Verb: When a
pet uses body language and/or sounds such as
barking or meowing, in order to get a human to follow, as the
dog Lassie in the famous former T.V. series.
"My
dog always wants to lassie me over to his food
dish." "My cat lassied me to go out and see the bird she caught." "That darn
animal is always lassieing me!" "Enough with the lassie-ing!"