RE: Do you ever catch yourself playing favorites with your pets?
I always try to treat both of the dogs the same way; but because Chipper is older and needs more care; he always gets more attention.
In the morning, when I am having my morning coffee; Chipper gets a small dish with coconut oil and heavy cream. Then, if I have a protein bar with my coffee; he also has some of that. I usually give Tootsie a little bit of it, too; but since Chipper has more trouble chewing and eating his food, he actually needs the exprea protein, and Tootsie does not. That litttle dog can scarf down anything.
I also give Chipper canned dog food because he has trouble eating the dry dog food, and I want to be sure that he gets enough food that he can actually eat.
Tootsie stands patiently waiting to see if Chipper leaves any little bites of canned dog food in his dish.
But, the other side of that , is that Tootsie can still chew on a bone, much better than Chipper, so she is the one who gets the leftover dog bones.