him too.
ReplyDeleteHe was the most beautiful house rabbit we ever knew:-)
He did a very good job training his humans and equally showing the feline's world that rabbits are smart, have strong personalities and can be friends with cats. He will be greatly missed.
Love and purrs to you
Fluffy & her parents
PS. I know he'll meet in Heaven my late sister (Cayenne) and many of our late friends
Oh, Fluffy. We are so sorry to hear the sad news about Cayenne.Harvey's Pepperpot.
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Love to all your family,
Janet
So sorry to hear about your loss.
ReplyDeleteHarvey always looked like an adorable ball of fur always ready to cuddle.
RIP beautiful soul.
Love to your humans
Shumba
My sincere condolences to Harvey's humans. It must be a very difficult time for you.
ReplyDeleteAnd, Harvey.....wherever you are ...up there in Heaven....my hat off to my friend...I never had a chance to tell you but, you were the most intelligent, courageous and funny rabbit.
Diego
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