Of course he could just have smelled the food and decided to go patrol the floor in case the detritus was within his purview, but I prefer my more far-fetched explanation. And yes, I have read about border collies who have a vocabulary of umpteen words, so I may confess to being a less-than-objective observer. David ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html