Juniper Friday! Lunch By A Thousand Cuts

Juniper, a dog, eats a large carrot with tiny, dainty nibbles.

Juniper, a dog, eats a large carrot with tiny, dainty nibbles.

Juniper, a dog, makes incremental progress on her carrot, leaving many morsels by the wayside.

Juniper, a dog, makes incremental progress on her carrot, leaving many morsels by the wayside.

Juniper’s overall level of daintiness is ridiculous, but her approach to carrots is especially royal. Over an extended periods, she will carefully nibble away the carrot, seeming to consider whether each morsel is acceptable. Some, she deems tasty and chews contentedly. Others fall from her mouth, never to be retrieved. She’s very pleased to be given a carrot, and proceeds in this manner becalmed for quite a long time, but the mess she leaves behind could strike fear into even the most hardened crudité.