Since Macey has come to stay with us, Asher has become her fast friend around the table. They both know better, and most times we are proactive and lock Macey away for meal time. But there are a number of occasions where we’ve caught them both in the act. Macey will often stand at attention near Asher with her eyes intently watching his movements. We’ve caught Asher throwing food to the ground for her, filling his fork/spoon and lowering it to her, holding his cup down for her…
The other day Eric walked back into the kitchen while Asher was at the table eating and when Asher saw him he immediately started signing “STOP” over and over to Macey. Oh-ho, not quite so innocent as he thought we might think, but it was a good try. Macey will do the same, when she’s caught she switches to a casual and relaxed look like, “nothing going on here, guess I’ll go to sleep” and close her eyes. And boy does her head hang low when we call their game and send Macey away until Asher’s finished eating.
In some ways, I find it a wonder that Asher feeds her people food from the table. It’s certainly not something that he’s watched done to learn how- quite the opposite. And although he does possess his Dad’s mischievousness, his behaviour with this does not really fit that category. Maybe they came to a mutual agreement, Asher has agreed to do his best to make some portion of what’s fed to him available for Macey and in exchange Macey will remain docile while Asher uses her as a step up to the bed, couch or chair. Whatever it is, it seems to work out for them.
hee hee that’s cute