Tug tries hard

My aunt came over today as Mama and my sister were setting up our camper in the parking lot for a quick airing out. We hit the road on Friday.

Whenever she comes over Tug goes into hyper-Terrier mode. Only once in his 2 1/2 years has he been able to control himself at all when she was here. Today, he was a menace. I pulled him off of her for awhile and, when he seemed calm, let him try to sit in her lap again. Mostly, he was hysterical but he had a few spans of time where he managed to just sit and pant and grin while she petted him. Not bad all things considered as I was able to lure him off her lap to play at one point. That's a first.

Then, the 3 of them went out into the parking lot to the camper. You can see that area from our window but it's too far for him to realize it was them out there. He was fairly despondent sitting in the window and waiting for something to happen. It did mean I got lunch fixed without stepping on him 200 times. He likes to be under my feet in the kitchen since scraps fall and he never knows when something good will rain down upon him.

They came back in and he tried even harder to be good. My aunt stood for awhile sort of near the door before she left and just chatted with Mama. Tug sat about 5 feet from her and his eyes never left her. He waited for some acknowledgement. Mama told my aunt to look left without moving her head and she could just see him sitting at attention and waiting for her to love on him. It was so sweet!