@RosePuckey Mum and Enrico, my step dad, used to have dinner parties. Enrico was a chef and he had a restaurant in Elgin. Anyway, as 9PM approached, Pip would snuggle up to mum. If 9PM passed, mum would get a paw on her knee as a reminder that toast was required.
When toast was produced, there would be a rush to the back door to get out to the kennels for a bedtime snack.