Sunseeker It sounds as if it has become a habit now , how much do you feed, are you following the manufacturers instructions regarding quantity?


As Azz has said dogs hide food to keep it from predators and this often happens when they have more than they can eat.

You say she enjoys her food, sorry but how do you know this if she is playing with it and hiding it.

Can you not shut her in the kitchen at mealtimes, or maybe use a kong to make the food more interesting

Roxy does that too and shes never really had a reason for it?

They obviously think we are their slaves

Ok, Just a thorey!
But wild dogs, will NOT eat before the Alpha dog has eaten and then the rest will eat any scraps left.

MAYBE,, your dog know's your the 'pack leader' aka 'the Alpha dog' and there for is ofering you first dib's??!

Like i said, just a theory, i would like to know what other dogsey people think of that idea??

It sorta makes sence in my mind.

Yes i agree, i thought it might be some kind of offering.
Thanks for the suggestion

Hi Whitaker I don't know which wild dogs you are talking about but wild dogs let the puppies eat first, they also reserve food for sick members.
This is a quotation taken from the Wild Dog Foundation. http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache...k&ct=clnk&cd=1

There was a very interesting programme about wild dogs on the TV last Sunday. It showed the dogs hunting and eating together and confirmed the above information.

If one considers things logically feeding is connected to perpetuating the species, if the strong Alfpha dogs ate first leaving only scraps for the puppies, the puppies who are already vulnerable to predators would soon weaken and die and the species would be wiped out.

I think Sunseekers dog does not want the food and has got into the habit of trying to bury it ,I don't think the behaviour has anything to do with offerings

Could be something like a cat if she is bringing it to you. I heard that cats will bring home dead mice to their owners after being outside as sort of like a gift.... , so maybe she is giving it to you as a gift of her affection to you.

Do you think you are feeding her too much? i know our youngest with chicken wings will bring them to me to play and chase after her shes not remotely interested in eating them after eating a few. She does this we think rather than leave them in her bowl for the others to take them.
She has buried them to in her crate on occasion which makes us laugh as the others can smell them a mile off so its hardly ever an ideal spot to hide.
We stopped giving her as many and she doesnt do it to often now.

With the cold weather now mine dont exercise too much so the food intake isnt as much as they dont need to replenish what they havent lost, maybe you need to make an adjustment just a thought.

*whitaker* i have never held much faith in that theory its been done to death and ripped to pieces more than once so that it no longer holds much water for me.

interesting thread I assumed from the title that it was a submissive action.. will continue to read and learn !
Rachel

Hi,
I saw that program too and i must say i was stund at how the whole pack looked after the injerd one with the broken leg.

How ever i was more refuring to the 'wolf like' ancester's,, after seeing them on the channel 4 show 'It's me or the dog' with Victoria Sterwell, a couple of week's ago. Where in there case the 'Alpha dog' would always eat before every one else. And please note that i did say it was just a theory!