Is my dog ... tipping me?

[Rizon]

Whenever I feed my dog soft dog food, cut into squares, she eats all of it but the last one.

If I feed her crunchy food, she eats all of it but leaves just one small piece left.

Sometimes I give her Milkbones, broken up into a few pieces (she's a small dog), one of the pieces ends up on my pillow ... or when I take a shower (I lay my clothes out on the bed), a small pieces ends up on my clothes when I get out.

Is my dog tipping me or something? It's really weird.

EDIT: Corrected spelling of "milkbones"

[Lathum]

seems like she is sharing.

I think it's pretty cool

[Crim]

Frikkin creepy, if you ask me. M. Knight Shamalamdingdong oughta make a movie about this.

[hawk4669]

seems like she is sharing.

I think it's pretty cool

Chalk up another who thinks it is cool. :D Gotta love dogs.

Cheers!

[JeffNights]

Ha, great posts, however on the serious side. your dog is indeed acknowledging your dominance and that you are the pack leader. And therefore must take your share of the food.

[Karlifornia]

Ha, great posts, however on the serious side. your dog is indeed acknowledging your dominance and that you are the pack leader. And therefore must take your share of the food.

Maybe the dog was a mafia underling in a past life......I guess if that were true, the dog would deliver the last piece to rizon in an envelope, after kissing him on both cheeks.

[spleen1015]

I hope you are showing respect and eating it so that your dog can see that it makes you happy.

[Butter]

Ha, great posts, however on the serious side. your dog is indeed acknowledging your dominance and that you are the pack leader. And therefore must take your share of the food.

I'll go with this. It is the ultimate sign of respect.

[Toddzilla]

I hope you are showing respect and eating it so that your dog can see that it makes you happy.I lolled :)

[Passacaglia]

Cats will do this, too. If they catch a mouse, they'll present it to the leader (presumably you). You're supposed to be nice to the cat then, otherwise he or she will try harder next time to please you.

[molson]

What breed of dog?

[Rizon]

I hope you are showing respect and eating it so that your dog can see that it makes you happy.

I do this with the Milkbone, except I just pretend to eat it. She'll sit and watch me and then have a satisfied look on her face after I'm done.

[Rizon]

What breed of dog?

3/4 Pomeranian, 1/4 Sheltie

[Lathum]

Cats will do this, too. If they catch a mouse, they'll present it to the leader (presumably you). You're supposed to be nice to the cat then, otherwise he or she will try harder next time to please you.

i hate that

[Desnudo]

To really establish dominance, you should grab the milkbone out of her mouth and and eat the whole thing in front of her.

[rkmsuf]

your dog clearly owns you.

thing has you fake eating milkbones and accepting the fact it's leaving food everywhere.

sucka.

[MizzouRah]

Cats will do this, too. If they catch a mouse, they'll present it to the leader (presumably you). You're supposed to be nice to the cat then, otherwise he or she will try harder next time to please you.

Every morning when I open the front door, I always wonder what will be there waiting for me like a little present from my cat. I just hope it's dead.

He came home a few weeks ago and was a mess, ear torn up, leg with bites and we took him to the vet. He said our cat had gotten into it with a raccoon. He stayed inside and healed up for about a week. When I let him back out, the next morning there was a dead baby raccoon on the doorstep. :D

[Crim]

Every morning when I open the front door, I always wonder what will be there waiting for me like a little present from my cat. I just hope it's dead.

He came home a few weeks ago and was a mess, ear torn up, leg with bites and we took him to the vet. He said our cat had gotten into it with a raccoon. He stayed inside and healed up for about a week. When I let him back out, the next morning there was a dead baby raccoon on the doorstep. :D

:eek: Glad he hadn't "gotten into it" with a human!


:D

[Passacaglia]

"Is my dog ... tripping me?" --Brian Griese

[path12]

My dog just inhales all the food in about 30 seconds. No tips. Matter of fact, he licks the bowl clean. And it's dry food.

[rkmsuf]

My dog just inhales all the food in about 30 seconds. No tips. Matter of fact, he licks the bowl clean. And it's dry food.

I prefer that. None of these little food games. Don't feed him for a couple days. Then see how much respect you can command.

[MizzouRah]

:eek: Glad he hadn't "gotten into it" with a human!


:D

Yeah, I make sure I don't piss him off. :D

[Coffee Warlord]

He came home a few weeks ago and was a mess, ear torn up, leg with bites and we took him to the vet. He said our cat had gotten into it with a raccoon. He stayed inside and healed up for about a week. When I let him back out, the next morning there was a dead baby raccoon on the doorstep. :D

Heh, one of our cats had a similar experience, though he took on a mother fox. Came back with a nice gash on his head.

There are no more foxes around there.

[path12]

I prefer that. None of these little food games. Don't feed him for a couple days. Then see how much respect you can command.

If I'm lucky he'd eat the cat.

[sterlingice]

I do this with the Milkbone, except I just pretend to eat it. She'll sit and watch me and then have a satisfied look on her face after I'm done.

Well, if you really ate it, it would improve your breath, right? ;)

SI

[Pumpy Tudors]

"Is my dog ... tripping me?" --Brian Griese
Gold.

Going off on a tangent here, as a Broncos fan, I'm worried about what kind of silly injury Jay Cutler is going to get. Brian Griese hurt himself when he tripped over his dog, Jake Plummer broke his foot when he fell off Tim Couch, and now I wonder what's next. :mad:

[cthomer5000]

Gold.

Going off on a tangent here, as a Broncos fan, I'm worried about what kind of silly injury Jay Cutler is going to get. Brian Griese hurt himself when he tripped over his dog, Jake Plummer broke his foot when he fell off Tim Couch, and now I wonder what's next. :mad:

Shannon Sharpe's reaction to the Griese thing was the greatest stuff of all time.


Tight end Shannon Sharpe (http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/1329) expressed disbelief when informed of Griese's version of his latest injury.

"Are you jiving?" he said. "I know you're all joking."

Convinced it was true, Sharpe said, "I don't believe I'd have told that one. I'm not a very good storyteller, but I think I could have come up with a better one than that.

"I've heard that 'I stepped out of my car at work' or 'I went back for a pass and all of a sudden I stepped on someone's foot'. But a dog pushing me down the stairs? Oh, my goodness. I'm going to have to let Mike handle that one.

"So the dog stood up on his hindlegs and gave him a push? You might want to get rid of that dog or put him in the circus, one of the two."

[Pumpy Tudors]

Shannon Sharpe is great for a sound bite, if you can understand what the hell he's saying.

[cthomer5000]

Shannon Sharpe is great for a sound bite, if you can understand what the hell he's saying.

He would probably be a starter on an NFL all-time soundbyte team.

[Blade6119]

This thread had at least 4-5 lol moments for me, really a gem

[oliegirl]

My son's cat doesn't leave food, but she doesn't eat out of the bowl either...she picks up a mouthful of food - we only feed her dry food - and drops it on the floor, then she eats that a little at a time, and then gets another big mouthful and drops it on the floor. She's done it since she was a kitten, and now is teaching our new kitten to do the same...which basically means I have to vaccuum every day or have little pieces of cat food stuck to my feet when I walk around the apartment.

[MizzouRah]

Heh, one of our cats had a similar experience, though he took on a mother fox. Came back with a nice gash on his head.

There are no more foxes around there.

Your cat and my cat should get together and make a cat Sopranos.