Daily Dose of Cute

Recently, I was telling Spudsy about how all five furry residents of Shakes Manor go completely apeshit when I open a can of tuna. As soon as they hear the can opener and get a whiff of that delectable scent, they all race to the kitchen and scream "TUNA WATER! GIVE US TUNA WATER! PLEEEEEASE!!!! TUUUUUUUUUNAAAAA WAAAAAAAATERRRRRR!!!!"

Each of the cats gets a little plate of tuna water and a bit of tuna, and each of the dogs gets a little tuna water and some tuna flakes mixed in with hir dinner. And it is the GREATEST DAY EVARRRRR when they get TUNA WATER!!!!11!!!1!eleventy!!!1!

It's so awesome that Dudley, who sits for food even when you don't ask him to, can't sit his butt on the ground. It's so awesome that Olivia, who is under normal circumstances a talkative cat, can't stop YELLING FOR TUNA WATER!!! Tuna water! Tuna water! Tuna water! AHHHHHH! Tuna water! GIVE US IT!

It is not, however, so awesome that Matilda won't stay in another room and require me to bring it to her majesty. Just FYI.


Video Description: I pan across the kitchen counter, where I am about to make tuna salad for Iain's and my dinner. I pan past three plates of tuna water with a bit of tuna in the center, then past two dog bowls full of dog food mixed with tuna flakes. In the background, Olivia is yowling impatiently. I pan down to Dudley and Zelda, looking up at me plaintively with tails wagging. I pan across to the kitchen table, where Olivia is pacing frantically, then down to the floor, where Sophie is sitting politely.

"Where's Matilda?" I ask. Dudley yawns. Sophie mews. "Is that right, Sophs?" I ask her. She fixes to jump on the table. Zelda looks up at me expectantly. Wag wag. "All right," I say. "Are the good dogs gonna go out in the living room?" (Which is where they get fed.) "Come on." *kissy noises* Dudley gallops into the living room, but doesn't sit like he usually does. "Sit, Dudley!" I tell him, knowing full well he won't do it when TUNA WATER! is in the offing. "Dudley, sit!" He looks back at me.

Olivia howls and swooshes her tail at me. "Oh," I say. "Oh no, kitties! Kittens! Oh no." I look down at Zelda. Wag wag. Oh no.

The video ends. At which point, they were all given their TUNA WATER OH HAPPY DAY IT'S TUNA WATER FOR EVERYONE! Including Tils' special delivery, natch.