(Warning:  This may not be appropriate for young pups)

Thanksgiving is coming up this week, so it is an appropriate time to talk about my food habits.

I try to be considerate and not require a separate diet. Whatever “she’ is having is usually o.k. with me. That way she doesn’t have to bother with Alpo and Caesars and the kind of stuff that makes meals more of a hassle.

Normally we have chicken. She likes to buy rotisserie chickens and I especially like the dark meat, like from the drumsticks. What happens then is she freezes the left-over white meat.

Other times we’ll dine on hamburger or roast beef. Sometimes if “she” is having fish or pasta, I can eat the leftover chicken. I am happy enough with it as long as it has been recently defrosted. But PLEASE –I do not eat two-day old chicken from the refrigerator.

Once I finish my entrée, I head to the door of the pantry where my treats are located. This relieves her of the responsibility of having to remember about my treats, which I get after my evening meal.

Then, being a red-blooded American male, I have other appetites.

My human friend, Barbara, uses a very vulgar terminology. She calls it “humping”. Can you imagine?

I have a teddy bear, and believe me, I’m a “one-bear-dog”. There is nothing promiscuous going on and everything takes place in the privacy of my own home. Now, do you see a problem with that?

But Barbara has spread rumors about me all over Solivita.  While all I’m doing is what comes naturally.  Does Barbara think those feline babies of hers are all that innocent?

I hope all of my human friends have a nice Thanksgiving. Since my mommy is heading up to see my human brother, Eric, I am spending it with my second family, Peggy and Carl. I get really good food there, I hope I get some of the dark  meat from their turkey.

P.S. I’m taking my bear with me. It fits in my Patriots canvass bag.