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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
Opal (she came to me with the name Oprah, but I sure as heck wasn't going down the street yelling that!) sleeps in the bed with me, but fortunately I've got a king bed for just myself. We have room.  But she does yell at the cat, if cat gets onto *her* half of the bed.
Mine eats d o g food, wet & dry, but needed me to scoop the dry kibbles out of the dish so she wouldn't smush her face onto the pile. At least, I assume that was the reason. I finally tried putting the kibbles into a clear glass pie plate, so she sees floor tiles and so it isn't piled high nor near to the dish edge. That seems to have worked. The wet food in the a.m. is served on a flat saucer (no dog dish there) so that avoided that problem.
She DOES feel entitled to some of whatever I'm eating too, though. I'm trying to cut her back to only "the last bite of whatever Mom was having" rather than numerous pieces through the whole meal. But she still begs for it.
While the cat also gets wet food a.m., and has a bowl of kitty kibble on the counter so the dog can't reach it -- she eats more dog kibble than she does kitty kibble. I can't see any way to stop her, so ..... |
What is a dog dish? He has a Corelle saucer.
I think the food issue stems from he never got dog food. For the first 6 months of his life, he got nothing but scraps so he is used to the spices. Oh and when we have tacos, he gets everything but onion on his.
That is why we got him. He was teething and the family couldn't afford rawhides for him, so he was chewing on whatever was handy. Usually crawlers aka babies. He wasn't hurting them but still. It was either us or the family was going to throw him out on the street.
Now he has bit one person. That was my grown daughter after she had been told numerous times "LEAVE THE DOG ALONE". He didn't draw blood but he made her yelp. She told me the worst part wasn't the bite but when I said "I told you to leave him alone" the dog smirked at her.
Oh and by the way, never set up a doggy playpen in front of the dog. The dog will figure out how to escape by pulling up the floor.