I was talking to the person who emailed Lily, and it turns out they live in the same neighborhood! We heard that your child really wants to own a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, so we asked them to come visit.
Lily always plays like this. 'Just kidding, Dad arranged these for the photo!'
Kaito-kun and Hana-chan came to visit.
'I'm always left alone at home, so I was really happy today and got to play a lot. I licked Hana-chan's mouth a lot.'
After playing, Lily slept soundly until around 10 PM without eating. But then he got up and ate all the food I had packed into the Kong. He doesn't like eating from a plate, but he'll pounce on the food anyway, which is a bit baffling, but as long as he eats, that's good enough for me.
I also gained some unexpected insights from accompanying Lily to her meals.
I was holding one pellet, having the bird sit down, and throwing it. Even when I threw it quite far, it would find it by sound. So I tried giving it the "Wait" command and rolling the pellet. It would stay sitting down, with only its face turned towards the pellet, but wouldn't move. Then I would say "Go," and it would fly off. Gradually, I was able to increase the distance I rolled the pellet, and it would wait patiently.
I was able to do this starting yesterday! Isn't that amazing
Also, while I was throwing a ball around the room, it accidentally landed in a box. At first, he looked around confusedly, but the look on his face when he peered into the box, found the ball, and picked it up was so happy. After that, I added more locations like the sofa, and he was able to find the ball again.
I was delighted, thinking, "This child is indeed intelligent."