Times Quick Cryptic 2251 by Orpheus

Hi everyone.  While Chris is busy grandson sitting, I am the first of those sitting in for him here.

A puzzle to phone a friend about?  I ask because a cockney reference and no less than three dogs (two of them eating) made me think of dog and bone.  I was almost tempted to take inspiration from Astro_Nowt and pen some suitable lines, but you are spared my doggerel!