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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>A
chew-chew is a rawhide roll, in case you were wondering. Our Anna is a
chewer, she loves chewing on bones, rawhides, bully sticks, you name it.
We don't do bully sticks much because they are expensive, and contrary to what
you might hear about how long they last, Anna can completely devour one of any
size in about an hour. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Okay,
so I buy chicken flavored rolled rawhides for Anna, and throw them out in the
yard for her to find. She will not touch them if you take them out of the
package and hand them to her, apparently they only taste good if they've been hidden
in the flowers or bushes for at least several days. A good coating of mud
and leaf mold is preferred, it makes such a nice mess on the floor. So
there's a rawhide that she's found several times, brought in and then abandoned
in the kitchen. It's been laying on the kitchen floor for almost two
weeks. Tonight, it was suddenly seasoned properly and she started
chewing. After an hour or so she usually stops for a few minutes to go
outside and pee. What you might not know is, Holly the Dolly is lurking,
pretending to be asleep, but covertly watching Anna and the chewer. Holly
WANTS that chewer. So when Anna gets up to go pee, Holly gets the rawhide
that has been partially chewed (and softened up, Holly does not have great
teeth), and starts chewing on it. In comes Anna, and she freezes.
Holly has her chewer!!! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Now
we all know that Sister Anna is a menace when it comes to food, she'll
steamroll anybody out of their food dish. Apparently rawhide chews do NOT
count as food, and Anna will not steal her rawhide back. Instead she lays
down about 8 inches from Holly, gets a sad expression on her face, and watches
Holly work on the chewer. Since Holly does not have great teeth, she only
chews for maybe 15 minutes, then gets up and moves to her chair or bed. At
which time Anna lays there staring at the (contaminated) chewer for about 5
minutes. After 5 minutes the cooties are apparently gone, and Anna starts
chewing again. With Holly faking sleep and covertly watching. And
so it goes, all evening long and into the night.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Where
is Gracie? She has the best choppers of all of them, but has never been
one to chew anything. So Gracie is watching the spectacle unfold when she
is not sleeping. Mama is also not fond of rawhide chews, and is watching
the goings-on with amusement. Anna loves to chew, and Holly loves to
steal the chewer and hide it in the back yard. And so the cycle
continues. A good time is had by all. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Mama
and the Girls send drool to everyone who needs it, and condolences to everyone
who has recently lost a 4-legged friend or a human one. It's 46 degrees
outside (in Texas this is very frigid weather) and all the kitties have gone to
bed. Which is where Gracie and I are going. Anna and Holly are
busy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=JanieHmkBold><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:JanieHmkBold'>Anita Woodrum</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a
href="mailto:awoodrum@clear.net">awoodrum@clear.net</a></span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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