Video Game Jealousy

There are lots of sad stories out there about marriages collapsing over video games. This is not one of them. :) I have no problem with Nathan playing games every now and then. He needs something mindless to do after a long day of having vocabulary and grammar rules stuffed into his head. Plus, we now have a few that we like to play together and its a nice bonding time. No, the one who gets jealous is Wen. As long as he can see us, Wen is a pretty independent puppy who likes his space. He will sit in his little corner on the couch and sleep all day, content to ignore us as long as we are in the same room. Until we pull out the Rock Band equipment, that is. Without fail, as soon as he sees us playing together, he runs off to get his toy which he then expects us to throw for him. As you might imagine, it's a bit difficult to play drums or guitar and throw a toy down the hallway at the same time. If we don't play with him, he'll sit at our feet and paw at our legs until we do. As a result, our scores suffer, but we get a big laugh out of it every time.