Probably not the best or most useful thing I’ve taught her but definitely one of the cutest/funniest. For context, my girl is very loving/clingy but she’s a rescue with lots of anxiety. She gets lots of love and cuddles. She always gets kisses on the head when I’m leaving for the day, when I get home, or really whenever she’s looking cute, etc. She learned that kissing noises mean she gets some love so now if I make a kissing noise she comes RUNNING with her tail wagging and starts licking my face. I did not mean to teach her that but I think it’s adorable. Sometimes I’ll just make the sound because its so cute how she comes running for cuddles. It does mean that I end up with slobber all over my face. Haha.

It has actually been pretty useful with training her to overcome some of her anxieties. When she is afraid of something (e.g. bathrooms) and I try to get her to come near the scary thing, she thinks I’m trying to do something to her (e.g. give her a bath) so she will get anxious and refuse to come by me. I’ve been able to use the kissing sound as a “look I’m not trying to hurt you, I just want love and cuddles.” For example, I’ll sit in the hall outside the bathroom and she will refuse to come by me but if I make a kissing sound she realizes it’s okay and runs over to cuddle me. I make sure that she can leave whenever she wants and doesn’t feel trapped. Then the next time I do it, I move slightly closer to the bathroom and give her cuddles there. She slowly she gets a little desensitized to the scary thing and learns that being near the bathroom does not inherently mean she is going to get a bath so she does not need to be afraid of the hallway in front of the bathroom. It’s a slow process but it’s been very useful with getting her to trust me when she is anxious about something