@shadowplay: Dog treats are better than human food, if the dog isn't used to human food. That said, I remember one year when I decided to really celebrate one of my cats' birthdays. We had a takeout place in town that had THE best barbecue chicken. So I ordered one of their barbecue chicken dinners, and shared the chicken with the cat (2 bites for me, one for him, repeat until finished).
Tomtat could hardly believe his good luck. I had four cats at that time, and not only was he getting a lot of attention, but he was getting lots of yummy chicken, as well.
If you do give your dog any human food as a treat, do it slowly, to make sure it's going to stay down. That meal I shared with my cat took over 2 hours, but both of us enjoyed every moment. He was purring quite happily throughout.
Not sure what I'm going to do about my current cat's birthday. Maddy will be 10 on June 25. I don't give her human food, unless it's a little bite of fish once in awhile, or if she stuck her nose in the way when I was sharing some yogurt with Chloe (my cat who died in March).
@Takhisis: What kind of eraser are you talking about? Is it at the end of a pencil? An unattached one? I found that using a sharp knife to cut away the stained part sometimes works. Or what I've done with ink is use another eraser on the stained one (there are erasers that are designed to erase ink as well as pencil marks).
