Humm Danita that timer idea just might work but for me I would let SLUGGO start the meat then when he wandered away (very short attention span) I just finished it myself, why fight City hall and besides meat is too expensive to let it be turned into jerky, LOL....now this is lame but one JERKY in the house is enough, LOL, sorry couldn't resist.... [Eek!] [Big Grin]