The Ever-full Bowl

So, I’ve been sharing a house with this guy for the last two-and-a-half years.  We get along pretty well, but sometimes I just don’t understand what he’s thinking.  An incident that occurred this past weekend highlights the kind of thing I’m talking about: he pees where I drink and I don’t think there’s anything I can do to get him to stop.

We have these two ever-full bowls in the house.  They are always full of cool water, hence the term ever-full.  The bowls are large and sit on a pedestal at just the perfect height for me.  I don’t have to lean down to drink there like I do when I drink from the bowl on the floor that’s next to my food.  It’s obviously made for drinking, yet every time I try to do it that guy yells at me and chases me out of the room.

Aside from being ever-full and at a very comfortable height, those bowls are located in the water rooms of the house.  I call them that because there seems to be multiple places in those rooms to get water.  Every morning that guy goes in the water room, gets behind a curtain, and stands in the rain for a few minutes.  When he comes out he’s soaking wet.  Can you believe that?  Standing in the rain inside the house?  I come inside to get out of the rain and that idiot makes it rain inside then stands in it.  I told you that sometimes I just don’t understand that guy. 

Anyway, he was gone most of last week so I got to spend the week drinking from the ever-full bowl without anyone chastising me.  When that guy got home last Friday night, the first thing he did was to walk into the water room and start peeing in my bowl.  I was incredulous!  I couldn’t believe my eyes.  I had to step closer and take a few sniffs just to make sure he was really doing what I thought he was doing.  I gave him the best, “just what the hell do you think you’re doing,” look I could make.  He just laughed at me.

It’s not all bad, though.  He shares his food with me and takes me places sometimes.  I just wish he’d stop peeing in my bowl.  You’re supposed to pee outside in the back yard, like I do.