My lovely, neurotic, dog Scruffy

I LOVE my Scruffy - he is so sweet and kind and loving - and having someone else alive at my house who is happy to see me is a major blessing. But he is a little neurotic - I've know he has issues with the air vents (they are SCARY and to be avoided at ALL COSTS - including never EVER going into the back bedroom). Recently I bought him a set of "doggie stairs" to help him get up on the bed. I tried for 3 months to get him to use them. I used LOTS of treats to convince him that the stairs were "good" not "bad" He eventually would walk 3/4 of the way up - eat the treat I'd left, then get off and jump onto the bed right NEXT to the stairs. After a little while I moved the stairs over to where he usually jumped on the bed and he was perfectly happy to use them.

Well his latest OCD trend has showed up in his eating habits. I recently got a bigger bowl for his food so I don't have to fill it up every day. I now fill it up about once a week. Turns out he is a very "clean" eater - he picks a spot in the bowl and eats straight down. Then he moves over a little bit - and eats straight from the top to the bottom. Here is the evidence:

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So it turns out that if my lovely dog was human, he would need counseling just as much as I do :-) I sure love him!