We've had our 9 week old Jack Chi for a week now, and he is OBSESSED with both me and my wife. Whenever he plays, he always wants to bring his toys to us. He'll run and grab the toy then jump straight up into my lap to actually do the playing. Even when he's eating, he'd much rather be on us than on the floor or in a bed.
He spends the majority of time in his playpen (it's a big pen for a small dog and has his crate in it), including supervised play with a human, but he just seems to have no interest in independent play. He'll go for a toy if it gets dropped or tossed into his pen from outside, but then it's straight back to jumping up at the bars until someone comes in for him. The longest he manages by himself is 10 minutes focused on a lick mat or a Kong.
It's just frustrating because I'm working from home and can only get any work done when he's asleep. He has a selection of around 12 toys and I try to rotate 4 or 5 in the pen at a time. I'd love for him to be able to entertain himself even for 20 minutes, and I'm worried about him getting too attached and having really bad separation anxiety too.
Any thoughts on encouraging the independence? Do I just have unrealistic expectations when he's this young and we've only had him for a week? I will say the transition to his new home must have been difficult because the breeder didn't have any blanket for us that smelled of his mother and/or litter mates, which might be why he's gotten so attached to us so quickly.