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cc’d by email It is people like Cathy who make the snake oil salesmen VERY happy. NO Cathy, The way to get vitamins is to EAT FOOD.  In RARE situations, if a PHYSICIAN diagnoses you with a SPECIFIC deficiency, then you need vitamins And stay away from the other phony stuff. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Has anyone tried the stuff called body solutions it is like a mineral tonic > I think it is mainly for weight lost,  but can it be used for just the > vitamins content. I reallyl need a strong vitamin like thing to boost my body > .It has been thru allot and I am tring to get back on track, Thanks

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Thanks so much Ted

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Has anyone tried the stuff called body solutions it is like a mineral tonic > I think it is mainly for weight lost,  but can it be used for just the > vtamin content. I reallyl need a strong vitamin like thing to boost my body > .It has been thru allot and I am tring to get back on track, Thanks

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Has anyone tried the stuff called body solutions it is like a mineral tonic I think it is mainly for weight lost,  but can it be used for just the vtamin content. I reallyl need a strong vitamin like thing to boost my body .It has been thru allot and I am tring to get back on track, Thanks

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This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why until now. My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly until he consumes his entire meal. Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? Just Curious, Tim Evans

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>My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?

I don’t think this question can really be answered – since we can’t ask the dogs…  :-) Dainty does that. My dogs are free-fed and their food bowl is kept in the shed behind the garage. She’ll go to the bowl, take a huge mouthful of food, and then go find a nice spot to sit down. She’ll then drop it on the ground, and I could swear that she COUNTS the pieces. Then she picks up the nuggets, one at a time, and eats them. If she is still hungry she’ll go back and do it again. If she is disturbed during the eating cycle she’ll leave the food there. There are little piles of Nutro-nuggets all over the yard/house. Fortunately, when The Pakled comes across one of those piles he eats all the food.  :-) —     Tony J. Podrasky      God sat down for a moment when the dog was finished      San Diego , Ca       in order to watch it and to know that it was good, QSL? QRU? QRZ? QLZ? QFA?  been made better.          - Rainer Marie Rilke

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> This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why > until now. > My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into > the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly > until he consumes his entire meal. > Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? > Just Curious, > Tim Evans

I don’t know, but my dog will take her first mouthful into the other room, eat it there, then come back to her bowl to finish the rest.  It’s not a problem unless she leaves a piece and our other dog, who is allergic to it, gets ahold of it before she goes back and finishes it.

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: My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into : the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly : until he consumes his entire meal.         When our boxers do this, we say they are tossing their cookies! -Dex

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> This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why > until now. > My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into > the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly > until he consumes his entire meal. > Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? > Just Curious, > Tim Evans

We had a dog who did this.  His dishes were in the laundry room and he was fed free choice so he always had food there.  He would usually eat dinner just after we did (had to wait and see each day if this was finally the day that we would invite him to join in our meal).  He would then pick up a few pieces of food, bring them in the living room, drop them on the floor and eat them one at a time.  I always thought that he just wanted to eat in the same room that we were usually in, a social thing.  One day I remember we had the doors open onto the deck as it was a beautiful sunny summer day.  He was eating "lunch" and instead of going into the living room as usual, he was carrying each mouthful onto the deck, obviously wanting to spend a little time in the sunshine.  I carried his food dish onto the deck for him so he didn’t have to do so much travelling, he thought that was okay.  He would still pick the pieces of food that he wanted out of the dish and drop them on the deck before eating them, but at least he did not have to carry them through the whole house.

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>This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why >until now. >My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? >Just Curious, >Tim Evans

        Was he the runt of his litter? I’ve seen a few dogs with this habit, and they’ve all been the smallest of their litter. From a young age, they learn that they get kicked out of the "feeding line" by their bigger brothers and sisters. The only way they can get food is to grab it and eat it elsewhere.      O—O               Neil Murray               O—O      o o/     (and his little furry buddies)      o o/     George                                        Peetey

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> >My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?

I read somewhere that it was a "socializing" thing.  My GSD did it all her life.  She’d take the food from the kitchen and drop a mouthful in the living room if I was in there.  (If I was in the kitchen with her, she’d stay and eat.)  The theory I read said that the dog was sharing the experience with you — same as going into the water and then shaking all over you.  They want you to experience what they’re doing.  (What was that book?  The Life of Dogs?)

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Quote: nd eat.)  The theory I read said that the dog was sharing the experience with you — same as going into the water and then shaking all over you.  They want you to experience what they’re doing.  (What was that book?  The Life of Dogs?) This here is a load of BS. Yep indeed. Bad theory. Anthropo mffmff (can’t type today) to the Xtreme! Wild dogs carry their food away from a kill (or a find) so they can eat it in peace. The behavior is still there, but the companionship factor of tame dogs overrides the reason for it. Jane Webb Moon and Mudpie

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"My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly until he consumes his entire meal. Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?" (Big grin) I don’t know why they do this, but I will say this: Abby, on occasion, will take a mouthful of food out of her bowl in the kitchen and will bring it to wherever you are in the house and plop down and eat it right there in front of you.  If she has dropped any "kibbles" along the way, she will pick it up and eat it on the way back to her bowl to get a another mouthful to eat in front of you. It’s a riot to watch.   ) Mary   ) (and Abby the wonderful, sweet miniature poodle who naps as I sit at the ‘pooter) http://home.aol.com/AH1FCobra

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This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why until now. My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly until he consumes his entire meal. Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? Just Curious, Tim Evans

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>My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?

I don’t think this question can really be answered – since we can’t ask the dogs…  :-) Dainty does that. My dogs are free-fed and their food bowl is kept in the shed behind the garage. She’ll go to the bowl, take a huge mouthful of food, and then go find a nice spot to sit down. She’ll then drop it on the ground, and I could swear that she COUNTS the pieces. Then she picks up the nuggets, one at a time, and eats them. If she is still hungry she’ll go back and do it again. If she is disturbed during the eating cycle she’ll leave the food there. There are little piles of Nutro-nuggets all over the yard/house. Fortunately, when The Pakled comes across one of those piles he eats all the food.  :-) —     Tony J. Podrasky      God sat down for a moment when the dog was finished      San Diego , Ca       in order to watch it and to know that it was good, QSL? QRU? QRZ? QLZ? QFA?  been made better.          - Rainer Marie Rilke

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> This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why > until now. > My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into > the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly > until he consumes his entire meal. > Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? > Just Curious, > Tim Evans

I don’t know, but my dog will take her first mouthful into the other room, eat it there, then come back to her bowl to finish the rest.  It’s not a problem unless she leaves a piece and our other dog, who is allergic to it, gets ahold of it before she goes back and finishes it.

