how Maui snuck two birthday breakfasts
My favorite little doggie really tested my patience yesterday.
Tuesday, November 6, was Maui’s birthday. Molly and I told her the night before that she could have “anything she wanted” on her birthday. She took us seriously.
Here’s what happened.
Maui woke up at 5am with a full bladder and woke me to go out. After her business we crawled back into bed and I fell back asleep almost immediately. But Molly’s peaceful slumber was disturbed.
Maui licked her face until Molly woke up, then whined. Molly thought “She wants breakfast.”
And since it was her birthday, Molly got up early to feed my little doggie.
She mixed her supplements, chicken, rice, veggies, a little cottage cheese, and a nice little gravy together in a bowl. She replaced her stale water with fresh cold water. She watched as Maui feasted.
Wide awake now, Molly decided to meditate. Maui declined to join her, as she was busy sniffing around for the last bits of her breakfast.
When she emerged from the silence, Molly came out to the kitchen to join me in making our breakfast. We puttered around, but Maui kept distracting us with her rather manic scratching at her “nest” of pillows on the floor in the corner.
Molly went over and cuddled her, giving her a little massage to calm her down. Maui did. She rolled over onto her back for a belly rub.
Then she sprawled on her side and sighed deeply before dropping into a doze. Molly said
“She feels great after that breakfast … she just needed to work off some excess energy.”
I said “She didn’t love her breakfast, because there wasn’t any chicken!”
(A meal without chicken is not a full meal, according to my dog.)
Molly looked at me and said “Did you feed her breakfast?”
I said yes, I had. Molly said “So did I.”
I told Molly that Maui had come into the bedroom and barked at me until I woke up, with a bark that definitely means “I’m hungry! Feed me!”
When I got out of bed, I saw that Molly was meditating, and assumed that she had not fed the dog yet.
So I made her a scrambled egg, rice, and veggies. I gave her supplements and mixed everything with a nice little gravy.
And Maui ate every single mouthful. Every mouthful of her second breakfast.
Molly shook her head and murmured “Audacious behavior.” We both turned to look at our very full, very content dog.
We told her she could have anything she wanted on her birthday. Apparently she wanted two breakfasts.
Now is there any doubt in your mind that Maui can “communicate” with us?
To celebrate my smart, if slightly sneaky, dog, I’m dedicating tomorrow’s free call with Alecia Evans to honor Maui’s birthday.
I think I know what Maui would say to that:
“Very nice gesture, dad. Now can I have some more chicken?”
Ha!!
I love my dog.
Can’t wait to “hear” you tomorrow, Thursday, at 6pm Pacific for my conversation with Alecia. I know we have a lot to learn from our animals, and Alecia’s skill at accessing their “minds” is mind-blowing.
Hope you get your equivalent of two breakfasts today!
Love,
James
PS: go to petconversation.com to submit your question and get call-in details on tomorrow’s call. And if you miss it, no sweat, I’ll send out an email with the replay page so you can “attend” at a later time.
