Diane I had a male Cavalier for almost 17 years who also sucked up his food. I only found out because the day he had the last of his teeth taken out the vet suggested a very soft diet for a day or two and also that it was likely he would be unwilling to eat that night at all.
Well, Angus never quite took in what the vet was saying, because he pulled me into the bar across the road for a pint of Guinness, which was his habit on leaving the vets. After having that and arriving at home, I put down the usual bowl of dried food in the hallway for the 2 daughters to eat for dinner. Contrary to expectation, Angus immediately elbowed them out of the way and scoffed the lot at record speed. When I finally managed to get hold of him to have a look at what damage I expected to find to his mouth, there was none. The obvious conclusion was that he vacuumed his food down without chewing. The vet confirmed this when I enquired, telling me that lots of dogs eat this way without any ill effects. I think he ate that way for the last 3 or 4 years of his life. I wonder if the trouble with your dog lies not in the method of eating, but is linked to the content of the food for eating. Do you change the food for variety for instance? Is there an allergy involved? Have you considered some form of stress? You mention grass eating, has the grass been sprayed with some chemical that may be causing the trouble? Are you suffering some form of stress in your own life that she may be picking up and getting stressed about it herself? Dogs are very good at empathising with the emotions of their owners and if they aren't able to understand what's going on, they become even more anxious. Your very own super wonderful and fantastic Flo Sinclair Plymouth's Premier Waffler and Femme Extrordinaire Alias: Sinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
