Trying to eat a bacon sandwich with starving pets in the house

[packman]

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. At least yours aren't actually IN your lap,

like my cats when I'm trying to eat any kind of meat. I'm thinking of becoming a vegetarian just so I don't have to fight off cats in order to eat lunch.

Obviously your dogs and cats haven't eaten in... minutes.

"Are you gonna eat all that? Can I have some? Pleeeeeease?"

[47of74]

56. Yeah my brother's cat is the same.

Any time food comes out she’s right there trying to get her share.

[montanacowboy]

2. BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

This scene looks very familiar!

[CanonRay]

3. For bacon I'd be down on the floor with them...

[Ohiogal]

4. They do that no matter what you eat!

Was laughing one time my Lab was watching my husband make a sardine sandwich, her face was about 3 inches from the sandwich. I know this sounds gross, but if you aren't paying attention, she will try to lick your dinner plate. She gets strongly reprimanded for doing that! But it doesn't stop her from trying again!

[Arkansas Granny]

9. I once had a cat who jumped up on the counter, snagged a pork chop

that was frying in the skillet and flipped it onto the floor so he and his pal could enjoy it. He did it in less time than it took me to type this.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. My cat stole a pork chop off my plate and ran away with it.

[whopis01]

41. I had a cat that brought a hot, grilled steak home one evening

As best we could figure out, one of our neighbors must have been grilling steaks outside and not been watching carefully enough.

Never did find out where it came from - didn't ask around too much either...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

42. Did you let the cat keep it?

Or did you eat it yourself?

[whopis01]

47. We let her keep it - at least some of it

You probably shouldn't reward that behavior - but you couldn't take that prize away from her.

My grandparents were visiting at the time and I think we were having hamburgers for dinner - I remember my grandfather repeatedly saying (in his English accent) "That bloody cat eats better than we do". I think he was considering taking the steak for himself!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

49. Cats are ambush predators. They're small and quick

and are easily able to abscond with a steak off your grill and disappear into the shrubbery before you ever even see them.

[jpak]

44. LOLOLOLOL!!!!!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

46. You have to picture my gray striped cat...

...running down the hall with a stick of butter.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

48. That must have been messy.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

50. He was relieved of the butter with a minimum of mess

[whopis01]

74. That reminds of the time

my wife was asking me why I was messing with her deck of Tarot cards. She is into that sort of stuff and I am not - so she thought I was moving it or hiding it from her.

I was defending myself saying that I had not touched it and she didn’t believe me. Just as it was about to turn into a real argument, the cat walked through the room carrying the deck of cards in her mouth.

We both cracked up.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

78. That's a scream

Cats are crazy.

[lagomorph777]

73. Better than a decapitated mouse.

[forgotmylogin]

69. "WE'RE JUST ALL SITTING HERE GETTING ALONG NOT FOR ANY PARTICULAR REASON."

I also had a cat that managed to grab a slice of pizza and drag it halfway through the house before being foiled by the newly-closed patio door. FOILED!

[pansypoo53219]

39. when my elderly cat was on a special ick poo kidney diet. i found a pork chop bone he had gotten out

of the garbage. current cat only wants my dairy.

[Ilsa]

25. I understand. My labs have NO discipline.

"LEAVE IT" might as well be, "Go ahead and eat my kids' dinner."

[Ohiogal]

31. They are

the garbage disposals of the canine world!

[Ilsa]

35. My father-in-law's labs chewed on the siding of the house.

Yeah, they would eat the house if they could.

[procon]

5. How did you (and your sammich) survive?

I can never resist those intense little upturned faces, the pleading eyes, and mental waves of entreaty. Many a hearty BLT sammich has been transformed into an almost veggie version with just the essence of bacon because of my own gang of adorable beggars.

[Nay]

6. They look awfully sleek to be starving pets, but . . . the faces! They ARE starving! LOL

[niyad]

7. ohhhh, those poooor, starving little ones!! surely you made enough to share?????

[PatrickforO]

8. I've got four cats and when I'm eating something with meat in it, they gather just like this!

Drives me nuts.

The other day, one of the cats was reaching under the microwave to see what he could find and he got his claw stuck in there. What an ordeal. We got it out without hurting him, but geez.

Frickin' cat.

[IrishEyes]

10. Yes, they are starving. They haven't eaten in four hours.

That is like a million years in kitty and doggy time. I couldn't resist those adorable faces. Good thing, I'm a vegetarian.

[Ilsa]

26. Like when I get up in the morning,

one of my labs acts like I've been gone a week. The female is more subdued. She's much smarter than the male, but hesa bad influence on her!

[IrishEyes]

36. My male cat wakes me up at 5:00am every morning acting like he hasn't eaten in forever.

I don't even have an alarm clock. My female cat brings me her little stuffed animal and drops it on me when she has decided that it is time to eat.

[Bayard]

11. I especially like the kitty peering around your knee.

Our mini-doxie once nonchalantly filched an entire sandwich that my husband had just sat down with on his lap, in front of the TV. All he could do is watch in amazement as the little doggie wolfed it down.

[alittlelark]

12. 3 look to be desperate... the black one is devising an evil plan....

[podex101]

16. Machiavelli would be proud

[sprinkleeninow]

28. 😆

[kimbutgar]

14. Did you give them each a little piece?

I couldn’t resist those faces!

[podex101]

15. They are so well behaved!!!!!

My three dogs, if there is a remote, minute, infinitesimal possibility that I have any trace of food.............. on my lap.

[calimary]

17. Welcome to DU, podex101!

LOVE this stuff. This is one of the things I love best about DU.

[3Hotdogs]

18. We had a rottie and cats. Cat could open the refrigerator.

We bought a roast and put it in the 'frig. We went out for the afternoon. Cat had apparently opened the refrig door and walked away.

