Oh, Angela would HATE living with me. Basil gets fed at 7 AM and 7 PM. I leave for work at 7:30, and don't get home until 6:30, so I'm not just being stubborn. I do think if I were to get home and feed him earlier in the evening, he'd just be hungry again around bedtime. <div>
<br></div><div>-Esther, Basil (who is not starving), and Waldo ATB</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 9:44 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bjenk1@cox.net" target="_blank">bjenk1@cox.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Bill here, press agent/personal trainer (emeritus) to Miss Angela Basset,<br>
Droop and Drool Diva of Wichita and Sedgwick County<br>
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I know not how other hounds are taking it, but Miss Angela has determined<br>
not to recognize the end of Daylight Savings Time. In the past , she has<br>
complained a bit but quickly fallen into a slightly new schedule. Not this<br>
year. She begins her day at about 7 (the old 8) by coming into my bedroom<br>
to see if I have overslept. She settles by the bed and makes noises, subtle<br>
at first (shaking her head to flap her ears, licking her lips, etc) and, when<br>
that has no effect (well, it does wake me up but I too am stubborn) she<br>
starts the whimpering of a long suffering faithful pet on the brink of starvat-<br>
ion. That gets louder and louder until I finally get up and let her out. I try<br>
to delay a bit giving her breakfast.<br>
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In the afternoon, about 4 o'clock, (five by her reckoning according to the old<br>
time) she begins to interrupt Jeopardy by whining and starting toward the<br>
kitchen. She will do this several times, just to make sure that I notice her.<br>
Then, seeing no reaction, she may hop up next to me on the couch and<br>
just stare at me with those beseeching eyes. A half hour or so later, she<br>
hops down and begins again. By 5, she is emphatically making her point<br>
about my cruelty by barking. Now, she knows that she doesn't get fed until<br>
after the local weather (about 5:20) but she makes life difficult until I finally<br>
ask if she is ready for supper. Then she watches closely to make sure that<br>
I am not making idle conversation, then walks me to the kitchen. When I<br>
get there, I see that she has not finished her dry food from the morning so<br>
I am sure that she is not risking starvation, but I proceed to give her fresh<br>
water, top up the dry food and open a can to give her her twice daily half<br>
can of wet food. Then I go back to the local news and she follows in about<br>
a half minute, streaming water from her ears and breath smelling strongly<br>
of wet food.<br>
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If I go into the kitchen at any other time, she is right there, making sure that<br>
I know that she would forgive me if I fed at an unusual time. I often give her<br>
a little rawhide chew which she takes to her special place to devour.<br>
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It is interesting working for a diva.<br>
<br>
Bill (time to go to class)<br>
Angela (really, I could use a snack if you could manage it)<br>
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