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<DIV>Dale Rutz questioned if there was anything going on with the hounds.
It is not real exciting, but Ben has been eating fairly well, but the morning
meals are a hoot. He comes in from doing his business and saunters over to
his leather recliner and goes back to sleep. Now I let him lay there until
about 8 am and then start the feeding process. I get his bowl ready and
then start calling him, many times. I go to his chair and rouse him and
start asking him to come to eat. It is like talking to a brick wall.
He either looks directly at me or into the air, with that "I hear nothing"
look. After about 5 minutes of this he rolls over on the chair
asking for a belly rub, which I give him in hopes of his moving off the
chair. He then deigns to get off the chair and starts the stretching and
rolling on the floor and scratching routine. This takes several
minutes. He then, with more calling and pleading oh so slowly walks to the
kitchen, not into it but close to it and then sits just outside the door and
looks at me. More calling and begging and shaking the bowl and he comes in
the kitchen and if he likes the food, I am just feeding dog food, he will
eat. This is the way it is every morning. It is funny, but so very
frustrating. STUBBORN, thy name is Ben.</DIV>
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<DIV>Douglas</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>