This is Shelly's Sit Still Spot, its where she sits when I need a break from her hanging on my legs. She doesn't like it when I put her there, even though her feet are just a few inches off the ground she can't figure out how to escape the spot, and so she has no choice but to sit still. I keep her quiet with grahm crackers but that usually doesn't last very long before she starts whining. If she could talk, she would say, "I don't like being stuck on this stool, get me off! Its not fair that everyone else is bigger and faster than me, I just want to keep up, so pick me up so I don't get left behind and I can see what's going on!"
But she can't talk, and she's too little to get off the stool by herself, so for the moment, I win. Not for long, though, I know she'll outsmart my plan soon enough, and I'll have to come up with something new...By the way, the whole time Shelly's sitting on the stool, Archer's taking laps around the house and yelling, first he wants to play horsey, then puppy, then I'm supposed to chase him, then he's supposed to chase me, then we're supposed to jump in a flying leap off the furniture over an obsticle (Shelly if she's been released from her spot), land on our knees, I throw him into the air and catch him by his ankles within inches of his face crashing into the carpet, then... Well, actually, before things get too carried away I have to be the responsible one in the group and end the game. But you get the picture. He's not helping my cause of keeping Shelly on her Sit Still Spot when he's running around like a maniac. Welcome to our circus!
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Can't you find a similar place for Archer too? Like maybe hanging from a rafter in the garage or on the roof of your house? He had that problem with worms for awhile, so maybe you could surround him with worms to keep him in one spot. I give Shelly less that a week before she solves the sit still spot problem.
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