diff --git a/apps/desktop/pet-preload.cjs b/apps/desktop/pet-preload.cjs
index a755d87a..e0282679 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/pet-preload.cjs
+++ b/apps/desktop/pet-preload.cjs
@@ -129,10 +129,6 @@ const applyScalePreview = (scale) => {
 };
 
 const sendScalePreview = (scale) => {
-  if (scalePreviewTimer) return;
-  scalePreviewTimer = setTimeout(() => {
-    scalePreviewTimer = null;
-  }, 120);
   ipcRenderer.send("openpets:pet-scale-preview", { scale });
 };
 
@@ -446,7 +442,7 @@ const installMouseInterop = () => {
       }
     }
     if (scaling) {
-      const newScale = scaleStartValue + (event.clientY - scaleStartY) * 0.003;
+      const newScale = scaleStartValue + (event.screenY - scaleStartY) * 0.003;
       const clamped = applyScalePreview(newScale);
       sendScalePreview(clamped);
     }
@@ -461,7 +457,7 @@ const installMouseInterop = () => {
       if (event.button !== 0) return;
       event.preventDefault();
       scaling = true;
-      scaleStartY = event.clientY;
+      scaleStartY = event.screenY;
       scaleStartValue = getCurrentSpriteScale();
       setInteractiveHit(true);
       ipcRenderer.send("openpets:pet-scale-start");
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/pet-window.ts b/apps/desktop/src/pet-window.ts
index 94426828..c65de9f4 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/pet-window.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/pet-window.ts
@@ -433,10 +433,7 @@ function installMousePassthroughAndDrag(window: BrowserWindow, hooks: PetWindowI
     dragging = null;
     petWindowDragging.set(window, false);
     debug("pet.window", "drag end", { windowId, position: window.isDestroyed() ? null : readWindowPosition(window) });
-    if (!window.isDestroyed()) {
-      const scale = getAppStateSnapshot().preferences.petScale as PetScaleValue;
-      resizePetWindowForDisplay(window, scale, petWindowLastDisplay.get(window) ?? null);
-    }
+    // Do not resize/re-anchor after a drag — the user already positioned the window.
     if (wasDragging) onPetEvent?.("pet:dragEnd", {});
   };
 
@@ -1469,33 +1466,41 @@ function sendBubbleLayout(window: BrowserWindow, layout: PetWindowBubbleLayout):
   });
 }
 
-function resizePetWindowForDisplay(window: BrowserWindow, scale: PetScaleValue, display: PetTransientDisplay | null): void {
-  if (window.isDestroyed()) return;
-
-  const nextSize = getPetWindowSize(window, scale, display);
-  const anchor = readWindowPosition(window);
-  const nextY = nextSize.bubbleBelow
-    ? anchor.y
-    : anchor.y - Math.max(0, nextSize.height - defaultPetWindowSize.height);
-  const nextBounds = {
-    x: anchor.x - Math.round((nextSize.width - defaultPetWindowSize.width) / 2),
-    y: nextY,
-    width: nextSize.width,
-    height: nextSize.height,
-  };
+function computePetWindowBounds(window: BrowserWindow, nextSize: { readonly width: number; readonly height: number }): Electron.Rectangle | null {
+  if (window.isDestroyed()) return null;
+  const currentBounds = window.getBounds();
+  const petBottom = 22;
+  const petCenterX = currentBounds.x + Math.round(currentBounds.width / 2);
+  const petFootY = currentBounds.y + currentBounds.height - petBottom;
+  const nextX = petCenterX - Math.round(nextSize.width / 2);
+  const nextY = petFootY - (nextSize.height - petBottom);
   const displayForBounds = screen.getDisplayNearestPoint({
-    x: anchor.x + Math.round(defaultPetWindowSize.width / 2),
-    y: anchor.y + defaultPetWindowSize.height,
+    x: petCenterX,
+    y: currentBounds.y + currentBounds.height,
   }) ?? screen.getPrimaryDisplay();
   const workArea = displayForBounds.workArea;
   const maxX = workArea.x + Math.max(0, workArea.width - nextSize.width);
   const maxY = workArea.y + Math.max(0, workArea.height - nextSize.height);
-  window.setBounds({
-    x: Math.min(Math.max(nextBounds.x, workArea.x), maxX),
-    y: Math.min(Math.max(nextBounds.y, workArea.y), maxY),
+  return {
+    x: clampNumber(nextX, workArea.x, maxX),
+    y: clampNumber(nextY, workArea.y, maxY),
     width: nextSize.width,
     height: nextSize.height,
-  }, false);
+  };
+}
+
+function resizePetWindowForDisplay(window: BrowserWindow, scale: PetScaleValue, display: PetTransientDisplay | null): void {
+  if (window.isDestroyed()) return;
+
+  const nextSize = getPetWindowSize(window, scale, display);
+  const currentBounds = window.getBounds();
+  if (currentBounds.width === nextSize.width && currentBounds.height === nextSize.height) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const nextBounds = computePetWindowBounds(window, nextSize);
+  if (!nextBounds) return;
+  window.setBounds(nextBounds, false);
   sendBubbleLayout(window, nextSize);
 }
 
@@ -1506,26 +1511,9 @@ function resizePetWindowForScale(window: BrowserWindow, scale: PetScaleValue): v
   if (currentBounds.width === nextSize.width && currentBounds.height === nextSize.height) {
     return;
   }
-  const anchor = readWindowPosition(window);
-  const nextBounds = {
-    x: anchor.x - Math.round((nextSize.width - defaultPetWindowSize.width) / 2),
-    y: anchor.y - Math.max(0, nextSize.height - defaultPetWindowSize.height),
-    width: nextSize.width,
-    height: nextSize.height,
-  };
-  const displayForBounds = screen.getDisplayNearestPoint({
-    x: anchor.x + Math.round(defaultPetWindowSize.width / 2),
-    y: anchor.y + defaultPetWindowSize.height,
-  }) ?? screen.getPrimaryDisplay();
-  const workArea = displayForBounds.workArea;
-  const maxX = workArea.x + Math.max(0, workArea.width - nextSize.width);
-  const maxY = workArea.y + Math.max(0, workArea.height - nextSize.height);
-  window.setBounds({
-    x: Math.min(Math.max(nextBounds.x, workArea.x), maxX),
-    y: Math.min(Math.max(nextBounds.y, workArea.y), maxY),
-    width: nextSize.width,
-    height: nextSize.height,
-  }, false);
+  const nextBounds = computePetWindowBounds(window, nextSize);
+  if (!nextBounds) return;
+  window.setBounds(nextBounds, false);
 }
 
 interface PetWindowBubbleLayout {