[libstripper]

I have two big ones, an 85 lb. Pitador and a 110 lb. Great Dane, who do that for me. In addition, they get taught doggy table manners. Last night, for example, I had a T-bone steak. The Pitador sat patiently by me until I had removed all of the suet from the steak and cut it into bite sized pieces. Then I gave him his doggy table manners lesson by feeding him each piece off the end of my fork. After that he was rewarded for his good manners by getting to lick the plate. The Dane also does well with his table manners, even though he looks down at the table from a height of about a foot while I'm eating.

[envisio]

Sounds like my boys.

They never grab. They just sit patiently... their frozen stare... drip drip mouth watering.

My brother has a mastif that sits like that staring at someone eating. That in itself is not a problem but every time he sits like that his firetruck pokes out. Surely nobody wants to see that.