Hi Margaret, actually Kiama has learned to pull her own carrots from the garden. She has never made a mess when doing so - just pulls one and eats it now and then - so I let her continue. It is the peas that I have to keep her away from!!! The first Thanksgiving that we had Kiama was interesting. I noticed that my father's bursitis in his shoulder was bothering him quite a bit during dinner as it was slumped over and low every so often. When I asked him if there was something I could do for him, he just looked at me with a twinkle in his eye, a grin on his face and said, "No." This continued through the course of dinner when at one point I looked under the table to see where the puppy was and there she was sitting right next to my Dad happily eating turkey!! Fathers!!!!!! Gayle -- "It is the less bright students who make teachers teach better." Malcolm Forbes