Memo to King

[ksmith]

I still love you. You are still a (moderately) good puppy (most of the time). The fact that I close the door to my room before I sit down to put on my shoes is not a sign that I am exiling you from my life. No need to whimper or whine. You have not been consigned to a dungeon dimension of eternal thunderstorms and neighbor cats that remain forever just beyond reach. I have simply barred you from the room for the minute or so that it takes me to put on my socks because you have to sit RIGHTTHERE when I do this. And you expect me to pet you. When I don't pet you, you grab my socks.

See? All better now.

Comments

[dbara.livejournal.com]

Oh, I can so relate to this. I have a border collie and she must be in everything I do!

db

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Because she might miss something, and that JUST CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.

[(Anonymous)]

Have you tried letting King sit with you while you put on shoes and socks, then, when he's too insistent, lock eyes with him and growl.

I could do that with my husky, and he would back down. When he was older, I didn't even have to growl. Just lock eyes with him. He would protest, but drop to the floor and lay his head on his paws and look oh, so pathetic.

A

[aj-writers.livejournal.com]

My dog does that as well. She will either try and pull on my socks as I put them on or interfere with the tying of my shoes. She and the cat both have a shoe thing.

~ Jenn