Difference between my dogs and Smoki, my cat is:
The dogs stare at my foodwith a pitiful look that says,
Please, share your food.

The cat stares into my eyes with an outraged look saying,
Thats my food; why are you keeping it from me?!

P.S. For scientific types, the take away is the dogs stare at the food, the cat stares in my eye.
Anthropomorphizing is just too much fun.