[Dailydrool] Morse, who won't eat without his mama

[Pamela McQuade]

When we got our first foster and foster failure, Belvedere, he had been 
passed around a lot. I figure we were at least his fourth home. Once he 
got here and fell in love with me, he wanted to be with me 24/7. 
Happily, I worked from home, so he pretty much got that. But he did not 
approve of vacations, since he could not come with me.

On the rare occasions when we went on vacation, I could count on his not 
eating for three days. Every pet sitter would call me on day two and 
complain that Bel was not eating. I would tell them he was fine, and 
they needed to wait a day. Finally he'd get so hungry, he'd chow down, 
and after that he was fine until we came home. We never took really long 
vacations, usually just a week. But as long as we had him, if we went 
away, Bel was off his food for a few days. It did not hurt him, since he 
was a good weight, but if he'd gone on like that, I probably would have 
asked the sitter to take him to the vet. If that didn't start him 
eating, nothing would!

I would not worry about Morse. He's just showing his displeasure, and he 
has enough weight on him that it should not hurt him to wait for his 
food.

These stubborn mama's boys!
Pam, food slave to the Dashing Bassets