I have 3, and as you well know 3 personalities...#1 is like yours, sit on sewing machine and bites at thread or just sit and be in the way, #2 (she) will lay and watch me out of the way and then fall asleep with the hum...#3 is a pain in the butt, he is awkward, gets in front of me and then goes "what"?,knocks stuff off from his clumsyness...the dog, he stays away...