I've gotten accustomed to having a cat sitting beside the dinner plate purring loudly at me. We have a rule: no stealing food from the plate. Mango is a good boy but Peaches has to be watched as she younger and more impatient and she will grab and run. Mango waits his turn 'cause he knows there will be something for him.

And every can, box or bag of food has to be inspected when it's opened just to be sure it isn't something worth eating right now.

I suspect an Aby would do really well in a 5 star restaurant! At least so long as the patrons don't mind fang marks on their food, pieces missing, being crowded from their plates ("Here, let me eat that for you...") and the like.