[Ringo1]

Wow. We've been out of town for the week-end. I tried to put her food down in the kitchen this morning and she absolutely did not know what to do with it. So, I put her in her crate (had to get to work) thinking I would try again this evening with feeding her out of her crate.

I left her in there for a while and when she quit eating; I approached the crate to open the door and she growled and snarled at me. I went and got a treat and made her sit and did the 'trade' thing and it worked.

I am seriously going to work on this. I think feeding her out in the open will be our first step.

She slept in my bed last night and gave a few growls when Ringo came in early this morning and wanted up. I put him up and she was fine; but noticed that she paced back and forth; back and forth when I pet him ~ until finally she was between he and I. He slept pretty far away from me because she (kindly of slyly) keeps him away. In the past, Ringo would not have tolerated that behavior.

Now, this morning, I was able to take a qtip out of her mouth with no problem. So far, it's just the food.

Have I created a little monster??? My sweet little Lucy girl? I really have to get on top of this.

I'll keep you posted.