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Feeding the dogs this morning, I realized it was pretty representative of each dog's personality. Just wondering if anyone else has ever noticed this?

Getting food into the bowls- everyone excited-
Sirius lets out a woowoowoo,
Natalie pogos- only she's too fat to get off the ground now so she just sort of half-pogos
Hogan sits cocking his head at the sound of food hitting the bowl
Pagan is turning in circles.

Everyone is then required to sit- so they are all lined up and can be fed without everyone rushing the first bowl and getting into a fight.
Sirius is already in place anticipating what comes next,
Natalie still Pogoing until after a long hard look she sits beside Sirius,
Hogan sits, stand, sits, stands, sits, stands- maybe this time I will call him first- even though I've always gone down the line by age. He sits still finally, but his jaw is quivering in anticipation.
Pagan is running all around, turning circles, making everyone wait forever before she finally sits. She can't sit in line, either. She sits on the sofa. Good enough. Still working on her.

Sirius is called first- Hogan starts forward, too- no, Hogan- wait. Sit. Sirius binkies across to his food commences to eat
Natalie is next- Hogan starts forward again- no, Hogan- wait. Sit. Natalie come. Natalie food. Natalie come eat. Natalie still sitting. I pull Natalie by the collar in the right direction. She sits at the bowl. Just sits.
Hogan's turn- oh boy! He is eating before the bowl hits the floor
Pagan meanwhile is finally in the floor where she should be. She is turning in circles, sitting, turning in circles, sitting. I give her the bowl- she doesn't notice- still turning in circles and sitting.

Natalie, eat. Natalie looks at me out of the top of her head. She is not impressed. This food sucks.

Pagan notices food, grabs three bites, heads for sofa. Down, Pagan. Here- eat at your bowl. She comes to grab three more pieces.

Sirius chomping away
Hogan chomping away
Natalie whimpers and lays down by the bowl, knocks bowl out of the way with her nose.

Pagan grabs three pieces out of Natalie's bowl- heads for the sofa. Down Pagan. No eating on the sofa.

Sirius stops eating long enough to smile at me. He's being good. Good boy, Sirius.

Pagan grabs three pieces from Hogan's bowl. Heads for the chair this time. Down, Pagan. Shake her bowl. This is your food. Eat at your bowl.

Natalie still pouting, cutting her eyes at me. This food sucks.

Sirius stops to smile at me again. Yes, Sirius, you are a good boy.

Pagan takes this opportunity to snitch three pieces from Sirius' bowl.

Sirius looks wounded. He would have snapped at Hogan or Natalie for that but this abuse from Pagan he just endures much like when Titus wants to climb on him. Sirius chanting to himself- 'Don't eat the little ones. Don't eat the little ones' He gobbles the rest of his food before Pagan can return.

Hogan is full. Hogan goes to scratch on Ginia's door. He hasn't seen her in five minutes and he's about to have a meltdown. Hush, Hogan. She's sleeping. I let him in anyway.

Sirius is done. He flops by the door so he will be first in line when it is time for walks

Pagan still grazing on all the bowls. Three pieces at a time. She has stopped trying to get on the sofa, settles for under the end table.

Natalie has sinced flopped on her side and let out a big sigh. This food sucks. It is depressing.

I gather the bowls, poor all the leftovers into one. Sit it by Nattie. Eat Nattie. She lolls her head back, avoiding eye contact. I could not have insulted her any worse.

I leave the room, Pagan follows with three pieces of food she then eats under my desk. After some time, I hear crunching. Natalie is eating now that no one can see her. Pagan jumps into my chair with me, goes to sleep. More crunching. Marathon water drinking. The sofa springs scream as Natalie flops down on it.

Everyone is fed. Yay.


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I'm tired just reading it!!! And this goes on every morning ?


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Originally Posted by fertmom
I'm tired just reading it!!! And this goes on every morning ?
Oh, no! We only feed them about once a week.


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Jenna, you tell the best stories (even if they are true). All of the dogs sound like such characters.


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Jenna,

How long does it take to feed the crew?


Red


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Originally Posted by redrose
Jenna,

How long does it take to feed the crew?


Red
The ENTIRE crew- or just the dogs? LOL

I will just tell you my routine- should cover all bases:

First thing, the cats get their one can of food split 4 ways. Refill their kibble hopper (which sits on the kitchen counter, btw) and water cooler if needed. That takes about 5 minutes tops.

Feeding the dogs takes less than ten minutes- depending on how long it take Pagan to sit. LOL

They get longer walks about 30 minutes after eating- and usually in pairs. Then all the water is gone so I have to refill the water cooler. It holds 5 gallons, but I can't carry it full so I have to refill it daily.

The piggies and bunny get their veggies next- and set aside 4 big pieces for the rats and 13 smaller pieces for the hamsters/gerbils for later. Piggy and bunny water gets refilled, pellets and hay refilled- total salad prep time plus the rest takes about 20 minutes maybe.

Then the rest- I carry evreything I need in a plastic dishpan sort of thing- a big cup of hamster food, the cup of veggies/fruit, some nuts and dried fruit in another cup, a ziploc bag of rat mix, another big cup of nutro lite- and also carry a gallon of water. I just go from room to room refilling empty or near empty bowls and water bottles, waking up anyone not awake to scritch them, do a quick eye, nose, breathing, and rump check for health, and give them their fruit/veggie treat so they know it came from me. The gerbils get the most of the dried fruit and nuts, but I usually throw a couple in the other's bowls as a nice surprise for later. Same thing with the nutro- mainly for the rats, but everyone gets a little. If no one's water bottle is too foggy to wait till saturday to be cleaned and I don't run out of anything- it only takes me about 3-4 minutes per cage- longer on the gerbils as they enjoyed giving chase. Maybe 30-35 minutes in all. And that's just if I have to do it all myself. Isaac does his hamsters and rats when he is home- I just check on them and treat them- and he also feeds the cats. Ginia usually does the rabbits and piggies if I prepare the salad and she usually does most of the long walks for the dogs. She and I are supposed to take turns feeding the dogs, but I usually do it cause she likes to sleep late- but she makes it up by doing more of the walking.

So all in all, not too much time. I spend a lot more time just kissing on critters and taking pictures of them LOL


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Forgot to add in there about changing the litterbox- I don't scoop- I just change it about every other day. Maizee's litterbox is changed every other day, too- but Ginia usually does that.


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LOL...you have to video tape a feeding session of your dogs!! We wanna see!!!


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Originally Posted by Riddick
LOL...you have to video tape a feeding session of your dogs!! We wanna see!!!
I've been thinking about it. It would take several mornings to get everyone in- but I'm gonna try it. Just hope they are thinking about eating and not the camera cause Pagan, for one, falls over and lolls around with her tongue out thinking camera means act as goofy as possible. LOL


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Great Read!