With trying to finish the Blessing Sampler by the end of the month, the one thing I wasn't expecting was a very needy dog. Not sure what's up with Oscar. Normally he and Cooper will sleep down around my legs when I'm sitting in the recliner and stitching. Last month, Oscar got to where he wanted to sleep on the arm of my chair. I convinced him to sleep on the left arm so I could stitch easier but the past week, he has wanted to sleep in the chair with me.
Tonight I tried positioning a pillow on his back so I could use the lap stand. Nope, he didn't like that at all. I tried stitching with the frame in my lap. It isn't heavy so having it touching him wasn't a big deal. The stand is heavy and I know I wouldn't want it resting on my back. Some nights he will go sit with Vince for at least a while. Nope, not the past week or so.
He doesn't seem like he feels bad or anything. His ears look fine to me. He's eating. He's playing outside and playing with Cooper. I think he's just feeling like Cooper is getting too much attention. I have no idea. I love that he's wanting to snuggle with me. Oscar has not been much of a snuggler so this is new for us.
Tomorrow I will get the Lowery stand out; re-arrange the set up around my chair so the Lowery stand works and try to get used to using that again.
At least for now, Cooper is still happy sleeping down around my legs. If he decides he's going want to sleep on my lap, we'll probably have to move the stitching operation to the sofa. That's a problem because, with where the sofa is sitting, no matter where I put the magnifying lamp, it bothers Vince when he's watching TV.
We'll figure it out but the month I'm trying to stitch the Blessing Sampler was not the month I would have wanted to be dealing with this new family dynamic.
Judy, one of my doxies is doing the same thing especially during the day. If I sit in the chair and pull up a throw, he climbs on my lap into my arms as if I’m holding a baby and goes to sleep literally pinning me down. In the evening, he will lay across my lap. Sometimes I can get him to lay beside me in the chair. When he gets down, he will go to one of the other two chairs and sleep. On chair has a round back pillow in it and he will lay on top of it with his head on the arm of the chair. They got a new fleece blanket at Christmas and the other doxie will take it from him, so he had to get a fleece blanket for his pillow chair. They are so rotten spoiled but wouldn’t have them any other way.
ReplyDeleteI guess they all go through that from time to time. I've now redone my stitching set up. I'm betting he goes back to his old ways and sits at my legs . . until I switch back to the lap stand! :)
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