📅 Wednesday, 3 June 2026 · No. 74

Honk Talk: Circling My Feet Means Love

💤 Behavior Diaries · ✎ 4 min · by Azmi in Meknes

Azmi's note My personal log from Meknes, not vet advice. Just what I did and saw tonight.

She jumps on the bed now, uses the tray like a champion, and circles my feet honking when I lie down. Hop over the ankles, honk, repeat. Incessant and adorable. This post is my honk dictionary: every entry with its meaning, context, and response protocol. Personal observation log, not communication science, rabbits speak individually and fluently. She trained me to give pets when she circles. I was easy to train. Happy honks all round.

Honk dictionary, my edition

Honk = happy word, said with the whole body, short buzzing note during circling, 2-5 repetitions, logged with time
Ear toss = laugh, single head-flick mid-zoom, filed under joy
Binky = giggling fit, full twist, best paired with honks (the combo: binky-honk, rarest entry, 3 logged)
Circling + honking = love and pet requests, the flagship entry: 3 laps around my feet minimum, then flop nearby demanding pets

Love and happiness, confirmed by every house with a honker. She is super cute and she knows the effect, the honk volume rises with audience size (documented: solo 2 honks, guests 6). Training log (mine, the trainee): circle observed → pets delivered within 30 seconds (week 1: 2 minutes, week 3: 30 seconds, learning curve steep). Related linguistics: my nudge catalogue (silent communication) and the cute-word trials (verbal on my side). She trained me; the diploma hangs in honks. Hop, honk, repeat, fluent now.

Training diary: how the trainee improved

Week 1 of circling: pets delivered in 2 minutes (slow student). Week 2: 1 minute (progress). Week 3: 30 seconds (graduated with honors). Advanced course: distinguishing honk types, greeting honks (arrival, bright), mealtime honks (kitchen sounds, urgent), lap-request honks (evening, sustained). Accuracy claimed 80%; the remaining 20% get pets anyway (participation prizes). She jumps on the bed now (ramp-assisted, logged), uses the tray like a champion (zero misses this month, championship form), and circles my feet honking when I lie down (the flagship routine, performed nightly). Hop over the ankles, honk, repeat, the choreography never varies and never tires. Incessant and adorable: the diary’s official assessment, reviewed nightly.

Honk science and house effects

Honk acoustics, household study: volume scales with excitement (solo 2/10, guests 6/10, dinner 8/10), pitch steady across moods (the instrument is honest). Ear-toss correlation: 7 of 10 honk sessions include at least one toss-laugh. Binky-honk combos: 3 logged, all spring evenings, all post-zoomie. House effects: guests learn the dictionary within one visit (briefing provided), the room goes quiet for honk appreciation (respect observed), my response time holds at 30 seconds (discipline). Love and happiness, confirmed by every house with a honker, multi-household survey says unanimous. She is super cute and she knows the effect; the effect funds the pets; the pets fund the honks. Circular economy, fully sustainable.

Honk milestones: first honk ever (arrival month, logged with disbelief), first circling-honk combo (month 3, flagship born), first guest-performance honks (month 5, volume record), first binky-honk (spring, rarest entry). The dictionary grows: toot (half-honk, uncertain, filed provisional), huff-honk (greeting plus opinion, combined form), silent circle (no honk, just laps, demand level maximum, pets immediate). Trainee graduation: response time 30 seconds sustained a full month, certified by the circler herself (flop bonus awarded). Happy honks all round, all hours, all years. The trainee was easy to train because the trainer is excellent. Hop, honk, repeat, fluent for life.

Dictionary second edition preview: new entries under review (the pre-dinner hum, filed; the post-groom snort, provisional). Print run: none, the dictionary lives in the notebook and updates nightly. Translation desk: honks render to pets at 30 seconds with 100% fidelity. Accreditation: household-certified, guest-confirmed, vet-amused (mentioned at a checkup, professional smile logged). The language grows with use; the trainee graduates nightly. Hop over, honk on, repeat forever. Fluent and funded in pets.

Honk examinations passed: trainee certified at 30 seconds, dictionary published (notebook edition), guest briefings standardized. Advanced studies open: toot classification (provisional entry needs three more observations), silent-circle response drills (pets within 15 seconds, stretch goal). The flagship routine runs nightly to full houses of one. Hop, honk, repeat, the house anthem in three beats. Trainee distinguished; trainer adored.

Dictionary desk hours: nightly, post-dinner, pre-flop. New entries minuted as uttered; provisional toots tracked till confirmed. The trainee’s ear improves with every session, greeting honks distinguished from mealtime by week four of study. Graduation thesis filed: love, in honks. Incessant, adorable, fluent.

Honk desk overtime approved: dictionary never closes. Tonight’s entries logged live, greeting honk 19:05 (bright), mealtime chorus 19:40 (urgent, delightful), lap-request finale 20:15 (sustained, answered). Trainee response times: 25 seconds average this week (personal best). Certification renewed nightly; trainer adored permanently. Happy honks, forever round.

Hop, honk, repeat, graduation with honors, tenure permanent.

Happy honks all round, nightly. Trainee distinguished; trainer adored; dictionary growing.

Fluent now, funded in pets forever.

Hop over the ankles, honk with the whole body, repeat nightly.

She trained me in three weeks; I graduate nightly.

Tonight brought three full laps around my ankles with honks the whole way, then a victorious flop by the bed leg. I paid the customary pets gladly, and the trainer accepted them with a satisfied ear toss.

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Written by Azmi

I track my rabbits' diet, weight and naps to see what works. Photos are mine, mess included. Say hi on the contact page.

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