scoop. her first food is wet meat, delivered on a plastic lid in the back, her second scoop is dry food delivered in the kitchen. she knows the difference between ‘food’ and ‘second scoop’ and will lead me to the appropriate place.
show me. if i can’t figure out her needs, i say “show me” and she walks me to whatever is bothering her (her dish, her water, her box, a door she wants to get through).
play? i can ask her ‘play?’ and if she wants to play, she springs off to a corner and i’m supposed to chase her. sometimes, rarely, she chases back, but usually it’s up to me 