Going halfsies

In our house, Ramy takes almost all of the responsibility for the dogs.  He gets up before I do, and he feeds the dogs.  He is also the pooper-scooper, but I think that may have been a condition of me moving to California.  Our dogs, Sydney and Paddington, are low-key and get along wonderfully.  Sydney is the alpha dog though, no question.  Sydney and Paddington get fed once a day and eat from the same food bowl. 

When Ramy was out of town, I did actually feed them each and every day (I did not pick up the poop outside though).  I knew that they shared the food and that neither of them hogs it all, but I did not realize how they did this.  One morning, I saw that Sydney had finished and looked in the bowl, figuring she just wolfed some down and then got out of the way.  No. It was as if someone had drawn an imaginary line in the middle of the bowl, and she had only eaten from one side of it.  Then she walked away and Paddington ate his share.  I thought it had to be a fluke. 

Last weekend, I watched the eating process again.

Sydney munches on her chow, while Paddington waits patiently.  (He's a little mopey...just think of Eeyore.)

Finally, Sydney is finished, so she moves to the water bowl and Paddington takes his place at the food bowl.  Yep, exactly half is left!

A true gentleman, Paddington leaves the last mouthful for his best girl, Sydney.