"puppy dog" syndrome....you can kick it, push it, yell at it and still comes up to you with it's tongue hanging out and waging it's behind!...looking to please you at all cost...but one day that cute puppy might just grow up...see you for who you (meaning WAS) are and realize that they don't have to fall all over themself for you anymore...they just might end up biting the hand that feeds it...
Note: I would never ever be cruel to an animal...but there was a point when I could have been to both OW and H!