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: My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into : the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly : until he consumes his entire meal.         When our boxers do this, we say they are tossing their cookies! -Dex

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> This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why > until now. > My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into > the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly > until he consumes his entire meal. > Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? > Just Curious, > Tim Evans

We had a dog who did this.  His dishes were in the laundry room and he was fed free choice so he always had food there.  He would usually eat dinner just after we did (had to wait and see each day if this was finally the day that we would invite him to join in our meal).  He would then pick up a few pieces of food, bring them in the living room, drop them on the floor and eat them one at a time.  I always thought that he just wanted to eat in the same room that we were usually in, a social thing.  One day I remember we had the doors open onto the deck as it was a beautiful sunny summer day.  He was eating "lunch" and instead of going into the living room as usual, he was carrying each mouthful onto the deck, obviously wanting to spend a little time in the sunshine.  I carried his food dish onto the deck for him so he didn’t have to do so much travelling, he thought that was okay.  He would still pick the pieces of food that he wanted out of the dish and drop them on the deck before eating them, but at least he did not have to carry them through the whole house.

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>This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why >until now. >My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? >Just Curious, >Tim Evans

        Was he the runt of his litter? I’ve seen a few dogs with this habit, and they’ve all been the smallest of their litter. From a young age, they learn that they get kicked out of the "feeding line" by their bigger brothers and sisters. The only way they can get food is to grab it and eat it elsewhere.      O—O               Neil Murray               O—O      o o/     (and his little furry buddies)      o o/     George                                        Peetey

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> >My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?

I read somewhere that it was a "socializing" thing.  My GSD did it all her life.  She’d take the food from the kitchen and drop a mouthful in the living room if I was in there.  (If I was in the kitchen with her, she’d stay and eat.)  The theory I read said that the dog was sharing the experience with you — same as going into the water and then shaking all over you.  They want you to experience what they’re doing.  (What was that book?  The Life of Dogs?)

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Quote: nd eat.)  The theory I read said that the dog was sharing the experience with you — same as going into the water and then shaking all over you.  They want you to experience what they’re doing.  (What was that book?  The Life of Dogs?) This here is a load of BS. Yep indeed. Bad theory. Anthropo mffmff (can’t type today) to the Xtreme! Wild dogs carry their food away from a kill (or a find) so they can eat it in peace. The behavior is still there, but the companionship factor of tame dogs overrides the reason for it. Jane Webb Moon and Mudpie

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"My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly until he consumes his entire meal. Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?" (Big grin) I don’t know why they do this, but I will say this: Abby, on occasion, will take a mouthful of food out of her bowl in the kitchen and will bring it to wherever you are in the house and plop down and eat it right there in front of you.  If she has dropped any "kibbles" along the way, she will pick it up and eat it on the way back to her bowl to get a another mouthful to eat in front of you. It’s a riot to watch.   ) Mary   ) (and Abby the wonderful, sweet miniature poodle who naps as I sit at the ‘pooter) http://home.aol.com/AH1FCobra

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This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why until now. My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly until he consumes his entire meal. Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? Just Curious, Tim Evans

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>My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?

I don’t think this question can really be answered – since we can’t ask the dogs…  :-) Dainty does that. My dogs are free-fed and their food bowl is kept in the shed behind the garage. She’ll go to the bowl, take a huge mouthful of food, and then go find a nice spot to sit down. She’ll then drop it on the ground, and I could swear that she COUNTS the pieces. Then she picks up the nuggets, one at a time, and eats them. If she is still hungry she’ll go back and do it again. If she is disturbed during the eating cycle she’ll leave the food there. There are little piles of Nutro-nuggets all over the yard/house. Fortunately, when The Pakled comes across one of those piles he eats all the food.  :-) —     Tony J. Podrasky      God sat down for a moment when the dog was finished      San Diego , Ca       in order to watch it and to know that it was good, QSL? QRU? QRZ? QLZ? QFA?  been made better.          - Rainer Marie Rilke

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> This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why > until now. > My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into > the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly > until he consumes his entire meal. > Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? > Just Curious, > Tim Evans

I don’t know, but my dog will take her first mouthful into the other room, eat it there, then come back to her bowl to finish the rest.  It’s not a problem unless she leaves a piece and our other dog, who is allergic to it, gets ahold of it before she goes back and finishes it.

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: My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into : the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly : until he consumes his entire meal.         When our boxers do this, we say they are tossing their cookies! -Dex

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> This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why > until now. > My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into > the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly > until he consumes his entire meal. > Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? > Just Curious, > Tim Evans

We had a dog who did this.  His dishes were in the laundry room and he was fed free choice so he always had food there.  He would usually eat dinner just after we did (had to wait and see each day if this was finally the day that we would invite him to join in our meal).  He would then pick up a few pieces of food, bring them in the living room, drop them on the floor and eat them one at a time.  I always thought that he just wanted to eat in the same room that we were usually in, a social thing.  One day I remember we had the doors open onto the deck as it was a beautiful sunny summer day.  He was eating "lunch" and instead of going into the living room as usual, he was carrying each mouthful onto the deck, obviously wanting to spend a little time in the sunshine.  I carried his food dish onto the deck for him so he didn’t have to do so much travelling, he thought that was okay.  He would still pick the pieces of food that he wanted out of the dish and drop them on the deck before eating them, but at least he did not have to carry them through the whole house.

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>This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why >until now. >My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? >Just Curious, >Tim Evans

        Was he the runt of his litter? I’ve seen a few dogs with this habit, and they’ve all been the smallest of their litter. From a young age, they learn that they get kicked out of the "feeding line" by their bigger brothers and sisters. The only way they can get food is to grab it and eat it elsewhere.      O—O               Neil Murray               O—O      o o/     (and his little furry buddies)      o o/     George                                        Peetey

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> >My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?

I read somewhere that it was a "socializing" thing.  My GSD did it all her life.  She’d take the food from the kitchen and drop a mouthful in the living room if I was in there.  (If I was in the kitchen with her, she’d stay and eat.)  The theory I read said that the dog was sharing the experience with you — same as going into the water and then shaking all over you.  They want you to experience what they’re doing.  (What was that book?  The Life of Dogs?)

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Quote: nd eat.)  The theory I read said that the dog was sharing the experience with you — same as going into the water and then shaking all over you.  They want you to experience what they’re doing.  (What was that book?  The Life of Dogs?) This here is a load of BS. Yep indeed. Bad theory. Anthropo mffmff (can’t type today) to the Xtreme! Wild dogs carry their food away from a kill (or a find) so they can eat it in peace. The behavior is still there, but the companionship factor of tame dogs overrides the reason for it. Jane Webb Moon and Mudpie

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"My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly until he consumes his entire meal. Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?" (Big grin) I don’t know why they do this, but I will say this: Abby, on occasion, will take a mouthful of food out of her bowl in the kitchen and will bring it to wherever you are in the house and plop down and eat it right there in front of you.  If she has dropped any "kibbles" along the way, she will pick it up and eat it on the way back to her bowl to get a another mouthful to eat in front of you. It’s a riot to watch.   ) Mary   ) (and Abby the wonderful, sweet miniature poodle who naps as I sit at the ‘pooter) http://home.aol.com/AH1FCobra

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This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why until now. My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly until he consumes his entire meal. Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? Just Curious, Tim Evans

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>My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?

