We dog-sat for my SIL's elderly pitty last weekend. She's fat & toothless and can't make it up the stairs (which suits our cats just fine; they stay upstairs when she's here). Anyhoo...she's VERY needy. There was one afternoon when I was trying to get some housework done, and she would not stop whining unless I sat down and let her lay across my feet. Frustrating when you're trying to do the dishes...