hearing footfalls pattering on faux hardwood quickly moving from this room to that seeking, endlessly a small discarded morsel or tidbit of foodstuffs to gobble recklessly – wet black nose searches, snorting and sneezing while surveying the scene momentary pause as the slightest crumb comes to light large pink wet tongue scoops the prey into the waiting jaws – nails against the linoleum scurrying paws clatter loud slurps from a bucket and the crunchy rustle of kibble in a tin dish plopping down, flattened dog bed one last sniff of the air before laying a big head down and trying to get some rest before the next round –