Lainey and Reagan

Let me explain what is taking place in these pictures. First, a little background on our dog, Reagan. She's quite the finicky eater. She prefers to drink water out of those little Ziploc storage containers (the tiny ones) and she likes to eat her food off of a towel. Ever since Lainey became mobile, we had to move R's food and water to the landing on the stairs where it would be safely out of Lainey's way. Well, obviously, Lainey can climb up the stairs now when the gate's open but she's usually pretty good about just waving "hi" to R's water and food and then she goes on her merry way.

The other night she decided that she would be responsible for feeding Reagan. She would go over to the stairs, get one or two kernels of food, and bring them to Reagan on the living room floor. She did this over and over, very methodically. Reagan happily ate what she gave her. Lainey did this for probably about 5 minutes (while I was making dinner) before I grabbed my camera to take a few pictures. In the top picture, you can see Lainey and Reagan and then there's a few food pieces in between them (hard to see). In the second picture, Lainey got a little more creative with her food placement and put the kernels on Reagan's bed.

It all went downhill after these pictures were taken. Lainey climbed up to Reagan's food/water spot on the landing, dumped out all the water, and grabbed the towel upon which Reagan's food was resting. We stopped the game of "feeding Reagan" after that.

I am grateful that our child loves our dog. She's learned to say "leash" (sort-of) and loves to try to put the leash on Reagan (quite a sight). She also likes to feed Reagan by shoving food into her mouth (either her food or dog food). We're trying to limit the people food that Reagan gets, but these two are sneaky. ;)