import sys
import time
a = 0
for x in range (0,3):
a = a + 1
b = ("Loading" + "." * a)
# \r prints a carriage return first, so `b` is printed on top of the previous line.
sys.stdout.write('\r'+b)
time.sleep(0.5)
print (a)
Note that you might have to run sys.stdout.flush() right after sys.stdout.write('\r'+b) depending on which console you are doing the printing to have the results printed when requested without any buffering.