Do my Yorkies have good manners at meal time ? My dogs eat in their crates. I have 5 dogs, the 4 Yorkies and Hubby's Lab. They eat different kibble and amounts. No fights or food stealing if they are in their crate. Lily the Lab is a voracious eater and wolfs down her food and licks her bowl shiny clean. But what a mess she makes drinking water. The floor, cabinets, her chin get soaked. It looks like the after effects of a splash ride at Disney World. Ginny Joy is also a piggy girl. Not messy, she eats all the 'good' stuff first, like the green beans, cottage cheese, and real meat, and lastly the expensive 100% nutritionally balanced kibble
Then she whines to get out, so she can try to steal from Abba. Because Abba is such a picky little gourmet. He sniffs the aroma first then samples each offering. He won't eat out of a bowl and must have a plate. If Abba could use a fork he would move the food around so each thing was in a stack and not touching the other food. He nibbles a bite of this, a bite of that, then covers his plate with his blanky. (Like it is a linen napkin !) Very neat and tidy. Gracie growls under her breath the whole time she eats, like Raerr, raerr... nobody is getting my stuff. When she is done she barks for us to let her out. She runs to the water bowls and slurps a drink getting her beard wet, then like a cat she combs her face with her paw. Rubin like to play with his kibble, like Ginny he eats what he considers the good stuff first. The left over kibble is tossed around and played with. He buries some under his blanket saving it for a snack. He has only had missed a few meals in his life, like when he was neutered, and had dentals. He hordes and hides food. That is my gang.