Thank you all for such great answers?

Tory is such a wonderfully active dog. She is not allowed to run because of our area. But she wants to and when the kids are not actually paying attention she can trample them and get out. This has happened a total of four times in as many months. As for her eating I was thinking the other dogs whom we have had much longer years were not letting her eat. I know that some times in a pack the dogs will only let the younger or new members just enough. We got her from a very nice couple. and I was wondering if she was missing them. She is such a wonderful caring beautiful dog. I do know some about training them. But I was hoping some one would have a new way that I had not heard of. We have a neighbor lady who goes into peoples houses and helps your dog get rid of the bad habits. But since this is lively hood I did not think it was appropriate to discuss this with her. And I was hoping to handle it my self. My husband only says she is thin because when we got her she had a winter coat