Adventures in dining

OK, anyone who might read this... how do you keep the stupid animal from eating everything she comes across on a walk? So far I've removed pinecones, those little prickley balls from the trees, leaves (lots of leaves) she ripps up grass by the mouthful, and anything (I mean anything) non-organic that she finds. Now she's starting to have tummy troubles, I think, and it's all her own fault but I hate to pick her up every two seconds while we're out and take something out of her mouth. Makes walks not a lot of fun for either of us. And the carpet when we're inside - oh the amount of carpet she's gotten I hate to even think...

On a lighter note, she got whapped by the cat (Chesire) for the first time today. It's as low on the stairs as Chess has come since Dippy's been here (two stairs from the bottom!) and Dippy chased her up and got knocked for it. Finally. She looked really scared which is exactly what we want. Go Chess! Pictures later.

The eating and chewing is annoying but she's still a joy and I swear she's grown an inch or more since we got her last week. We'll see what the vet says next week.

Sharon