Saturday 16 October 2010

Domestic animal

Flossie eats her dinner. Enthusiastically. There is no other way.


Then she does the washing up. That bowl has to be absolutely spotless, not a speck of food left anywhere, and it has to gleam.


When satisfied with the result, she brings it to me to be put away. She learned this in about 3 seconds flat from Fran's dogs.

Given the effort she puts into cleaning her bowl, I feel almost guilty for washing it up again (with hot water and detergent, rather than a big pink tongue; I know, it's disappointing).

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a sweet, sweet dog. And smart too!

Di

Pam said...

Are you sure you're feeding her enough? That looks like a scene from "Florence Twist" to me.

rachel said...

Nearly correct, Isabelle - she gets a biscuit after she returns her bowl..... I see it as dessert, not gruel.

Rattling On said...

Very cute. They do know how to inhale a meal, don't they?

the veg artist said...

What a useful dog. Does she do floors? How much an hour?

jabblog said...

Our dogs clean the cat's bowl too but I still feel the need to wash all the dishes 'properly'.

flwrjane said...

Oh the Flossiness of it all. Our lab also cleans the floor around her empty bowl, several times, hopefully. And then comes to get in on our dinner. she doesn't know the bring the bowl back trick...but as her bowl is ceramic and painted for her by a 3 year old admirer I'll forgive her.

Looking forward to Sunday with Flossie and you of course.

xo jane

Fran Hill said...

I have friends whose dog attacks the plates in the dishwasher before they get to shut the door. I really don't know why they bother washing them. He does such a fantastic job.

Gwen Buchanan said...

oh what a smart dog you have.. so endearing! I love it when dogs are cute!!

Anonymous said...

My poodle would sometimes lick the carpet. I asked the vet if he thought that she was deficient in something in her diet that she was getting by licking the carpet. He said he had no idea, but could I send her round to lick his clean ....... as he was rather a handsome young vet, I forgave him!!

BumbleVee said...

I'm with Isabelle...it looks like ..."more please Ma'am?"

Marcheline said...

Love this doggie! I want to mug her head and smoosh her face.

judy in ky said...

Such a sweet dog... and so lucky to have come home with you.

Anonymous said...

Oh, those eyes... Flossie, you are a little charmer!

"Sunshine" said...

I've said it before and I'll say it again
"I LOVE YOUR DOG"

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