Must. Get. Closer.

This guy loves his dog!

In fact, he can't get close enough.  He's constantly chasing her around with her toys in his hands yelling "DOG!" "GA!" trying to get her attention.  She will occasionally throw a glance in his direction until we force her to play with him.

Dogshoe is very tolerant of him.  She lets him climb all over her, get in her face, pound pet her head, shove toys in her mouth...but in general, she's much more interested in what the adults are up to.  Trying to spare my child from the inevitable rejection by the dog, I find myself doing the sane and logical thing by trying to reason with her:

"Dogshoe...I know you want to sleep right now, but just humor LG for a few minutes and then you can ignore him for the rest of the day.  That's fair, right?  Are you even listening to me?  Bark if you understand."

Apparently, in my efforts to shield my child from early rejection, I have become a coo-coo.

Anyway...I've been working with LG on self-control by setting a limit as to how close he can get to the dog while she is eating her meals.  He usually listens, but in this instance with everything from the laundry room out on full display in the entryway, things were a little too tempting.  While I went to get the dog some fresh water, LG took that spot.  I'm sure he would have gotten into her food bowl if he could have!

Keep trying to get her attention, kid.  She'll come around eventually...like when you have food in your hands.