 Walking in Circles
Usually if Jack wants to go out, he will come in my office (I work from home) and turn circles in the doorway.
In the last six months or so, he has gotten into the habit of doing this, but when I go to the door to let him out, he is still standing in my office doorway staring at me - so this is not about going out.
He walks in my office, looks at me. I keep typing, so he starts spinning. He'll spin a couple of times, stop, look to see if I'm paying attention. If I am typing a case, I try to finish it before I take him out, so I just ignore him. Then he'll spin, stop, stare, start spinning, and will do this about five times before he will just lay down or the spinning drives me crazy enuf I go outside with him just to get him to stop. (It's hard to concentrate on your work when that is going on in your periphery.) He still does not want to go out, but if I go on out the door, he'll follow me because he always has to know what I am doing. When we come back in, he's content again.
So... is that the walking in circles you speak of? |