Our Breakfast Routine: Pets First!

Manny: Since Karen has cut back on my food so I would lose some weight, I am very hungry in the morning and meow for my breakfast. If you turn up the sound on the video, you can actually hear me waking up my humans. My bowl is now on top of the kitchen table so Abby does not eat my food. She is good though because even if I knock some off, she leaves it alone when Karen tells her to. Spunky Doodle and I got in a little bit of a fight in the video because I had to make sure she didn't try cutting in front of me and eating before I did.

Abby: Karen feeds me first because I am such a good girl and wait patiently for my breakfast. Also, I think she likes to feed me first so I don't start barking. She only gives me half my breakfast though when she feeds the cats (except on Saturdays) and the other half she puts into my Kong and gives it to me when she goes to work. I will do a separate post about my Kong to show you the art of using it. Sometimes though if I hang around and make my cute face she will give me an extra little treat--of course, she always makes me do something to earn it.



Spunky Doodle: I am the most patient of all and get fed last. Sometimes I'll walk around on the kitchen counter while I wait. I am fed upstairs so I get a little exercise running up and down the stairs. Karen only gives me a little tiny bit at a time to make me slow down when I eat so I don't regurgitate it right after. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I love those Greenies! If you watch the video, you will see how I stop eating the Science Diet For Sensitive Stomachs and get those Greenies when Karen drops them on the other side of my dish. After I finish, I go back to the kitchen to eat Manny's leftovers and hope Karen doesn't see me.

Karen: Hope you enjoyed watching our morning routine. Sometimes Spunky gets weighed and comes in the bathroom with me instead of Manny. Usually Manny stretches and rolls around showing his poofy belly, but he was a bit camera shy and didn't want to do that on the video. Keeping the cats from eating the dog food was a concern of mine when we considered getting a dog but Abby eats so fast, it hasn't been a problem. The cats know to leave her food alone even though they do share her big water bowl. Gerard is usually the last one to get up but that is because he works the hardest.

What do you have for breakfast? Who eats first at your house?