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Dog petting techniques
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Most of these work on my cats, too! No airplane ears, but the rest are kosher. Rapid pats are out of the norm—my last cats thought I was punching them when I did light pats, so I stopped right away. My current cats arch their backs and I play them like xylophone and they’re sad when I stop.