Why does my dog do this????
She'll pick one piece of food out of her bowl, walk into the living room and drop it on the floor, go back and get another piece. She'll do this several times before she actually eats what's in the bowl but won't eat what she leaves in the living room. I hate stepping on these in bare feet at 3:30am :mad:
Also, when we go camping, she'll bury half the food in the leaves or gravel or what ever before she eats the other half. The squirrels think it's great but ....
Brian :)
BTW, she's an 65lb black lab named Deezul....
Why does my dog do this????
:D That's funny, I thought my mother in law's late daschund was the only one that did that. It started at about 15 years old (lasted 18). She'd take bits of kibble and actually hide them under the couch, usually 5-10, then eat the rest. My MIL asked the vet about it, and said it's a fairly unusual thing that is most common with hunting dog breeds. The only ideas he offered for the reason is going back to their wild instinct to protect their food from other animals, but then can't resist the temptation to eat so they stop hiding and drain the bowl. He said they are not smart enough to be saving some for later, but I wonder about it. My two dogs will scarf it all up immediately, go outside to do their business, then when they come back in each goes to the other dog's bowl and licks it.