11-52: be yourself

Agnes: Dave, thanks for the mug. I really feel like part of the pack now.

Dave: You needed a mug to be part of the pack?

Agnes: Sure did. Eva and Bruno did a similar shot in March, 2017 but you excluded me from it.

Dave: We adopted you in April, 2017. You can't call it excluding if you weren't part of the family yet. And by the way, how did you know about that.

Agnes: Eva talks.

Dave: Is this true?

Eva: Not so much talks as mocks. It's really funny getting Agnes's goat.

Bruno: We're adopting a goat! Awesome. I've always wanted a goat.

Eva: We had a goat before we adopted you in 2014.

Bruno: Darn. Now you've excluded me from owning a goat!

Dave: We never had a goat. Eva is lying. Likely to distract you so she can eat your food.

Bruno: Good thing I'm too snort to fall for that.

Dave: Do you mean smart?

Bruno: Rarely. I mean snort because the mug pushes my snout up.

Dave: So what we've determined is that Eva wants more food, Bruno wants a goat and Agnes wants to be part of the pack by having her own mug.

Agnes: True. Thanks for the mug. It fits me perfectly. I'm always myself.

 

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I actually bought this mug for Agnes back in the fall of 2017 but had not yet done the photo because she had been scared of trying new things. Getting the shot was hard enough with two dogs I was also intimidated to try it with three. Apparently in 2022 Agnes is now brave enough to eat from a mug, but she also pushes it forward when eating making getting all three in a row a pipe dream. Even taping the mugs to the ground for a second attempt didn't work.

 

Thanks to my lovely wife both for excellent dog wrangling skills and her tolerance of my stupid ideas.

 

The 2017 shot is linked in the comments.

Done