To anyone that has an animal alter

wronglesson wrote:I've been the same way, it's why I thought I was a therian/otherkin for a few years. Turns out it was Milana.

Milana is now yipping excitedly, I think from knowing of other wolves. And I just got an image of her in full submissive mode, stomach bared.

She does that to my husband too. Very submissive. But she dominates the cats we own, lol.

Ray's always said she's the omega, and that Kat's the alpha. And she's very submissive to just about everyone/everything. The only one she wasn't submissive to was Mike's mom's chihuahua, and I think it's because he had tried to bite Mike more than a few times, so Ray was being protective, and even for omegas, any threat is usually automatically a "lower rank" than even they are.

(I'm now mostly typing out what I'm seeing happening, the colors just help me keep things organized).
*looks at Milana* *nips Kat's chin- sign of acknowledging alpha* *looks at Kat, waiting to follow*
*walks over to Milana, tail and ears still fully erect, keeping an alpha posture* *sniffs and looks* *nods in approval, changing posture to a more relaxed one, tail half erect and ears relaxed though still perked*
*bounds over to Milana, wagging tail and yipping, jumping up and down in the "play?" stance with butt in air and head close to ground*
*sits a bit away from Milana and Ray, watching to see what happens, and looking around in general*

(This is possibly the most vocal I've heard Ray, at least that I can remember right now).

-- Thu Jan 31, 2013 6:10 pm --

LittleRedDogToo wrote:Arf! Arf! Arf! Yarf! Bark! Bark!

*wags excitedly*

Hi Ray!
Hi Kat!
Hi M!
Hi Milana!

Love,
Ellie

*runs around in circles* found, found, found! *wags tail furiously, barking and yipping* ellie found! *pants happily, tail wagging* ellie good? ray hope ellie good.
*stands, slightly backs away from all the excitedness, alpha posture resumed* *studies Ellie, tail and ears fully erect*
ellie safe, ellie safe! *grovels a bit to Kat, nips chin again* ray know ellie!
*nods in approval, watches Ray run back off towards Ellie, sits back down to observe, posture relaxed again*

-- Thu Jan 31, 2013 6:13 pm --

(I see two big eyes peeking around a corner, can't make out their color because they're reflective as animal eyes are. I have a feeling they're not a dog or a wolf. I can tell whoever they are, they're curious about what's going on and all the activity).

I got this from reading that:

Milana licked the underside of Kat's muzzle, so her chin showing her submission.
With Ray after she got excited and bounded over, lowered herself in play position and yipped excitedly. Then she bounded away expecting someone to chase her.

*licks Ray and runs around wiggly and happy* Wuff! Wuff! Aroooo! *enjoys getting to just be a dog with others* I'm the alpha of our group. Of course, we're only a group of two dogs and one's a puppy, so it probably doesn't count. *giggle wiggle lick lick lick*

wronglesson wrote:I got this from reading that:

Milana licked the underside of Kat's muzzle, so her chin showing her submission.
With Ray after she got excited and bounded over, lowered herself in play position and yipped excitedly. Then she bounded away expecting someone to chase her.

*nods in approval* *stands, and chases after Milana, but not to play* *assumes alpha posture again, hoping Milana stops moving* If one is going to acknowledge me as alpha, that one is welcome as one of my own. *rubs side of body to Milana's side, on both sides, mixing scents, which is how wolves accept one another into their territory and pack, and helps to reaffirm their bonds as a pack* *commanding bark to Ray*
*stops running around with ellie and others* *runs to Kat submissively*
*rubs against Ray, noses Ray over to Milana, wanting to get all scents mixed*
*rubs against milana and kat*
*nods in approval once done, sits back down to observe*
*wags tail, play-chases milana back to ellie and others, picks up stick and shakes head with it* *runs around with stick, waiting for someone to play tug-o-war*

LittleRedDogToo wrote:*licks Ray and runs around wiggly and happy* Wuff! Wuff! Aroooo! *enjoys getting to just be a dog with others* I'm the alpha of our group. Of course, we're only a group of two dogs and one's a puppy, so it probably doesn't count. *giggle wiggle lick lick lick*

*assumes alpha posture, sees no threat, so nods in approval of presence of another alpha* *sits back down to observe, posture relaxed*
*runs around playfully, tail wagging, stick in mouth, panting happily* *drops stick to lick back, then picks up stick again and runs around*
*howls*
*ears perk, but realizes it's a calling howl, not one ray needs to answer, so continues playing*

I got this:

Milana rubbed back with Kat, still keeping herself lower, growing still when needed, then bounced over to the others, hoping to play with stick too. Wants to play tug-of-war, never been able to.
Lowers herself to the others, not sure if she needs to be submissive, wants to play.

