Dogs love it when they’re owners give them attention, and if owners start to ignore them for a bit, they start to do a lot of things to catch the attention of their owners.
And that’s what Chelsea did with Eric Howe, her owner.
Chelsea does a lot of things to get her owner’s attention, but it wasn’t really like this way. Chelsea is the pet dog of Eric’s girlfriend, and Chelsea was quite hesitant when Eric first moved in.
Eric says Chelsea would ignore him unless he would walk to pet her.
So how did they become so close?
Eric explains, “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.”
So when Eric realized this was the only to catch Chelsea’s attention, he started use tactics.
Eric would start to play games, and Chelsea would do a lot of things to distract Eric from playing his Xbox.
Eric started to catch the reactions by setting up a camera.
In one video, Chelsea walks into the room and sees his owner playing video games. Immediately, Chelsea starts to stand on her hind legs and wags her tail, but Eric refuses to notice her. Chelsea then went on to wrap her paws around Eric.
Eric still refused to give attention to Chelsea, so annoyed with the fact that her owner wouldn’t play with her, Chelsea started to lick and stare at Eric.
Eric said, “I think the reason she bothers me when I play Xbox is because I get mad at the game and raise my voice.”
Eric added, “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.”
Talking about how Chelsea bothers them, Eric said, “Chelsea bothers my girlfriend and me anytime we devote attention to anything other than her.”
Eric added, “She gets more and more needy the older she gets. I think her behavior is hilarious.”
Chelsea, you deserve all the attention in the world!