My dog hates it when I play online poker

[CarlSpackler]

This is not a joke. It's 100% serious. I don't know what forum to put this in so I chose the psychology forum since this is an animal psych issue. If it belongs somewhere else, please move it, and I apologize in advance.

I have a pure bred Chow Chow whose a sweetheart, but very high maintenance. I work a regular 40 hour a week job, and live alone, so she's alone most weekdays (I try and make it home for lunch when I can). When I get home, I exercise her, play with her, and give her plenty of attention.

Here's the problem: Whenever I sit down at the computer in my kitchen to play poker online, she usually starts whining and showing her disapproval, distracting me. Among other things, she'll crawl under the desk and has knocked the keyboard over numerous times.

What's so odd about this is that if I sit on the couch and watch tv, she usually lays down by my feet, and she never has any complaints. If I'm reading a book, she never starts whining either. It's only when I sit down at the computer to play poker.

Depending on the time of day/night, I let her outside when I'm playing to avoid this, but many times this isn't an option because if the neighbors on either side of my house are outside in their backyard she'll bark at them relentlessly, and won't come inside when I call her, until the neighbors go in. This is even a bigger distraction.

Obviously, explaining variance to her or showing her all the $$$ I'm making isn't a solution, since she has the intelligence of a 2 year old.

Does anyone have any experience with a similar issue, or have any realistic suggestions which would solve this problem (no jokes please)?

Thanks.

[diebitter]

no, thank you.

PS. I think you should cross-post this to psychology.

[jaxUp]

[Georgia Avenue]

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Obviously, explaining variance to her or showing her all the $$$ I'm making isn't a solution, since she has the intelligence of a 2 year old.

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No jokes please

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[RayPowers]

Its pretty obvious poker stresses you, and that worries her and makes her not like it. That evil computer is hurting her daddy!

Quit poker, obviously.

Ray

[His Boy Elroy]

Is it only when you play poker or any time you sit at the computer?

[illeagle]

Put a muzzle on her and put her outside.

[By-Tor]

[bwana devil]

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no, thank you.

PS. I think you should cross-post this to psychology.

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he originally put it in psychology. it was a copy cat(?) thread to drive chess pain crazy.

funny idea and well written. i laughed several times.

bwana

[diebitter]

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no, thank you.

PS. I think you should cross-post this to psychology.

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he originally put it in psychology. it was a copy cat(?) thread to drive chess pain crazy.

funny idea and well written. i laughed several times.

bwana

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Lolz. It made me think of the whiny stuff on forum forum, that's what made me think of psychology/Chesspain.