Aloha,

I have two dogs; pit bull mix male - 6yrs and australian heeler female - 2
yrs. They have always slept in bed with me. I live alone and enjoy the
company. Starting this week, they will not sleep in the bed with me until
about 5am. If I call them to bed, they come in and get up on the bed, but
as soon as I roll oveto go to sleep, they vanish. Jake now sleeps in the
back of the closet on a pile of dirty clothes and Honey Girl sleeps on the
sofa.

It happened all of a sudden and I don't know what to make of it. Any
thoughts?

Hoku

It's cooler this summer than the past ones. I moved farther back in the
valley, so it cools down more at night. Could be though.
"_mic_hael" wrote in message
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probably because it's summer and it's too hot

Hoku Beltz wrote:
Aloha,

I have two dogs; pit bull mix male - 6yrs and australian heeler female -
2
yrs. They have always slept in bed with me. I live alone and enjoy the
company. Starting this week, they will not sleep in the bed with me
until
about 5am. If I call them to bed, they come in and get up on the bed,
but
as soon as I roll oveto go to sleep, they vanish. Jake now sleeps in
the
back of the closet on a pile of dirty clothes and Honey Girl sleeps on
the
sofa.

It happened all of a sudden and I don't know what to make of it. Any
thoughts?

Hoku




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SHELLY IS THE ONLY ONE WHO DOESN'T THINK HATTIE IS STARVING

"when i got harriet she was emaciated, so i asked my vet for advice on
slowly adding weight to her. six months later i took harriet in for her
spring check-up and my vet was surprised that at how thin she still was."
--shelly couv.rette


"raises hand i've been told by three different vets that
harriet (53lbs) is *way* too skinny. we're still
vet-shopping, BTW."

--shelly couv.rette

"if you really can't resist
it when your dog pulls the "i'm starving!" routine G, you can give
him some frozen green beans or a small amount of plain pureed pumpkin.
i would also suggest putting the food out of his sight. i keep my
food--still inside the bags, which are tightly rolled down--inside
trash cans in the closed laundry room. that keeps it fresh and keeps
it out of my dogs' sight."

--shelly couv.rette

"heh. i get the opposite response. people think that poor little
harriet is positively starved to death. i've actually had people stop
me in the pet supply shop and tell me that i need to fatten her up!"

--shelly couv.rette


"i think that may be part of the problem. who wants to go to a
vet who tells you you're hurting your .widdle precious? i
think the other part is that some vets really don't *realize*
that what they consider proper weight is fat. after having
been told by a couple of vets that my dogs are too thin, i've
got a dim view of vets on that topic."

--shelly couv.rette

"my mom is kinda that way, but not *as* bad. she thinks that harriet is
awfully skinny, so feeding her table snax is okay. she tells me that
just a bite won't hurt."

--shelly couv.rette


NOBODY IS STARVING FAT PI.G SHELLY

NOBODY WILL STOP SHELLY ON THE STREET
AND TELL HER SHE IS STARVING HERSELF
shelly's fat face
http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette/Wshelly2.jpg
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There are a lot of big fat women on these groups who starve their dogs
out of vanity, but shelly is a special case.

shelly is moor.e than a little bit beyond the pale

Shelly has OCD, and maybe she's just a little obsessive about measuring
out extra tiny and discrete portions with a tiny measuring cup, or
counting out pieces of green bean or pumpkin that she gives her dogs
when they give her the "I'm Starving" routine. When grandma tried to
give Hattie a snack, shelly probably went apeshit, because it was in
violation of her Obsessive need to oversee every tiny calorie that goes
into her widdle precious' mouth.

shelly's a special case, a special kind of dog abuser.