After Sophie's had her own dinner and has been walked she's usually content for a while. Eventually she starts her crying which means she's ready for us to make dinner for ourselves. We head to the kitchen and start dinner prep while she lays down in a spot that is right in the middle of things (as shown in the picture here). As a puppy she was so restless and naughty a good chunk of the time that we were happy for any moment of peace she would give us. If it meant she plopped herself down in the middle of the kitchen floor as we were trying to make dinner and we felt we had to step around her so as not to disturb the quiet she was giving us, then so be it. Good parenting? No, but it gave us some peace and quiet. If we were doing it all over again would we allow this. No. When she does what she's doing in the picture we now move her to a rug we've placed in the corner and she's pretty good about staying there. I think it's funny that she still goes right to the middle of the action like she did for so many years. I guess it's her default mode and just goes to prove that it really is hard to teach an old dog new tricks. (photo 2-16-11)
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