I don’t think this question can really be answered – since we can’t ask the dogs…  :-) Dainty does that. My dogs are free-fed and their food bowl is kept in the shed behind the garage. She’ll go to the bowl, take a huge mouthful of food, and then go find a nice spot to sit down. She’ll then drop it on the ground, and I could swear that she COUNTS the pieces. Then she picks up the nuggets, one at a time, and eats them. If she is still hungry she’ll go back and do it again. If she is disturbed during the eating cycle she’ll leave the food there. There are little piles of Nutro-nuggets all over the yard/house. Fortunately, when The Pakled comes across one of those piles he eats all the food.  :-) —     Tony J. Podrasky      God sat down for a moment when the dog was finished      San Diego , Ca       in order to watch it and to know that it was good, QSL? QRU? QRZ? QLZ? QFA?  been made better.          - Rainer Marie Rilke

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> This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why > until now. > My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into > the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly > until he consumes his entire meal. > Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? > Just Curious, > Tim Evans

I don’t know, but my dog will take her first mouthful into the other room, eat it there, then come back to her bowl to finish the rest.  It’s not a problem unless she leaves a piece and our other dog, who is allergic to it, gets ahold of it before she goes back and finishes it.

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: My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into : the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly : until he consumes his entire meal.         When our boxers do this, we say they are tossing their cookies! -Dex

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> This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why > until now. > My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into > the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly > until he consumes his entire meal. > Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? > Just Curious, > Tim Evans

We had a dog who did this.  His dishes were in the laundry room and he was fed free choice so he always had food there.  He would usually eat dinner just after we did (had to wait and see each day if this was finally the day that we would invite him to join in our meal).  He would then pick up a few pieces of food, bring them in the living room, drop them on the floor and eat them one at a time.  I always thought that he just wanted to eat in the same room that we were usually in, a social thing.  One day I remember we had the doors open onto the deck as it was a beautiful sunny summer day.  He was eating "lunch" and instead of going into the living room as usual, he was carrying each mouthful onto the deck, obviously wanting to spend a little time in the sunshine.  I carried his food dish onto the deck for him so he didn’t have to do so much travelling, he thought that was okay.  He would still pick the pieces of food that he wanted out of the dish and drop them on the deck before eating them, but at least he did not have to carry them through the whole house.

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>This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why >until now. >My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? >Just Curious, >Tim Evans

        Was he the runt of his litter? I’ve seen a few dogs with this habit, and they’ve all been the smallest of their litter. From a young age, they learn that they get kicked out of the "feeding line" by their bigger brothers and sisters. The only way they can get food is to grab it and eat it elsewhere.      O—O               Neil Murray               O—O      o o/     (and his little furry buddies)      o o/     George                                        Peetey

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> >My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?

I read somewhere that it was a "socializing" thing.  My GSD did it all her life.  She’d take the food from the kitchen and drop a mouthful in the living room if I was in there.  (If I was in the kitchen with her, she’d stay and eat.)  The theory I read said that the dog was sharing the experience with you — same as going into the water and then shaking all over you.  They want you to experience what they’re doing.  (What was that book?  The Life of Dogs?)

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Quote: nd eat.)  The theory I read said that the dog was sharing the experience with you — same as going into the water and then shaking all over you.  They want you to experience what they’re doing.  (What was that book?  The Life of Dogs?) This here is a load of BS. Yep indeed. Bad theory. Anthropo mffmff (can’t type today) to the Xtreme! Wild dogs carry their food away from a kill (or a find) so they can eat it in peace. The behavior is still there, but the companionship factor of tame dogs overrides the reason for it. Jane Webb Moon and Mudpie

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"My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly until he consumes his entire meal. Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?" (Big grin) I don’t know why they do this, but I will say this: Abby, on occasion, will take a mouthful of food out of her bowl in the kitchen and will bring it to wherever you are in the house and plop down and eat it right there in front of you.  If she has dropped any "kibbles" along the way, she will pick it up and eat it on the way back to her bowl to get a another mouthful to eat in front of you. It’s a riot to watch.   ) Mary   ) (and Abby the wonderful, sweet miniature poodle who naps as I sit at the ‘pooter) http://home.aol.com/AH1FCobra

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This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why until now. My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly until he consumes his entire meal. Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? Just Curious, Tim Evans

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>My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?

I don’t think this question can really be answered – since we can’t ask the dogs…  :-) Dainty does that. My dogs are free-fed and their food bowl is kept in the shed behind the garage. She’ll go to the bowl, take a huge mouthful of food, and then go find a nice spot to sit down. She’ll then drop it on the ground, and I could swear that she COUNTS the pieces. Then she picks up the nuggets, one at a time, and eats them. If she is still hungry she’ll go back and do it again. If she is disturbed during the eating cycle she’ll leave the food there. There are little piles of Nutro-nuggets all over the yard/house. Fortunately, when The Pakled comes across one of those piles he eats all the food.  :-) —     Tony J. Podrasky      God sat down for a moment when the dog was finished      San Diego , Ca       in order to watch it and to know that it was good, QSL? QRU? QRZ? QLZ? QFA?  been made better.          - Rainer Marie Rilke

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> This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why > until now. > My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into > the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly > until he consumes his entire meal. > Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? > Just Curious, > Tim Evans

I don’t know, but my dog will take her first mouthful into the other room, eat it there, then come back to her bowl to finish the rest.  It’s not a problem unless she leaves a piece and our other dog, who is allergic to it, gets ahold of it before she goes back and finishes it.

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: My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into : the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly : until he consumes his entire meal.         When our boxers do this, we say they are tossing their cookies! -Dex

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> This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why > until now. > My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into > the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly > until he consumes his entire meal. > Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? > Just Curious, > Tim Evans

We had a dog who did this.  His dishes were in the laundry room and he was fed free choice so he always had food there.  He would usually eat dinner just after we did (had to wait and see each day if this was finally the day that we would invite him to join in our meal).  He would then pick up a few pieces of food, bring them in the living room, drop them on the floor and eat them one at a time.  I always thought that he just wanted to eat in the same room that we were usually in, a social thing.  One day I remember we had the doors open onto the deck as it was a beautiful sunny summer day.  He was eating "lunch" and instead of going into the living room as usual, he was carrying each mouthful onto the deck, obviously wanting to spend a little time in the sunshine.  I carried his food dish onto the deck for him so he didn’t have to do so much travelling, he thought that was okay.  He would still pick the pieces of food that he wanted out of the dish and drop them on the deck before eating them, but at least he did not have to carry them through the whole house.

