more dogs and cats than people

ok, so with my mother out of town, and her dog in residence here, we have reached the lopsided animal to human ratio......with contentious results......this morning the kitchen was downright crowded with pets jockeying for the contents of each other's bowls.......so much so that i finally put yellow (the big yellow dog) outside just to reduce the volume of animla flesh present if not the physical count.....but the fun doesn't stop with the feeding frenzy...those that remain seem determined to keep me company....and so at some point as i checked all of my on-line papers, newservices, gossip blogs......i had 2 dogs underfoot and a cat behind me on the desk chair.....i walked back to the kitchen for a coffee refill under escort, and then back again to sit down....as if i was holding back on petfood and those cloest to me when i bestowed second helpings would be in luck......my mother's dog skitters about enough as to take up the living space of 2 calmer animals...i might as well count her double......