Animal hierarchy

Dog sitting for Sirohada and Porth42. Ruby has finally accepted her place within my household. Managed to snap her paying homage to King Mackerel. It's an arcane ritual but one the cat is quite insistent upon. Something to do with tradition and cat identity, apparently.
(apologies for the pet blip - confined to the house doing work)
On other news: I have a deadline which means I haven't washed since Tues. My jeans are ready to walk to the washing machine on their own too.