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>This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why >until now. >My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? >Just Curious, >Tim Evans

        Was he the runt of his litter? I’ve seen a few dogs with this habit, and they’ve all been the smallest of their litter. From a young age, they learn that they get kicked out of the "feeding line" by their bigger brothers and sisters. The only way they can get food is to grab it and eat it elsewhere.      O—O               Neil Murray               O—O      o o/     (and his little furry buddies)      o o/     George                                        Peetey

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> >My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?

I read somewhere that it was a "socializing" thing.  My GSD did it all her life.  She’d take the food from the kitchen and drop a mouthful in the living room if I was in there.  (If I was in the kitchen with her, she’d stay and eat.)  The theory I read said that the dog was sharing the experience with you — same as going into the water and then shaking all over you.  They want you to experience what they’re doing.  (What was that book?  The Life of Dogs?)

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Quote: nd eat.)  The theory I read said that the dog was sharing the experience with you — same as going into the water and then shaking all over you.  They want you to experience what they’re doing.  (What was that book?  The Life of Dogs?) This here is a load of BS. Yep indeed. Bad theory. Anthropo mffmff (can’t type today) to the Xtreme! Wild dogs carry their food away from a kill (or a find) so they can eat it in peace. The behavior is still there, but the companionship factor of tame dogs overrides the reason for it. Jane Webb Moon and Mudpie

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"My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly until he consumes his entire meal. Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?" (Big grin) I don’t know why they do this, but I will say this: Abby, on occasion, will take a mouthful of food out of her bowl in the kitchen and will bring it to wherever you are in the house and plop down and eat it right there in front of you.  If she has dropped any "kibbles" along the way, she will pick it up and eat it on the way back to her bowl to get a another mouthful to eat in front of you. It’s a riot to watch.   ) Mary   ) (and Abby the wonderful, sweet miniature poodle who naps as I sit at the ‘pooter) http://home.aol.com/AH1FCobra

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This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why until now. My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly until he consumes his entire meal. Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? Just Curious, Tim Evans

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>My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?

I don’t think this question can really be answered – since we can’t ask the dogs…  :-) Dainty does that. My dogs are free-fed and their food bowl is kept in the shed behind the garage. She’ll go to the bowl, take a huge mouthful of food, and then go find a nice spot to sit down. She’ll then drop it on the ground, and I could swear that she COUNTS the pieces. Then she picks up the nuggets, one at a time, and eats them. If she is still hungry she’ll go back and do it again. If she is disturbed during the eating cycle she’ll leave the food there. There are little piles of Nutro-nuggets all over the yard/house. Fortunately, when The Pakled comes across one of those piles he eats all the food.  :-) —     Tony J. Podrasky      God sat down for a moment when the dog was finished      San Diego , Ca       in order to watch it and to know that it was good, QSL? QRU? QRZ? QLZ? QFA?  been made better.          - Rainer Marie Rilke

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> This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why > until now. > My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into > the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly > until he consumes his entire meal. > Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? > Just Curious, > Tim Evans

I don’t know, but my dog will take her first mouthful into the other room, eat it there, then come back to her bowl to finish the rest.  It’s not a problem unless she leaves a piece and our other dog, who is allergic to it, gets ahold of it before she goes back and finishes it.

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: My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into : the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly : until he consumes his entire meal.         When our boxers do this, we say they are tossing their cookies! -Dex

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> This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why > until now. > My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into > the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly > until he consumes his entire meal. > Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? > Just Curious, > Tim Evans

We had a dog who did this.  His dishes were in the laundry room and he was fed free choice so he always had food there.  He would usually eat dinner just after we did (had to wait and see each day if this was finally the day that we would invite him to join in our meal).  He would then pick up a few pieces of food, bring them in the living room, drop them on the floor and eat them one at a time.  I always thought that he just wanted to eat in the same room that we were usually in, a social thing.  One day I remember we had the doors open onto the deck as it was a beautiful sunny summer day.  He was eating "lunch" and instead of going into the living room as usual, he was carrying each mouthful onto the deck, obviously wanting to spend a little time in the sunshine.  I carried his food dish onto the deck for him so he didn’t have to do so much travelling, he thought that was okay.  He would still pick the pieces of food that he wanted out of the dish and drop them on the deck before eating them, but at least he did not have to carry them through the whole house.

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>This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why >until now. >My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? >Just Curious, >Tim Evans

        Was he the runt of his litter? I’ve seen a few dogs with this habit, and they’ve all been the smallest of their litter. From a young age, they learn that they get kicked out of the "feeding line" by their bigger brothers and sisters. The only way they can get food is to grab it and eat it elsewhere.      O—O               Neil Murray               O—O      o o/     (and his little furry buddies)      o o/     George                                        Peetey

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> >My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?

I read somewhere that it was a "socializing" thing.  My GSD did it all her life.  She’d take the food from the kitchen and drop a mouthful in the living room if I was in there.  (If I was in the kitchen with her, she’d stay and eat.)  The theory I read said that the dog was sharing the experience with you — same as going into the water and then shaking all over you.  They want you to experience what they’re doing.  (What was that book?  The Life of Dogs?)

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Quote: nd eat.)  The theory I read said that the dog was sharing the experience with you — same as going into the water and then shaking all over you.  They want you to experience what they’re doing.  (What was that book?  The Life of Dogs?) This here is a load of BS. Yep indeed. Bad theory. Anthropo mffmff (can’t type today) to the Xtreme! Wild dogs carry their food away from a kill (or a find) so they can eat it in peace. The behavior is still there, but the companionship factor of tame dogs overrides the reason for it. Jane Webb Moon and Mudpie

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"My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly until he consumes his entire meal. Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?" (Big grin) I don’t know why they do this, but I will say this: Abby, on occasion, will take a mouthful of food out of her bowl in the kitchen and will bring it to wherever you are in the house and plop down and eat it right there in front of you.  If she has dropped any "kibbles" along the way, she will pick it up and eat it on the way back to her bowl to get a another mouthful to eat in front of you. It’s a riot to watch.   ) Mary   ) (and Abby the wonderful, sweet miniature poodle who naps as I sit at the ‘pooter) http://home.aol.com/AH1FCobra

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This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why until now. My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly until he consumes his entire meal. Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? Just Curious, Tim Evans

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>My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?

I don’t think this question can really be answered – since we can’t ask the dogs…  :-) Dainty does that. My dogs are free-fed and their food bowl is kept in the shed behind the garage. She’ll go to the bowl, take a huge mouthful of food, and then go find a nice spot to sit down. She’ll then drop it on the ground, and I could swear that she COUNTS the pieces. Then she picks up the nuggets, one at a time, and eats them. If she is still hungry she’ll go back and do it again. If she is disturbed during the eating cycle she’ll leave the food there. There are little piles of Nutro-nuggets all over the yard/house. Fortunately, when The Pakled comes across one of those piles he eats all the food.  :-) —     Tony J. Podrasky      God sat down for a moment when the dog was finished      San Diego , Ca       in order to watch it and to know that it was good, QSL? QRU? QRZ? QLZ? QFA?  been made better.          - Rainer Marie Rilke

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> This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why > until now. > My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into > the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly > until he consumes his entire meal. > Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? > Just Curious, > Tim Evans

I don’t know, but my dog will take her first mouthful into the other room, eat it there, then come back to her bowl to finish the rest.  It’s not a problem unless she leaves a piece and our other dog, who is allergic to it, gets ahold of it before she goes back and finishes it.

