My gf and I live together. She has a dog, so I guess the dog is pretty much mine now too. He’s a sweet soul. Very well behaved. But unbelievably needy.

He sleeps with us in the bed, he’s allowed on all the furniture, he follows us to the bathroom when we’re showering... He’s never more than 30cm away from us at any time.

I feel like he has no boundaries. But that’s how things were before I moved in with my gf and I knew all about it. So I tolerate it even if he annoys me sometimes.

But one thing I absolutely can’t tolerate is that he sits with us when we eat. We often eat while sitting on the couch in front of the TV, we have a coffee table in front of the couch. And the dog jumps up on the couch next to us and just stares with an almighty intensity at our food. Sometimes making slurpy/smacking noises and breathing really loudly (he’s a French bulldog). For the record he never tries to take the food. It’s just the staring and the noises that bother me. And the close proximity. It absolutely enrages me.

I told my gf a few times I can’t have him or any other animal sitting at the table with my while I eat. He has to be on the floor.

She was ok with that, but then it immediately happens again and again and she doesn’t seem to bother about it. It totally doesn’t bother her at all

I can’t escape the feeling of being a bit of an asshole. Because I can’t explain why it bothers me so much. I feel like I’m being irrational. I just think he needs some sort of boundary. I’d like to be able to explain this better to my partner so she understands where I’m coming from and treats it more seriously.

Am I being unreasonable?