Is this a yorkie thing?
 

Both of my females do this when they eat- take a piece of food, run over to their favorite spot, eat that one piece of food, then run back and do it over again. :confused: I swear they run it off before they get to eat the next bite! It's only my girls that do this, the boys just stand in front of the dish and eat, when they are done they walk away. It's soooo funny to watch them eat... :p
Does anyone else's do this?

Sammi does this too!!

In order for me to get her to eat her dry food, I have to sit on the kitchen floor with it and slide them on the floor one at a time...she goes after it tosses it around with her nose then eats it...I am going to get it on tape soon :)

Remmy my male does this...Silk does it but not as much...she pretty much eats at the bowl..and man can she burp...everytime she comes over after eating and burps at me. :eek:

Maddie does that to, except she get a mouth full and takes it to the rug and then her and Rudy eat it. Rudy is a typical man waits for the women to bring him the food. lol

It's not just a Yorkie thing, my Maltese does this all the time! He always has to take his kibble out in the hallway to eat it on the carpet. Sometimes he'll take 3-4 pieces with him so he doesn't have to go back as much. It still cracks me up.

She-ra does it, but she jumps on it, rolls on, etc before she eats it...EVERY piece in the bowl. Will drive you nuts!!! :p

LOL Bentley does the same thing! I can always tell when he's eating his food cause all of a sudden he goes zooming from his food bowl on one side of the room to the carpet on the other! Its so funny cause he runs so fast over to the carpet to eat like 2 pieces of food then runs back! Must be a yorkie thing! But it is sooo cute!!!

my puppy is really picky about eating. I sit next to her and every time she runs off i grab her and put her back at her bowl. She is getting better gradually she runs off a little less each time. I just don't understand why she is so picky eating her hard food, cause if i put canned food in there she doesn't lift her head from her bowl and eats ALL of it...but if it is just dry food she only eats a little bit...

Newf will do this sometimes too. If he is really hungry he will stand above the bowl and eat it all up, but if he is not so hungry he will take a few kibbles in his mouth, drop it on the carpet and eat it one by one. He used to always take his treats too and run with it and put it down somewhere and then come back looking for more. We finally figured it out what he was doing. So now he will just take a treat and eat it there because he realizes he is not gonna get more to hide for later!!!! :)

Tia does this too - she HAS to eat on the carpet! Cracks us up!

My girl does it, but my boy does not. I always thought it was because she was the runt of her litter and had to pull her food away from her brothers & sisters when they were eating together because she'd get trampled. I always look for the psychological answer for everything!!!

Magic does this sometimes, she will only eat her food in her spot and will refuse anywhere else...we are really trying to break this habit as to get her to eat in the kitchen with her sister...but it hard to see them not eat...she is doing better though so we'll see....yorkies sure do have a personality!!!

jumpin paper
 

My guy Gunstar did this and Panzer did it for a little while. I came across the freak chance of finding out that if I dumped a handful of dry food on a crumpled like shipping envelop or something like it, that when they stepped on it it mad the food jump and move and they would stay in one place and eat... Just jumping on the paper and stuff.

My boyfriend also has a 80lb golden lab who does this and hes the worst. he takes a mouthful walks about three steps and drops the food on the new floor and eats it.

Stewie eats everything on the carpet. My brother's Shar Pei does it too, so I don't think we're alone.

Yep, mom's dog doxie/chi mix grabs a mouthful and goes to the other side of the house, in the living room to eat it and all the way back, and so on!!

haha that sounds like Adina and my chihuahua they do that all the time!!!

Ginger does that too! she'll take one or two pieces.. run under the bed eat them and run back take some more and run back under the bed..

Oreo Started copying her the first week we got Ginger. Before he used to pick one or two pieces from his bowl.. move a few feet away and eat it.. and then go back..

:p so cute, the things they do.

My poodle used to do that (take one piece at a time to the rug) but Tatum just likes to make a mess! What she does is paw at the bowl until it tips over enough to dump some food out. Only then will she eat it - off of the floor. She's going to be really disappointed when we move into the new house. I already have new bowls there - they are ceramic and have the wider bottom that she can't tip over as easy. But they also aren't as deep - I think she tips the food out because she doesn't want to stick her nose down into the bottom. The other day she did that to her food bowl and it flipped completely over and only 3 little pieces of food escaped - the rest of it was trapped under the bowl. My husband said the look on her face was priceless! Like "what the heck do I do NOW??"! :confused:

And for those of you with new puppies.... yes, we had to throw out little pieces of food one at a time for her to chase just to get her to eat. It had to be a game for a while but she finally got to where she'd eat out of the bowl. All the experts say a dog WILL NOT starve themselves. They will eventually eat it if it's available. They just like to make us think they're helpless! ;)

Reese does the same thing. She not only does it with dry food however but also the chunky meat with the gravy sauce. This morning I noticed she has dragged it into the wicker crate where I keep my bath towels, in my bathroom. Gross!

Oh my God! I thought my little girl, Desi, was the only one that did this. I often think she is going to get exhausted just trying to eat.. back and forth with one little kibble at a time. She takes it back to her bed to eat it.. At least fill your mouth..no.. it has to be one at a time.

Chai prefers to eat off the floor and if she is not the only one eating she will take a piece and go to her rug to eat it. If she is not really hungry but just snacking she will do the play theing where she tosses it up and goes after it! Buddha used to only eat if he was fed out of your hand or off a fork! Luckily, we broke that habit!

Esme does this too. She takes her mouth full of food the the rug. It's really funny!

Gidget does this, but not Leila. She stands at the bowl and wolfs it down!

Misti does the same darn thing. Takes it to the carpet, guess she thinks she;s to high and mighty to eat on the hard wood floor in the kitchen. :D

My Zoie gets her mouth full and takes it to the carpet and drops it and eats one kibble at a time until its gone and goes back for another mouthfull..
We happened to catch her with a mouthful when my husband offered a piece of hotdog or something and she spit the mouthful of food out.. It litterally sprayed out with pressure.. it was so funny to watch.

Alex is such a picky eater. He will either take one piece to a spot, eat it and then go back for another one. Everyone refers to him as a humming bird when he does this. Plus, he has little games with his food. He generally will only eat when I am around. He likes it when I throw his food or roll it like a bowling ball. Then he runs and gets it and eats it. Or he will eat it out of hand. He is soooo spoiled. He gets what he wants otherwise I am afraid he won't eat and thats not good. He is too small...