Excuse Me!

"Excuse me, waitress! Hey, mommie-human! I'm not done with that!" Those were the sentences likely being uttered by Piper the other morning when I took her food bowl away. Let me explain!

I like a clean house. I like clean well groomed pets. I also very much like a good smelling clean husband(he's going to be so pleased I added that part)! It's what I like. So when I see a pet making a mess. I'm not happy. I'm immediately thinking that mess maker better be planning on cleaning up the area around them. If it's Simon, no worries. He belongs to the clean bowl club! He has a gold star membership to the club! With Cody it's a tiny bit worrisome to see him make a mess, yet Simon is on top of things. As for Piper, well she does have similar thought processes as her older brother Simmie. But she's still learning how to REALLY - REALLY clean up well!

That all being stated there's an extra concern with Piper. She's quite clean in the way she eats. She's decent about cleaning up her area at the conclusion of her meal. However, I've noticed when she isn't feeling well she makes a big mess with her food. Cody is our only fur-baby that will not eat when he's not feeling good. Simon will be asking for a final meal on his death bed. Piper is definitely a subscriber to "how to live a foodie life". The other morning when I noticed her making such a mess I instantly thought, 'oh no, she's likely not feeling well'. I then removed the food from her so she didn't continue to eat and make herself extra sick. She looked around at me funny. I took her bowl then set it on the counter as I side stepped to walk down the hallway to leash up the boys for their morning walk. Upon returning home from the walk, I look across the counter to notice an empty bowl. I go around to the other side of the counter to get a better look. Yep, completely cleaned out, only evidence left were 2 tiny crumbs on the counter. I then noticed the barstool was slightly moved. That little sneak of a cat, jumped up on the counter to finish her breakfast while mommie and the boys were out. Oh my!

We do not allow her on counters or the coffee table. Big no-no's! However, I can be understanding that she wanted her food. So no she did not get in trouble. I felt badly for taking her food away in the first place. But in previous times the manner in which she was eating has proven to be indicator of her not feeling well. In an effort to prevent a huge mess for me to clean up, I thought the food needed to be removed. She apparently thought otherwise. Piper: "Excuse me, mommie-human! I'm not done with my food. And I'm not sick this time. I'm just a mess maker! I'll clean it up afterwards!"