Nitpicking – Conversations with the Pack

I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Sweetie: Lady Human, you need to put more food in my bowl.

Me: How much more?

Sweetie: Ten more kibble pieces.

Me: That’s very precise. Why ten?

Sweetie: That’s the perfect number. Please don’t skimp.

Doodlebug: And squirt another mouthful of water in my bowl.

Me: Your water bowl is almost brimfull.

Doodlebug: It doesn’t slosh quite right.

Sweetie: And it needs to be 4° warmer in the house.

Doodlebug: It needs to be 3 degrees cooler.

Me: You don’t even know what a degree is.

MoonCat: Ignore them, Lady Human. Everything is just right. Except my pillow could be 2 inches higher and my tunafish snack should really be salmon this time of day.

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