The Game of Sit and Stare – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Me: You’re doing it again, both of you. The Sit and Stare. I don’t mind as long as there’s no biting.

Sweetie: But sometimes Doodle looks at me with that look in his eyes and I get so mad that I have to…

Me: No, you don’t! I sit and stare at you both all the time. Is that all right?

Doodlebug: Sure.

Sweetie: Always.

Me: Do you ever feel like biting my face?

Doodlebug: Nope.

Sweetie: Never.

MoonCat: You don’t have a bulldog face or stare, Lady Human. Be grateful.

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Staring Contest – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Me: What’s going on? Are y’all having a staring contest?

Sweetie: Shhhh! We’re having a staring contest.

Me: That’s what I thought. As long as it doesn’t turn into bulldog fight.

Doodlebug: Why would we interrupt a staring contest with a fight?

Sweetie: Yeah, we can’t fight with our eyes. Can we?

Doodlebug: Don’t look at me like that!

Sweetie: Don’t you look at me like that!

Me: Break it up. Contest over.

MoonCat: I win.

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Staring Contest – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug. King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Me: Okay, y’all, what’s going on?

Sweetie: Nothing.

Doodlebug: Nothing.

Me: You are staring at each other. I don’t want this to break out in a fight.

Sweetie: No fight. This is a contest.

Doodlebug: Yeah, who will give up first?

Me: Okay. What’s the prize?

Sweetie: Prize?

Me: Yeah, what’s the winner get?

Sweetie: Winners get something?

Me: Usually yeah, if only bragging rights.

Doodlebug: How do bragging rights taste?

MoonCat: Pretty good.

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