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: My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into : the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly : until he consumes his entire meal.         When our boxers do this, we say they are tossing their cookies! -Dex

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> This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why > until now. > My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into > the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly > until he consumes his entire meal. > Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? > Just Curious, > Tim Evans

We had a dog who did this.  His dishes were in the laundry room and he was fed free choice so he always had food there.  He would usually eat dinner just after we did (had to wait and see each day if this was finally the day that we would invite him to join in our meal).  He would then pick up a few pieces of food, bring them in the living room, drop them on the floor and eat them one at a time.  I always thought that he just wanted to eat in the same room that we were usually in, a social thing.  One day I remember we had the doors open onto the deck as it was a beautiful sunny summer day.  He was eating "lunch" and instead of going into the living room as usual, he was carrying each mouthful onto the deck, obviously wanting to spend a little time in the sunshine.  I carried his food dish onto the deck for him so he didn’t have to do so much travelling, he thought that was okay.  He would still pick the pieces of food that he wanted out of the dish and drop them on the deck before eating them, but at least he did not have to carry them through the whole house.

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>This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why >until now. >My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? >Just Curious, >Tim Evans

        Was he the runt of his litter? I’ve seen a few dogs with this habit, and they’ve all been the smallest of their litter. From a young age, they learn that they get kicked out of the "feeding line" by their bigger brothers and sisters. The only way they can get food is to grab it and eat it elsewhere.      O—O               Neil Murray               O—O      o o/     (and his little furry buddies)      o o/     George                                        Peetey

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> >My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?

I read somewhere that it was a "socializing" thing.  My GSD did it all her life.  She’d take the food from the kitchen and drop a mouthful in the living room if I was in there.  (If I was in the kitchen with her, she’d stay and eat.)  The theory I read said that the dog was sharing the experience with you — same as going into the water and then shaking all over you.  They want you to experience what they’re doing.  (What was that book?  The Life of Dogs?)

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Quote: nd eat.)  The theory I read said that the dog was sharing the experience with you — same as going into the water and then shaking all over you.  They want you to experience what they’re doing.  (What was that book?  The Life of Dogs?) This here is a load of BS. Yep indeed. Bad theory. Anthropo mffmff (can’t type today) to the Xtreme! Wild dogs carry their food away from a kill (or a find) so they can eat it in peace. The behavior is still there, but the companionship factor of tame dogs overrides the reason for it. Jane Webb Moon and Mudpie

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"My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly until he consumes his entire meal. Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?" (Big grin) I don’t know why they do this, but I will say this: Abby, on occasion, will take a mouthful of food out of her bowl in the kitchen and will bring it to wherever you are in the house and plop down and eat it right there in front of you.  If she has dropped any "kibbles" along the way, she will pick it up and eat it on the way back to her bowl to get a another mouthful to eat in front of you. It’s a riot to watch.   ) Mary   ) (and Abby the wonderful, sweet miniature poodle who naps as I sit at the ‘pooter) http://home.aol.com/AH1FCobra

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This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why until now. My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly until he consumes his entire meal. Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? Just Curious, Tim Evans

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>My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?

I don’t think this question can really be answered – since we can’t ask the dogs…  :-) Dainty does that. My dogs are free-fed and their food bowl is kept in the shed behind the garage. She’ll go to the bowl, take a huge mouthful of food, and then go find a nice spot to sit down. She’ll then drop it on the ground, and I could swear that she COUNTS the pieces. Then she picks up the nuggets, one at a time, and eats them. If she is still hungry she’ll go back and do it again. If she is disturbed during the eating cycle she’ll leave the food there. There are little piles of Nutro-nuggets all over the yard/house. Fortunately, when The Pakled comes across one of those piles he eats all the food.  :-) —     Tony J. Podrasky      God sat down for a moment when the dog was finished      San Diego , Ca       in order to watch it and to know that it was good, QSL? QRU? QRZ? QLZ? QFA?  been made better.          - Rainer Marie Rilke

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> This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why > until now. > My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into > the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly > until he consumes his entire meal. > Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? > Just Curious, > Tim Evans

I don’t know, but my dog will take her first mouthful into the other room, eat it there, then come back to her bowl to finish the rest.  It’s not a problem unless she leaves a piece and our other dog, who is allergic to it, gets ahold of it before she goes back and finishes it.

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: My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into : the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly : until he consumes his entire meal.         When our boxers do this, we say they are tossing their cookies! -Dex

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> This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why > until now. > My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into > the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly > until he consumes his entire meal. > Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? > Just Curious, > Tim Evans

We had a dog who did this.  His dishes were in the laundry room and he was fed free choice so he always had food there.  He would usually eat dinner just after we did (had to wait and see each day if this was finally the day that we would invite him to join in our meal).  He would then pick up a few pieces of food, bring them in the living room, drop them on the floor and eat them one at a time.  I always thought that he just wanted to eat in the same room that we were usually in, a social thing.  One day I remember we had the doors open onto the deck as it was a beautiful sunny summer day.  He was eating "lunch" and instead of going into the living room as usual, he was carrying each mouthful onto the deck, obviously wanting to spend a little time in the sunshine.  I carried his food dish onto the deck for him so he didn’t have to do so much travelling, he thought that was okay.  He would still pick the pieces of food that he wanted out of the dish and drop them on the deck before eating them, but at least he did not have to carry them through the whole house.

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>This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why >until now. >My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? >Just Curious, >Tim Evans

        Was he the runt of his litter? I’ve seen a few dogs with this habit, and they’ve all been the smallest of their litter. From a young age, they learn that they get kicked out of the "feeding line" by their bigger brothers and sisters. The only way they can get food is to grab it and eat it elsewhere.      O—O               Neil Murray               O—O      o o/     (and his little furry buddies)      o o/     George                                        Peetey

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> >My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?

I read somewhere that it was a "socializing" thing.  My GSD did it all her life.  She’d take the food from the kitchen and drop a mouthful in the living room if I was in there.  (If I was in the kitchen with her, she’d stay and eat.)  The theory I read said that the dog was sharing the experience with you — same as going into the water and then shaking all over you.  They want you to experience what they’re doing.  (What was that book?  The Life of Dogs?)

