Why does my dog do this????

[Curt Harms]

They are strange at times. We have a 12-13 year old cat that apparently can't see if theres water in her bowl. So she sticks her paw in it, sliding the bowl around spilling it.
Does it every time.

We have a black male cat that that does something similar. He'll stick his paw in the water dish, pull it out and lick it off. He doesn't seem to have anything on his paw so I don't think he's washing anything off, looks like he's just being a goof.

[Kirk (KC) Constable]

Our cocker and the new puppy both take a piece of two out of the bowl and walk away to chew it. The puppy drops it on the floor first. OTOH, the Saints park over the top of the bowl, stick their heads in, and generally stay there until the bowl(s) is empty.

KC

[Mark Singer]

I asked Java and Dexter and they said your dog likes the asthetics of the living room more than where his food is being served....kind of like asking the waiter to change your table to improve the view or get away from smokers...
The bury food thing is psycological....your dog is afraid you are going to eat his food...try to enter a group therapy session with the dog....Java and I did this before he took several of his woodworking seminars

[Lee DeRaud]

Depending on the size of your dog, a ton of free entertainment is available by feeding out of a "food ball". It's an orange rubbery thing about 6" in diameter that looks like Fred Flintstone's golf ball. It holds about a cup of kibble and dispenses it one or two pieces at a time as the dog pushes it around the floor. Ozzy usually brings it to me to shake out the last piece or two for him.

[Jim O'Dell]

We have a black male cat that that does something similar. He'll stick his paw in the water dish, pull it out and lick it off. He doesn't seem to have anything on his paw so I don't think he's washing anything off, looks like he's just being a goof.

In the past, a couple of our Irish Setters would go to the water bucket outside and start drinking. After a few licks, one front paw would enter the water, after a few more licks, the other front paw would step in. When finished, they would start digging in the water bowl splashing water all over the place. We finally went to a #2 wash tub for outside water so that there would be some left for the next dog without us having to go and refill. Jim.

[Joe Chritz]

I got a feeling if I gave my Rottweiler one of those feed balls I would be replacing the TV as he flung it across the room and made a smoking hole.

Nice friendly and good looking dog. Dumb as a hammer.

Joe

[Gary Herrmann]

My labs eat so fast, that I can barely get out of the kitchen before they're done. I think it takes them about 20-30 seconds to eat. Maybe they hurry because they go out afterwards and when they come back in, they know they'll get their after dinner treat.

As someone else already said tho, your dog probably does that because she's a lab, ergo, nuts.

[Jason Roehl]

My cat won't carry his food into another room, but sometimes, he will take a large mouthful of food out of his dish and drop it on the floor next to the dish. Then he'll eat some of it and either walk away or go back to the bowl for more. Weird thing is, he doesn't like shrimp, but his ears always perk up when we open the freezer--the ice cream scoop is his for the licking after we've dipped ours.

[Curt Fuller]

You didn't mention what religious denomination your dog is. But most dogs belong to the "Untied Dyslexic Church of Dog" which is loosely based on many of the same principles of Christianity. You dog is probably just paying it's tithe and if you place a small plate next to his bowl he'll quit carrying the food into the other room.

[Robert Mickley]

My labs leave a few bites every nite for breakfast, only problem is the female gets it all.

In answer to your question
Because she can!

[Jim Hinze]

Your not alone...

I have a chow, German Shepherd mix that will grab a piece of kibble out of her bowl in the kitchen, then walk to the family room, sit down and chew it... then she returns for another piece and it repeats...

Never seen a dog do that before....

Dog's are just wierd... as long as she's safe and it isn't going to hurt her, I over look it.. but then again, I'm not crunching kibble underfoot at 3am...

[Greg Heppeard]

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.

She actually thinks that you need to eat more, so she's giving some of her food to you. Actually, that's probably what she's doing. She's a retriever, so instead of her bringing you rabbits or birds, she's bringing you some of her food. She's doing it out of love, so, you might have to live with it until she decides not to do it anymore.

[Bryan Rocker]

They are strange at times. We have a 12-13 year old cat that apparently can't see if theres water in her bowl. So she sticks her paw in it, sliding the bowl around spilling it.
Does it every time.

ROFLMAO my 13 going on 14 year old black cat "Shadow" puts her foot in the water bowl intentinally. Its her mission in life to spill the water out of the water bowl! She can see the water no problem....me thinks she is going through kitten hood again.

PS my dogs take mouthfuls of food and put them on the carpet to eat them. However, my catahula is a terrible crumb eater.......

[Russ Filtz]

They are strange at times. We have a 12-13 year old cat that apparently can't see if theres water in her bowl. So she sticks her paw in it, sliding the bowl around spilling it.
Does it every time.

Cats supposedly can't focus that close or something. It's better to have a water bowl with a pattern in the bottom or one of water fountain things. With the running water they can see the ripples on the surface.

[Jack Dickey]

PupnDawg does that occasionally , he's a BlondeLab/Sheperd .. His thing is he will not eat unless we are in the room with him .. His "table" is midways between us and the TV , and , unless he has had an extremly hard day supervising us around the shop , he will not eat a bite ..
And when LOML gets a bowl of ice cream or glass of milk , better make an extra of each .. Or he will be in yur lap in short order ..