Two months ago, Amiya Kaminski and her partner, Travis Angell, noticed something strange happening in their garage.
Their cat Momo’s food bowl — which normally lasted a full 24 hours — was suddenly empty within hours of being filled.
Now, Momo is many things… but a speed eater is not one of them.
The famously slow, dainty diner simply couldn’t have inhaled that much kibble on his own. Which meant only one thing:
There was a thief in the house.
The couple had two potential suspects — their 8-year-old Australian cattle dog, Bailey, and their nearly 2-year-old Australian shepherd, Loki.
Bailey, in her golden years, had retired from mischief. Loki, however? Loki treated chaos like a hobby.
“The most consistent way he loves to be mischievous is messing with Momo and Bailey, who are just trying to chill and relax,” Kaminski shared. “He’s also gotten into the garage before when he was younger to greet us as we drove in.”
The evidence was stacking up.
Each morning, Kaminski would fill Momo’s bowl before leaving for work. Angell worked from home and stayed with the pets. But in mid-October, whenever Angell stepped out briefly in the afternoon, he’d return to find the bowl completely wiped clean.
Suspicious? Absolutely.
But accusations require proof.
So the couple devised a plan.
They repositioned their pet camera to face the garage door and pretended to leave the house together, watching the live feed from their phones as they drove away.
They didn’t even make it to the end of the street.
“Before we were at the end of the block, he was already in the garage,” Kaminski said. “So we looped around and came in through the front door to catch him.”
The moment Loki heard the door unlock, he bolted back inside and acted as if he’d been napping the entire time.
Innocent. Oblivious. Totally not covered in imaginary kibble crumbs.
But the case wasn’t closed yet.
Determined to catch the culprit red-pawed, they escalated their strategy.
On the day of Kaminski’s nail appointment, they staged an elaborate performance. Angell got dressed, put on his shoes, opened and shut the passenger door — making sure Loki heard two car doors close.
Then Kaminski drove off.
But Angell stayed behind.
Camera in hand, he hid quietly near the garage, barely breathing.
Moments later, a familiar nose appeared through the cat flap.
Loki paused.
Sniffed.
Waited.
Carefully scanning the scene like a seasoned professional.
“He scopes out the area to make sure no one is in the garage before he crawls through,” Angell said.
Satisfied that the coast was clear, Loki squeezed the rest of his body through the flap and crept toward the prize.
That’s when Angell sprang out.
Gotcha.
“When he finally appeared, it was hard not to burst out laughing,” Angell said. “He immediately tried to turn around.”
Loki’s face said everything.
Shock. Betrayal. Regret.
He scrambled back inside — empty-mouthed — and, as far as his parents can tell, hasn’t attempted another kibble heist since.
These days, Kaminski and Angell empty Momo’s bowl before leaving and refill it when they return — just in case temptation calls again. But Loki appears to have retired from his life of petty crime.
Whether it’s maturity or mild trauma from the stakeout is still up for debate.
“I think we made his stomach drop,” Kaminski joked.
One thing’s for sure: the world may never know how many successful snack heists Loki pulled off before getting caught.
But this time?
Justice was served. And it was hilarious.
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