The dogs bark at you when dinner isn’t in their dishes by five-thirty at the latest and you hurry up to give it to them. 

     The neighbor’s cat looks at you, at his treats, then at you again, and you give him some.

     The Koi beg for worms as soon as you walk near the pond so you go dig some out of the compost heap.

     The frog expects you to throw him some worms when you are feeding them to the Koi and you do it.

     The squirrels jump on the neighbor’s screen door when the corn cob she puts out for them is empty and she brings them a fresh cob.

     The poodle across the street expects you to have cookies in your pocket and you do.

     The basset hound whose owner walks him by on a regular basis wants to take a water break at your house on hot days and you have the dish filled and ready.

     The cat birds clean the blueberries off the bushes right under your nose, and you don’t chase them away.  Instead, you sigh, and think it’s a good thing you have bags of frozen blueberries in the freezer.