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Quote: nd eat.)  The theory I read said that the dog was sharing the experience with you — same as going into the water and then shaking all over you.  They want you to experience what they’re doing.  (What was that book?  The Life of Dogs?) This here is a load of BS. Yep indeed. Bad theory. Anthropo mffmff (can’t type today) to the Xtreme! Wild dogs carry their food away from a kill (or a find) so they can eat it in peace. The behavior is still there, but the companionship factor of tame dogs overrides the reason for it. Jane Webb Moon and Mudpie

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"My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly until he consumes his entire meal. Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?" (Big grin) I don’t know why they do this, but I will say this: Abby, on occasion, will take a mouthful of food out of her bowl in the kitchen and will bring it to wherever you are in the house and plop down and eat it right there in front of you.  If she has dropped any "kibbles" along the way, she will pick it up and eat it on the way back to her bowl to get a another mouthful to eat in front of you. It’s a riot to watch.   ) Mary   ) (and Abby the wonderful, sweet miniature poodle who naps as I sit at the ‘pooter) http://home.aol.com/AH1FCobra

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I feed Nutro Natural Choice Chix n’ rice and have very good results on it. I think it’s a good medium quality food. It is an adult formula (the puppy food says "Natural Choice puppy" on it) that contains no wheat, corn or chicken by products. In comparison, most IAMS products contain corn or chicken by products (the IAMS lamb n’ rice has corn meal). I have tried the high quality California Nat. Chix n’ rice, but both dogs had loose stools on it (and it was introduced to their diets gradually). It’s also pretty pricey and hard to find. I would be interested in Canidae which most people rate as excellent, but it is unavailable in my area & shipping costs are WAY prohibitive. Make the best choice that works for you and your dog, but make an informed choice. I use the comparison charts to help in my decisions: http://home.hawaii.rr.com/wolfepack/food.html Good luck! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I suggest you switch to Nutros lamb and rice regular from Iams or any >other brand, as Nutros is a higher quality food and could be a little >fattening to a low energy dog. I have done so with no regrets, except >don’t ever switch to their "Lite" product, which caused my dog to vomit >a bile type substance every early A.M.. > I would never recommend Nutro.  They have some of the highest levels of > phosphorus, calcium, magnesium in their food.  More is not better.  Nutro in > fact is not a "higher quality" food and another example is above.  Not to > mention their lamb and rice is a "one size fits all food" and is formulated > only for a puppy.  If you are feeding a senior or adult dog this food, you > could be asking for trouble as the excess nutrients are harder to break down in > a older animals’ body.  Notice it doesn’t even say what "lifestage" it is on > the green bag. > Chris

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Hi, You are doing the right thing insofar as amounts of food you are feeding the dog is concerned. I suggest you switch to Nutros lamb and rice regular from Iams or any other brand, as Nutros is a higher quality food and could be a little fattening to a low energy dog. I have done so with no regrets, except don’t ever switch to their "Lite" product, which caused my dog to vomit a bile type substance every early A.M.. Procter & Gamble have taken over the production of Iams and several warehouse stores have the same opinion about Iams not being the quality it once was. If you have any doubts about my advice, discuss my suggestion with your vet and compare the ingredients of both foods. P.S. I don’t work for Nutros. — Roger (Pumpsie) Before you buy.

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Do your dogs eat less during the summer?   My lab will be one year old next week.  Over the past few weeks, she usually doesn’t finish her food when I give it to her (two generous handfuls of iams dry in the a.m., and again p.m. (that’s probably a bit less than 2 cups each feeding), sometimes with a spoonful of canned food, or some parmesan cheese for flavor). She certainly doesn’t seem to lack for energy, and has not lost weight, so she seems to be getting enough.    I take her to "doggy day care" three times per week, so she gets plenty of play time and exercise there, plus I walk her (or have someone walk her) no less than 4 to 5 times per day. I’ve heard that dogs eat less as they leave puppyhood.  Am I overfeeding? Or is she just getting sick of the food? (I actually tried switching her from Iams to Innova this week, gradually, but that didn’t seem to make any difference to her appetite wise). Or, is she eating less because of the warm weather? Its hot outside, and she wilts pretty quickly (she loves the cold weather), but its not too hot for her because she’s inside my air conditioned apartment most of the time. Thanks.

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>I meant bones as in dog bones. I stopped giving here human food for two >days and she still won’t eat her dry food. She will eat her canned food >(given to her once a week). > Provided there is nothing wrong – check with the vet  first- do not > give her bones or human food, she may be getting too much food. Most

It sounds as if she is getting enough food to satisfy her hunger – so that she will not eat the dry food she may not like as much. I’m assumming that she is not losing weight and is normally active. If you really want her to eat the dry food – don’t give her anything else. No bones…. no canned food….. no treats…. nothing else. She will be driven by hunger to eat it. Richard Lobb

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My 5 year old chow Stormy hasn’t been eating her dry dog food for about two weeks. She will eat her bones and human food. I tried changeing her food to a different one but she won’t eat tha either.  Any advice?

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>My 5 year old chow Stormy hasn’t been eating her dry dog food for about two >weeks. She will eat her bones and human food. I tried changeing her food to >a different one but she won’t eat tha either.  Any advice?

Provided there is nothing wrong – check with the vet  first- do not give her bones or human food, she may be getting too much food. Most dogs I’ve known will tend to eat the most appetising food first. But they all eat what they’re given, if they don’t have a choice and are hungry. I was very worried about my very old dog’s apparent lack of appetite and started to give him extra soft minced morsels to tempt him. Then I found that the pesky beast was eating the nice soft goodies and waiting for night time to sneak into the kitchen to snaffle the hard kibble put down for the others! Richard Lobb

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I meant bones as in dog bones. I stopped giving here human food for two days and she still won’t eat her dry food. She will eat her canned food (given to her once a week). – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->My 5 year old chow Stormy hasn’t been eating her dry dog food for about two >weeks. She will eat her bones and human food. I tried changeing her food to >a different one but she won’t eat tha either.  Any advice? > Provided there is nothing wrong – check with the vet  first- do not > give her bones or human food, she may be getting too much food. Most > dogs I’ve known will tend to eat the most appetising food first. But > they all eat what they’re given, if they don’t have a choice and are > hungry. > I was very worried about my very old dog’s apparent lack of appetite > and started to give him extra soft minced morsels to tempt him. Then I > found that the pesky beast was eating the nice soft goodies and > waiting for night time to sneak into the kitchen to snaffle the hard > kibble put down for the others! > Richard Lobb

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This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why until now. My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly until he consumes his entire meal. Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? Just Curious, Tim Evans

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>My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?

