Thanks Alffe, Linda and bizi - your points are well taken. I KNOW we need to let her alone to be more independant, but that is so much easier said than done. We LET her treat us this way, as Dr Phil would say, but it's hard to teach an old dog, ya' know?

We'll keep working on it, she can have a complete 180 tutn around moodwise numerous times a day....

Thanks again, glad to be back!

Hugs, Jacquie