I didn’t think it was a thing to play with your food when you’re an animal. Guess this will prepare us for the weird things kids do, when The Guy and I pop out one or two. Alfie has this thing where he takes one kibble of food from his bowls, walks a few feet away from it and mouths at it a few times. Reaches in, almost bites, then backs off. It’s funny to watch, so I don’t bother him while he’s doing it. You know, he may get a complex and all.
Both his brown place-mat and his cereal bowls are from Target. I’ve upgraded our little guy from a silver platter (silver dog bowls) to fine china (ceramic bowls). Ha. I thought that was a pretty funny joke. Until I had to add in the brackets to explain. In my head it was funny.
For now, enjoy these photos of him eating and playing with his food.
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Guess what? I named my little caliby kitten ‘the little guy’ too! But he is such a messy eater! Your adorable Alfie is so neat! I love his food bowls too! Thank you for sharing :)
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@Cara of Stylish+Geek Blog: Oh he is definitely not the neatest eater. There’s kibble every where around his bowl. He takes one piece out at a time, and plays with it for a few seconds…rolls around with it…then eats it. He’s a strange lil’ buddy!
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Aw, haha, SO CUTE!
I love your dog(s)! I totally want :) so cute. I never thought about getting nicer bowl for our dog, it makes so much sense in order to make a little nicer for the house.
@Holly: I never thought about having nicer bowls for the pup’s either, until we got rid of his 4 year old stainless steel ones when we moved to the USA. Then I couldn’t find “nice” ones for him, and everything had paw prints on it and ugly writing. So I opted for these white square cereal bowls from Target! :)
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My cat started playing with her food recently. With dry kibble she has always played around with it by putting it in her water dish and then eating it. Now she is taking her wet food and she puts some on her paw and eats it off her paw – messy! I might need to upgrade her to china too, sometimes I think she sees her reflection in the stainless steel ones and it freaks her out!
Mochi doesn’t play with his food but he does push it around before he eats. My husband’s old dog used to take out each piece and dance with it before eating. Dinnertime took forever, but it was very entertaining.
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@Lauren: ugh Alfie is the same with his food! Flicks it around, scratches at it – sometimes whines or growls. It’s entertaining at least.
Nancy recently posted..Pom Friday . 3
SUCH a cute pup! I had a dog growing up that did something similar with her food–it was so strange that she had to have things just so in order to eat her food. Dogs have such fun personalities! :)
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He’s a cute little dog. So fun to see him playing with his food.
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CUTEST. DOG. EVER! Animals (mainly dog) posts are my favorite <3
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oh my he is just too cute!!! i would not get anything done if this cutie is right here!! =)
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@ananda: Haha! You’d get used to him after 5 years :)
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Ohhhh, your pom is just adorable! SO stinkin’ cute! Poms are my favorite! <3
This little pom is such a cutie! And who doesn’t love a cute dog?
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So funny! We have a HUGE Great Pyrenees and every so often one of the kids thinks they would like a small dog.
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Oh, that dog is ADORABLE! Cute bowls, too!
He is SO cute! Dogs do the weirdest stuff with food.
awww his too cute, I love dogs but I do not think I have the ability to wake up and take them for a walk etc lol. The bowls are posh a definite upgrade lol
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So cute! I love his face in the last one :)
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LOL! Our dog’s like that when she eats. She plays while eating.
So adorable, I wish my son wasn’t allergic to dogs :(
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He is such an adorable little guy!
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Aww he is so cute! I also have bowls and a placemat for my cat, its amazing how messy they can be some times!
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Your puppy is SO cute!!!
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What a cutie! :) I love animals so much – our Maltese, Paisley, eats really weird-ly (is that a word?). She brings one piece at a time from her dish into the living room and eats it before going back for the next. Hey – at least she’s burning calories! Haha!
I won’t lie. When I saw “Pom Friday” as the title, I was hoping it was a post about doggies! Eeek! So so cute!
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This post is so funny because my boxer Gracie does the same thing! A bite and then runs away to chew the food. We’ve got quirky pets!
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Your dog is a cutie pie! My moms dog has quirks when he eats too. He’s so protective over his food that once you place it down, he doesn’t want you to touch him or the food until he is done eating! lol
He is probably the cutest, seriously. I want to just squeeze him and love him!! (:
I REALLY need to get a mat for my dogs foods but knowing my pups they would tear the thing apart, haha! I had to get rid of the kitchen rug because they would just go in the kitchen to play with it
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ahhh he’s so cute I just want to cuddle him!!
He is so adorable, well now you know, hope it does prepare you for kids. Thanks for sharing.
SUCH a cute little face!!!