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Yes, she DOES think that chicken is her gourmet food and I am her chef!!!! She will sit pretty while I am at the stove cooking. She is a MESS with the house rules. She never was a begger while we are eating and she would ALWAYS go in her crate on command....now....she sniffs at the table the whole time meals are going on and when I tell her inside she flops down and I have to tug her into her crate! We have restarted putting her in her crate during meals so she is not inclined to beg and sniff. She is very vocal lately as well....not in a bad way...but she talks to us alot now....she did this a bit before when she wanted someone to play ball with her, but she kinda howls at us when we walk away from her in a room. She is also very, very protective of the house now...like the vet stay brought something out of her....she was very upset at the neighbors yesterday for peeking into our yard and she was very upset with the bug man that came to spray today...I let him into the house and she was barking and growling at him almost the entire time. Weird, because all but one of the people at the vet hospital were females.....anyways, I have REALLY tapered off the chicken today and given her more dog food (i know, the nerve of some owners) but I feel bad because she sits and looks at me like "mom wheres my chicken". I know shes not going to starve.