Gentle, gentle!

Audrey has been getting better at being gentle when petting Fris. She's even been learning the sign for gentle and seems to really understand it. Fris is pretty tolerant but we want Audrey to be as gentle as possible. Yesterday, Audrey was sitting down petting Fris really nicely. So nicely that Fris was loving it. What happens when Fris loves something? She wags her tail. Audrey happened to be in the line of fire and was getting whacked in the face. She typically just tolerates it, closes her eyes, and waits for the tail (and Fris) to move on. Well, when Audrey started crying, she stopped petting Fris. This stopped Fris from wagging her tail. Audrey was happy again so she started petting Fris. Fris enjoyed this, started wagging her tail. Audrey starts crying. Repeat. I eventually broke them up but it's going to take a while for Audrey to understand that concept!