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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDog Will Do Anything To Distract Her Dad From Playing Video Games
Shes limiting his screen time 😂BY LILY FEINN
Meet Chelsea a very good girl who refuses to be ignored.
Chelsea will stop at nothing when it comes to getting her dads attention. But it wasnt always this way. When Eric Howe first moved in with his girlfriend, Chelseas mom, it took the pup a little time to warm up to him.
So what helped Howe and Chelsea become friends? Video games.
When I first moved in, Chelsea would basically ignore me unless I walked over to pet her, Howe told The Dodo. One day, I noticed that she would whine and jump on me when I played video games. This behavior kept getting more and more animated as time went on.
Soon, Chelsea was trying any over-the-top tactics she could think of to distract her dad from the TV. Howe found Chelseas reactions so hilarious that he started secretly filming her whenever he played Xbox.
In one video, Chelsea walks into the room and sees Howe playing his Xbox. She immediately trots over to him and stands on her hind legs, wagging her tail. Howe refuses to acknowledge her, so she hops on the bed next to him and wraps her paws around his arms.
When that doesnt work, she stretches her body across him and stares intensely, before launching an attack of licks, paws and scratches. You can watch it here:
https://www.thedodo.com/videos/close-to-home/watch-dog-distracts-dad-from-video-games
While Chelsea loves attention, some of this behavior also comes out of concern for her dad: I think the reason she bothers me when I play Xbox is because I get mad at the game and raise my voice, Howe said. She will be sitting quietly in her bed when I start playing, but as soon as I yell at my game she jumps up to try and interrupt me.
She doesn't like seeing her humans upset, he added.
Chelsea deserves all the attention in the world and she knows it.
Chelsea bothers my girlfriend and me anytime we devote attention to anything other than her, Howe said. She gets more and more needy the older she gets. I think her behavior is hilarious.
https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/dog-distracts-dad-from-playing-video-games
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Dog Will Do Anything To Distract Her Dad From Playing Video Games (Original Post)
catbyte
Oct 2019
OP
I used to puppy-sit a dog once who hated it when talked on the phone, and I didn't even
smirkymonkey
Oct 2019
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Fla Dem
(23,690 posts)1. Oh for heavens sake, give the poor pup some loving.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)2. I used to puppy-sit a dog once who hated it when talked on the phone, and I didn't even
do it that much. She would come up to me when I was on the sofa or in bed and start trying to chew on the phone or on my hair. It was kind of annoying, but she was so cute. The thing is, if I wasn't on the phone she wasn't really that needy at all.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)3. that is some extreme manspreading
maybe that is what the dog is objecting to