Pet Jealousies

Of all the things that are entertaining about having Atlas here and the 2 new cats it is Atlas's jealousy is the funniest. If Matt or my wife holds one of the cats he is right there practically climbing on top of them. He is so jealous of the cats it is hilarious. Even after Matt or my wife lets the cat go he still either has his head on their leg or climbs on top of their lap so they can't get the cat again.
I can no longer play with him and he is with me all day but more or less ignores me when I tell him to quit barking. Lately my wife has found that Lacy will stay between my knees on a special blanket just for her once in a while. One night while she was putting me to bed Lacy was on the bed also. Atlas jumped onto the bed over me and over the cat. Then he turned and threw himself on top of me so his stomach and mine were against his other. It was like he was throwing himself on a grenade so that the cat didn't get any attention. I laughed pretty hard. For the next few nights he stayed on the bed with me until my wife came to bed. Usually he leaves with her after she gets me in bed but he wanted to make sure I didn't get any attention from Lacy. I tell him all the time he is my favorite puppy but that doesn't seem to be enough.
There is a little bit of jealousy between Lacy and Slim. One night my wife was playing with the shoelace tied to the stick. She was really engrossed with it and Slim came up and sat and watched. Then he wanted to play also but when he started to bat At the string Lacy turned and slapped him 3 times across the head so he left. We were afraid when we got them that Slim being larger would pick on her but she seems be the dominant one. She is kind of mean to Slim and hits him in the head if he tries to do things that she doesn't want him to do.
Later on in the week my wife started playing with Slim and the laser toy. Lacy wasn't interested but slim chased it everywhere, he really gets into that. And one day Lacy started to chase the laser pointer and Slim ran from the back room up the hallway and shouldered her out of the way. It was like she got to play with the string so the laser pointer was his and she needed to stay out of it. It was good to see Slim stand up for himself. Lacy left and Slim got to chase the red light all over the place.