I don’t think this question can really be answered – since we can’t ask the dogs…  :-) Dainty does that. My dogs are free-fed and their food bowl is kept in the shed behind the garage. She’ll go to the bowl, take a huge mouthful of food, and then go find a nice spot to sit down. She’ll then drop it on the ground, and I could swear that she COUNTS the pieces. Then she picks up the nuggets, one at a time, and eats them. If she is still hungry she’ll go back and do it again. If she is disturbed during the eating cycle she’ll leave the food there. There are little piles of Nutro-nuggets all over the yard/house. Fortunately, when The Pakled comes across one of those piles he eats all the food.  :-) —     Tony J. Podrasky      God sat down for a moment when the dog was finished      San Diego , Ca       in order to watch it and to know that it was good, QSL? QRU? QRZ? QLZ? QFA?  been made better.          - Rainer Marie Rilke

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> This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why > until now. > My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into > the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly > until he consumes his entire meal. > Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? > Just Curious, > Tim Evans

I don’t know, but my dog will take her first mouthful into the other room, eat it there, then come back to her bowl to finish the rest.  It’s not a problem unless she leaves a piece and our other dog, who is allergic to it, gets ahold of it before she goes back and finishes it.

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: My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into : the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly : until he consumes his entire meal.         When our boxers do this, we say they are tossing their cookies! -Dex

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> This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why > until now. > My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into > the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly > until he consumes his entire meal. > Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? > Just Curious, > Tim Evans

We had a dog who did this.  His dishes were in the laundry room and he was fed free choice so he always had food there.  He would usually eat dinner just after we did (had to wait and see each day if this was finally the day that we would invite him to join in our meal).  He would then pick up a few pieces of food, bring them in the living room, drop them on the floor and eat them one at a time.  I always thought that he just wanted to eat in the same room that we were usually in, a social thing.  One day I remember we had the doors open onto the deck as it was a beautiful sunny summer day.  He was eating "lunch" and instead of going into the living room as usual, he was carrying each mouthful onto the deck, obviously wanting to spend a little time in the sunshine.  I carried his food dish onto the deck for him so he didn’t have to do so much travelling, he thought that was okay.  He would still pick the pieces of food that he wanted out of the dish and drop them on the deck before eating them, but at least he did not have to carry them through the whole house.

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>This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why >until now. >My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? >Just Curious, >Tim Evans

        Was he the runt of his litter? I’ve seen a few dogs with this habit, and they’ve all been the smallest of their litter. From a young age, they learn that they get kicked out of the "feeding line" by their bigger brothers and sisters. The only way they can get food is to grab it and eat it elsewhere.      O—O               Neil Murray               O—O      o o/     (and his little furry buddies)      o o/     George                                        Peetey

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> >My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?

I read somewhere that it was a "socializing" thing.  My GSD did it all her life.  She’d take the food from the kitchen and drop a mouthful in the living room if I was in there.  (If I was in the kitchen with her, she’d stay and eat.)  The theory I read said that the dog was sharing the experience with you — same as going into the water and then shaking all over you.  They want you to experience what they’re doing.  (What was that book?  The Life of Dogs?)

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Quote: nd eat.)  The theory I read said that the dog was sharing the experience with you — same as going into the water and then shaking all over you.  They want you to experience what they’re doing.  (What was that book?  The Life of Dogs?) This here is a load of BS. Yep indeed. Bad theory. Anthropo mffmff (can’t type today) to the Xtreme! Wild dogs carry their food away from a kill (or a find) so they can eat it in peace. The behavior is still there, but the companionship factor of tame dogs overrides the reason for it. Jane Webb Moon and Mudpie

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"My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly until he consumes his entire meal. Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?" (Big grin) I don’t know why they do this, but I will say this: Abby, on occasion, will take a mouthful of food out of her bowl in the kitchen and will bring it to wherever you are in the house and plop down and eat it right there in front of you.  If she has dropped any "kibbles" along the way, she will pick it up and eat it on the way back to her bowl to get a another mouthful to eat in front of you. It’s a riot to watch.   ) Mary   ) (and Abby the wonderful, sweet miniature poodle who naps as I sit at the ‘pooter) http://home.aol.com/AH1FCobra

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I feed Nutro Natural Choice Chix n’ rice and have very good results on it. I think it’s a good medium quality food. It is an adult formula (the puppy food says "Natural Choice puppy" on it) that contains no wheat, corn or chicken by products. In comparison, most IAMS products contain corn or chicken by products (the IAMS lamb n’ rice has corn meal). I have tried the high quality California Nat. Chix n’ rice, but both dogs had loose stools on it (and it was introduced to their diets gradually). It’s also pretty pricey and hard to find. I would be interested in Canidae which most people rate as excellent, but it is unavailable in my area & shipping costs are WAY prohibitive. Make the best choice that works for you and your dog, but make an informed choice. I use the comparison charts to help in my decisions: http://home.hawaii.rr.com/wolfepack/food.html Good luck! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I suggest you switch to Nutros lamb and rice regular from Iams or any >other brand, as Nutros is a higher quality food and could be a little >fattening to a low energy dog. I have done so with no regrets, except >don’t ever switch to their "Lite" product, which caused my dog to vomit >a bile type substance every early A.M.. > I would never recommend Nutro.  They have some of the highest levels of > phosphorus, calcium, magnesium in their food.  More is not better.  Nutro in > fact is not a "higher quality" food and another example is above.  Not to > mention their lamb and rice is a "one size fits all food" and is formulated > only for a puppy.  If you are feeding a senior or adult dog this food, you > could be asking for trouble as the excess nutrients are harder to break down in > a older animals’ body.  Notice it doesn’t even say what "lifestage" it is on > the green bag. > Chris

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Hi, You are doing the right thing insofar as amounts of food you are feeding the dog is concerned. I suggest you switch to Nutros lamb and rice regular from Iams or any other brand, as Nutros is a higher quality food and could be a little fattening to a low energy dog. I have done so with no regrets, except don’t ever switch to their "Lite" product, which caused my dog to vomit a bile type substance every early A.M.. Procter & Gamble have taken over the production of Iams and several warehouse stores have the same opinion about Iams not being the quality it once was. If you have any doubts about my advice, discuss my suggestion with your vet and compare the ingredients of both foods. P.S. I don’t work for Nutros. — Roger (Pumpsie) Before you buy.

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Do your dogs eat less during the summer?   My lab will be one year old next week.  Over the past few weeks, she usually doesn’t finish her food when I give it to her (two generous handfuls of iams dry in the a.m., and again p.m. (that’s probably a bit less than 2 cups each feeding), sometimes with a spoonful of canned food, or some parmesan cheese for flavor). She certainly doesn’t seem to lack for energy, and has not lost weight, so she seems to be getting enough.    I take her to "doggy day care" three times per week, so she gets plenty of play time and exercise there, plus I walk her (or have someone walk her) no less than 4 to 5 times per day. I’ve heard that dogs eat less as they leave puppyhood.  Am I overfeeding? Or is she just getting sick of the food? (I actually tried switching her from Iams to Innova this week, gradually, but that didn’t seem to make any difference to her appetite wise). Or, is she eating less because of the warm weather? Its hot outside, and she wilts pretty quickly (she loves the cold weather), but its not too hot for her because she’s inside my air conditioned apartment most of the time. Thanks.