Rottie grabbed the roast and it was demolished. We came home to a wet floor and saran wrap on the floor.

We actually drilled a hook and eye onto the frig door.

[kimmylavin]

24. I had quite a team, too. :)

I came around the corner into the kitchen once.
One of my cats, a little Siamese, was rooting in the garbage can, tossing stuff out.
My dog, a Rottie/Shepherd mix, was... holding the top of the can open!

I said, "HEY!"
Never seen them both jump so high.

[Ilsa]

27. They actually have surprised, guilty expressions, don't they? nt

[Fla Dem]

19. My cat has absolutely no interest in human food, except tuna. But this is a great picture.

[Rebl2]

23. Same here

Our cat isn’t interested in people food unless it is tuna or salmon.

[IrishEyes]

38. My cat only liked one kind of people food.

Whenever I ate green beans, I would pour the water from the can in his bowl and he would like it up like it was champagne. He was wonderfully weird in many ways. He lived to be 16 and was in great health.

[pansypoo53219]

40. my last boy cat LOVED pole beans, actually any bean. surprise discovery.

why are there beans in the dinning room? he like tomato juice & frozen peas too.

[keithbvadu2]

21. Dog vs man... the WINNAH!

Dog vs man... the WINNAH!

Link to tweet

[NJCher]

33. and then some!

Laughed my head off at that.

[jpak]

45. LOLOLOLOLOLLOLL!!!111

[oasis]

59. Ooo da greedy doggy.

[tblue37]

72. Now THAT'S funny! nt

[FailureToCommunicate]

22. Time to dust this clip off...

Bacon? Yeah?

[Ilsa]

29. That really got me going!

[packman]

32. That is funny as shit -

[grantcart]

57. When my daughters are visiting it is a continual battle for me to work up

"Maple kind, yeah?" into as many conversations as possible.

For example we are going into an arboretum and I asked if they had evergreens, and so on.

Just as we are about to pass the gate I stop and ask "do you have leafy trees, you know maple kind, yeah"

using the same voice of the dog.

Goal is to use it about 30 times a day.

[FailureToCommunicate]

63. Do you torment them with dad-isms just to see their lovely eyes roll? 'Daaaaad'

[Wwcd]

30. Next thing, they'll be ordering from the family chef (me)

[murielm99]

34. My yes, they do look half-starved.

We have that situation at our house, too. The Lab is the worst, but the cat is not far behind.

[Submariner]

37. That is some major Stink Eye going on in front of those poor poor starving fur babies

[IcyPeas]

43. I wouldn't be able to stand it.....

I would give in in 2 seconds. "but we thought you loved us?" they are all saying

[flor-de-jasmim]

51. Reminds me of the time my cat (probably with the dog's help) managed to get an entire

roast beef off the counter and onto the floor. It simply vanished--with nothing even to clean up.

[Scarsdale]

62. We had a Doberman

who was left alone for a few minutes with a slice of banana bread. Came back to an empty plate, no crumbs just an innocent looking dog still sitting beside the table.

[Honeycombe8]

52. LOL LOL LOL!!!

You know they're begging because you give in and give them bits, don't you?

I know that, because I do that, too!

[mbusby]

53. Had a few slices of pizza in the box on the counter...

...came home and found the cat had knocked the box on the floor and the dog had helped himself to a slice. He was walking around with the large end of the slice sticking out of his mouth. We couldn't stop laughing.

[Demovictory9]

55. Lol

[Demovictory9]

54. That is hilarious

[ribrepin]

58. They look well-fed to me!

[kchamberlin25]

60. Was once in our kitchen making something to eat

When I heard our cat sounding like she was choking. I looked down and saw her trying to eat the pull strip from a lunch meat package someone had carelessly thrown at the trash can, but on the floor. As I reached for it saying "Give me that!" she took off down the hall to her favorite window, hacking all the way lol.

[Trueblue Texan]

61. I'm calling the Humane Society!

[rpannier]

64. Poor things

Probably haven't had a morsel in about an hour

[sarge43]

65. "You have to sleep eventually." n/t

[Shrike47]

66. We once left a roasted chicken on the table to answer the front door. Learning experience.

I had no idea that little cat would be so fast or get it down on the carpet. Cleaning up was a chore but we loved the cat.

[brewens]

67. LOL! The yeller dog and cat look like a matched set! That cat looks the most intense! n/t

[TEB]

68. Pack rules

You gotta share

[Beacool]

70. Ahhh, they are so cute.

[tblue37]

71. Adorable. Why, they are just skin and bones, aren't they? Soooo hungry!

Little fakers.

BTW, I also have a house panther (plus 3 other csts), but my Tico is so big he could almost pass for a real panther.

[Yavin4]

75. Congrats on your animal diversity! n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

76. Two cats and two dogs?

True animal diversity would be a walrus, an aardvark, a gila monster and a stick insect, all begging for a taste of your bacon sandwich.

[PJMcK]

77. I love their eyes!

Each of your friends has that "hey, I like bacon!" look in their eyes.

We had to euthanize our Cocker Spaniel, Bubba, several weeks ago. He was more than 16-years old and it was time. He loved food! I've said that if he had an unlimited amount of food, he'd eat until he puked then he'd eat the vomit! We miss our buddy.

Don't succumb to their pleading eyes! Stay strong! It's your food! Your healthy pets will survive on the healthy diet you're already providing them with. This is especially obvious in your dog on the right side of the picture!

By the way, did you ever watch Neil DeGrasse Tyson's "Cosmos"? There's an episode where he talks about the unique relationship between canines and early humans. It's a fascinating exposition of how wolves and humans developed a symbiotic relationship.

Here's the YouTube episode and advance to about the 3:00 mark:

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