"I understand that you don't want to be touched while asleep. The problem is that since you also don't want to be touched while you're awake, that means I don't get to touch you at all. That doesn't work for me. Let's see if we can work something out."
I like it.
Ms hairdog wants you to stand up for yourself. Don't ever forget that. She may hiss and scratch but avoiding and giving in drives her crazy. Sure she heavily contributed to the fact that you started avoiding but that's not the point. I think you're doing great, btw. Cudos for the weekend "talk".
