I took these photos this morning, when Dexter and blind Goldie realized Alayne was loading the dishwasher and that meant, "time to help!" In other words, "time to see if there's anything edible/lickable still left on the dishes!" They head over to the kitchen whenever one of us is loading the dishwasher, whether it's our own dishes or the dog dishes. There's always a possibility food may be available, and if not food, at least some interesting flavors to be savored.
To their dismay, they can't reach the upper rack in the dishwasher, nor can they get inside the blender on the lower rack, which has the drippings left over from making up Travis' liquid diet. But anything else on the lower rack is fair game for them.
Dexter and Goldie are quite a team, working both the front and back of the dishes. The first time I saw them cleaning the back of the plates I wondered why, but then I realized … since we stacked the plates on top of each other when clearing off the table, that would leave some tasty "lickables" on the back of the plates.
Here's Dexter, deciding the front of the plates demanded his attention now:
Of course, this isn't the only dishwashing assistance we get — I've reported before on how Holly likes to do the "pre-wash" of the dog dishes. Nice to have the help, eh?
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