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>I meant bones as in dog bones. I stopped giving here human food for two >days and she still won’t eat her dry food. She will eat her canned food >(given to her once a week). > Provided there is nothing wrong – check with the vet  first- do not > give her bones or human food, she may be getting too much food. Most

It sounds as if she is getting enough food to satisfy her hunger – so that she will not eat the dry food she may not like as much. I’m assumming that she is not losing weight and is normally active. If you really want her to eat the dry food – don’t give her anything else. No bones…. no canned food….. no treats…. nothing else. She will be driven by hunger to eat it. Richard Lobb

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My 5 year old chow Stormy hasn’t been eating her dry dog food for about two weeks. She will eat her bones and human food. I tried changeing her food to a different one but she won’t eat tha either.  Any advice?

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>My 5 year old chow Stormy hasn’t been eating her dry dog food for about two >weeks. She will eat her bones and human food. I tried changeing her food to >a different one but she won’t eat tha either.  Any advice?

Provided there is nothing wrong – check with the vet  first- do not give her bones or human food, she may be getting too much food. Most dogs I’ve known will tend to eat the most appetising food first. But they all eat what they’re given, if they don’t have a choice and are hungry. I was very worried about my very old dog’s apparent lack of appetite and started to give him extra soft minced morsels to tempt him. Then I found that the pesky beast was eating the nice soft goodies and waiting for night time to sneak into the kitchen to snaffle the hard kibble put down for the others! Richard Lobb

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I meant bones as in dog bones. I stopped giving here human food for two days and she still won’t eat her dry food. She will eat her canned food (given to her once a week). – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->My 5 year old chow Stormy hasn’t been eating her dry dog food for about two >weeks. She will eat her bones and human food. I tried changeing her food to >a different one but she won’t eat tha either.  Any advice? > Provided there is nothing wrong – check with the vet  first- do not > give her bones or human food, she may be getting too much food. Most > dogs I’ve known will tend to eat the most appetising food first. But > they all eat what they’re given, if they don’t have a choice and are > hungry. > I was very worried about my very old dog’s apparent lack of appetite > and started to give him extra soft minced morsels to tempt him. Then I > found that the pesky beast was eating the nice soft goodies and > waiting for night time to sneak into the kitchen to snaffle the hard > kibble put down for the others! > Richard Lobb

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This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why until now. My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly until he consumes his entire meal. Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? Just Curious, Tim Evans

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>My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?

I don’t think this question can really be answered – since we can’t ask the dogs…  :-) Dainty does that. My dogs are free-fed and their food bowl is kept in the shed behind the garage. She’ll go to the bowl, take a huge mouthful of food, and then go find a nice spot to sit down. She’ll then drop it on the ground, and I could swear that she COUNTS the pieces. Then she picks up the nuggets, one at a time, and eats them. If she is still hungry she’ll go back and do it again. If she is disturbed during the eating cycle she’ll leave the food there. There are little piles of Nutro-nuggets all over the yard/house. Fortunately, when The Pakled comes across one of those piles he eats all the food.  :-) —     Tony J. Podrasky      God sat down for a moment when the dog was finished      San Diego , Ca       in order to watch it and to know that it was good, QSL? QRU? QRZ? QLZ? QFA?  been made better.          - Rainer Marie Rilke

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> This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why > until now. > My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into > the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly > until he consumes his entire meal. > Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? > Just Curious, > Tim Evans

I don’t know, but my dog will take her first mouthful into the other room, eat it there, then come back to her bowl to finish the rest.  It’s not a problem unless she leaves a piece and our other dog, who is allergic to it, gets ahold of it before she goes back and finishes it.

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: My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into : the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly : until he consumes his entire meal.         When our boxers do this, we say they are tossing their cookies! -Dex

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> This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why > until now. > My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into > the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly > until he consumes his entire meal. > Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? > Just Curious, > Tim Evans

We had a dog who did this.  His dishes were in the laundry room and he was fed free choice so he always had food there.  He would usually eat dinner just after we did (had to wait and see each day if this was finally the day that we would invite him to join in our meal).  He would then pick up a few pieces of food, bring them in the living room, drop them on the floor and eat them one at a time.  I always thought that he just wanted to eat in the same room that we were usually in, a social thing.  One day I remember we had the doors open onto the deck as it was a beautiful sunny summer day.  He was eating "lunch" and instead of going into the living room as usual, he was carrying each mouthful onto the deck, obviously wanting to spend a little time in the sunshine.  I carried his food dish onto the deck for him so he didn’t have to do so much travelling, he thought that was okay.  He would still pick the pieces of food that he wanted out of the dish and drop them on the deck before eating them, but at least he did not have to carry them through the whole house.

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>This is a behavior I’ve seen in several dogs, but have never wondered why >until now. >My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way? >Just Curious, >Tim Evans

        Was he the runt of his litter? I’ve seen a few dogs with this habit, and they’ve all been the smallest of their litter. From a young age, they learn that they get kicked out of the "feeding line" by their bigger brothers and sisters. The only way they can get food is to grab it and eat it elsewhere.      O—O               Neil Murray               O—O      o o/     (and his little furry buddies)      o o/     George                                        Peetey

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> >My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into >the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly >until he consumes his entire meal. >Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?

I read somewhere that it was a "socializing" thing.  My GSD did it all her life.  She’d take the food from the kitchen and drop a mouthful in the living room if I was in there.  (If I was in the kitchen with her, she’d stay and eat.)  The theory I read said that the dog was sharing the experience with you — same as going into the water and then shaking all over you.  They want you to experience what they’re doing.  (What was that book?  The Life of Dogs?)

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Quote: nd eat.)  The theory I read said that the dog was sharing the experience with you — same as going into the water and then shaking all over you.  They want you to experience what they’re doing.  (What was that book?  The Life of Dogs?) This here is a load of BS. Yep indeed. Bad theory. Anthropo mffmff (can’t type today) to the Xtreme! Wild dogs carry their food away from a kill (or a find) so they can eat it in peace. The behavior is still there, but the companionship factor of tame dogs overrides the reason for it. Jane Webb Moon and Mudpie

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"My dog Murphy will take a mouthful of dry food in the kitchen, walk into the living room with it, and drop it on the floor.  He does this repeatedly until he consumes his entire meal. Does anyone know why some dogs eat this way?" (Big grin) I don’t know why they do this, but I will say this: Abby, on occasion, will take a mouthful of food out of her bowl in the kitchen and will bring it to wherever you are in the house and plop down and eat it right there in front of you.  If she has dropped any "kibbles" along the way, she will pick it up and eat it on the way back to her bowl to get a another mouthful to eat in front of you. It’s a riot to watch.   ) Mary   ) (and Abby the wonderful, sweet miniature poodle who naps as I sit at the ‘pooter) http://home.aol.com/AH1FCobra

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