love love love

• Dumb Little Dog: (paws at chair)
• Me: Do you want to get up?
• DLD: (wags tail, spins)
• Me: Well, go on, you can do it.
• DLD: (scratches at chair, spins)
• Me: You can make that jump, you've already done it once today. Go on, sweetie, get up!
• DLD: (spins, spins, spins, runs across room and leaps onto couch)
• Me: Well, okay.