Speaking of Rainie (not just her butt) she's been extremely clingy lately, wanting to be with me all of the time, and not content to lay on the futon behind me when I work from home, pawing her little paws off the edge onto my back demanding attention, putting her mouth under our bedroom door and whining when we're in there and awake, sprawling all over me on the couch at night even when 2 of the other dogs are also on there. Like Alice, I think she feels my mood/pain very well and does her basset-y best to comfort me. Either that or she isn't feeling okay. Andrea's keeping an eye on the both of us.