And then a couple of the cats came in and now she wants to take over to play with them and search for my husband, who she considers her mate. So we might not reply again tonight to this thread.

wronglesson wrote:I got this:

Milana rubbed back with Kat, still keeping herself lower, growing still when needed, then bounced over to the others, hoping to play with stick too. Wants to play tug-of-war, never been able to.
Lowers herself to the others, not sure if she needs to be submissive, wants to play.

And then a couple of the cats came in and now she wants to take over to play with them and search for my husband, who she considers her mate. So we might not reply again tonight to this thread.

That's perfectly fine! People are free to come, read, post, leave, whatever as they feel, whenever they want. Ray considers Mike to be her mate, too. (It kinda worries me sometimes since we're not married and we're not sure we'll get married, but I'm sure that if things end, they'll end on a good enough note that it won't be devastating or anything).

*smiles a wolfy smile of approval/acceptance*
*ray nuzzles and makes reassuring whimpers to let milana know it's ok* *shakes stick around, waits for someone to bite it and pull*
(Ray's played tug-o-war a couple rare times in real life with Mike, actually. Though I'm getting a memory that we used to try to play tug-o-war with our dog that we had when we were younger, until we realized it was just not possible for our jaw to compete with our dog's jaw. Lucky we didn't damage our teeth by trying that!)
*wags tail furiously happy*

This is the first time our polar bear has communicated to me like this:

He showed a picture of standing up on his hind legs with his arms out, like so:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/ ... 34x737.jpg

(This is a stance they take to either look bigger if they feel threatened or to get a better overview of things; from what I can tell he found this thread long and stood up to "see it better")

*rolls over* *sniffs* *cocks head from side to side* *lays on stomach, ears perked, starts to "paw" a bit at the air towards M* what cat like? what cat like? *puts head down, looking at M, wags tail a bit*

M is showing a picture of herself laying with her head on tail sort of (like so: http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/ ... 4al9pn.jpg). I'm going to guess this means she is showing her submissiveness and letting Ray sniff at her and see what she thinks.

We have four animals, for as far as we know now. Three of them have both an animal and a human form.

those three are:
Jeff, who is a Jaguar
Chris, who is a lion
Amber, who is a cat

the forth seems to be just an animal, that is B, an falcon.

♥ Destiny

EDIT: Sorry, I typed eagle, had to be falcon, my bad

lifelongthing wrote:This is the first time our polar bear has communicated to me like this:

He showed a picture of standing up on his hind legs with his arms out, like so:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/ ... 34x737.jpg

(This is a stance they take to either look bigger if they feel threatened or to get a better overview of things; from what I can tell he found this thread long and stood up to "see it better")

*sniffs, stands while looking around, alpha posture resumed* *searching for threat* *finds no threat but stays standing and alert, observing*
*sniffs* *cocks head* what that? what that? *looks around* *sees Kat alert but not threatened* *quietly barks* Kat, what that? what that?
*quiet sharp bark back* Polar Bear. *quiet bark* You're fine.
*lays down, starts chewing on stick*

lifelongthing wrote:M is showing a picture of herself laying with her head on tail sort of (like so: http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/ ... 4al9pn.jpg). I'm going to guess this means she is showing her submissiveness and letting Ray sniff at her and see what she thinks.

cat! cat! *grovels slowly on stomach towards M, sniffing and "pawing" at the air a bit* *gets close to M but only sniffs* *cocks head from side to side* what cat like? *paws at the ground* cat play? cat play? *stops, sniffs, turns head around* what that? what that?

This is what I see peeking out from behind a tree:
http://cliffsideallycats.webs.com/Black_kitten_blyeyes.jpg

As soon as Ray turns toward the cat, they bound away in a black flash and can't be seen.

-- Fri Feb 01, 2013 11:17 am --

ManyHearts wrote:We have four animals, for as far as we know now. Three of them have both an animal and a human form.

those three are:
Jeff, who is a Jaguar
Chris, who is a lion
Amber, who is a cat

the forth seems to be just an animal, that is B, an falcon.

♥ Destiny

EDIT: Sorry, I typed eagle, had to be falcon, my bad

That's awesome! If they feel like interacting at all on here, they're free to join! (It's ok if they can't talk or type. Most of us are typing images we're shown, or we're narrating what we see/hear, or we're typing for them like what they want to say, so however they want to communicate, if they want to, is ok here!).

I just got a weird feeling that I'm being watched... in a sort of animal-stalking way... It doesn't feel threatening, just observing.. Hmm... wonder if anyone new's going to pop up today or if that's just the cat returning...

-Cassandra

M is showing a picture of herself with a toy in her mouth putting it in a corner and laying down on the other side of the room. She's a pretty lazy cat

I just got a weird feeling that I'm being watched... in a sort of animal-stalking way... It doesn't feel threatening, just observing.. Hmm... wonder if anyone new's going to pop up today or if that's just the cat returning...

Could be someone watching in on the thread?