You are not alone. Sissy likes to follow, and lead and trip me as I clean the yard. I have to get all the poop as it happens, cause lupus boy Bucko thinks it is a snack. He has too much weight on him, I keep thinking I am getting some off, then he gets into what he calls the Food Room, and eats straight from the bag (kibble is so bad they don't like it?). And he is fat again. Bertha likes to help me after a shower, cold nose and all. Bucko, as I said would clean the yard for me. Gail Stiefferman said that Liddy would carry the pooper scooper around when she was living with them waiting to come into heat for the breeding. Now she likes to sit in my living room bay window and bark at anything she thinks might be a problem, even the lizards near the window. Your dogs are not any weirder than mine Laura. sheila grnram415@xxxxxxx wrote: I think my dogs are weird. They insist on helping with chores and they have their own specific chores they like. Charm insists on helping with sweeping floors and doing dishes. 3 of them get overly excited when I do poop patrol. A couple others think weeding and yardwork is fun. And my 2 youngest girls are into cleaning and feeding the chicken and cat stuff. If I switch dogs and chores around, it is just not the same. Ok, helping consists of getting in my way to see what I am doing. It takes double the time to accomplish these chores but they sure have fun. Maybe it is just that GSD's need a job and they have decided on their jobs. I have to wonder how they decide on what job they want.  I don't know so I just go with it. Silly dogs :-) Laura Thomas   ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ --------------------------------- Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================