How does your dog...

[SaddlePsych'D]

...harass you until you feed them let you know it's food time/what they feel is food time?

Ivy's seems to change. When we first had her she was far too polite to ask but then she settled in and started being a bit sassy about it by barking (or her version of barking) at me and mouthing my hand/foot. At the time I found it a worrying development in her behaviour but was reassured that she was getting comfortable and informed it may be a bit of trait among dinky black greyhound girls!

Her current strategies include picking up basically anything she isn't allowed and doesn't otherwise pay attention to, snorting loudly while prancing, and running her body along the side of my bed like a cat (sometimes with force and with this funny back 'hump' she does, quite helpful to get me out of bed in the morning, less violent than if she jumped on me on the bed which she has yet to try...)

 

[ArklePig]

No subtleties here, Fodhla paws at the food bowl.

Ivy sounds like a great character.

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

Fodhla doesn't mess around, very clear message for you there!

Ivy is so funny, usually quiet and snoozy, likes her own space to chill and keeps to herself mostly. But when it comes to food time...she gets up off her bed, a big stretch forwards, big stretch backwards, then the tail starts going, you hear a snort and her paws padding in your direction or the direction of something to steal and you know it's approximately 6.50am, 4.30pm or 7.30pm.

 

[AmyMay]

I get the ‘I’m so hungry I could die’ look.

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

I get the ‘I’m so hungry I could die’ look.

Ah classic! I forgot this is Ivy's strategy for when we stay with OH's parents where she resumes politeness and every time we go there we have to explain again that she will always want food, yes we have just fed her, and yes she is still hungry for whatever you have!

 

[CorvusCorax]

Meals can come at any time here so they've never really got into any habits except for the old boys vocalise a bit when they hear their food getting prepped.

The young one bounces in front of me and tries to get into my pockets when we're out and about or training but I really like that - I'm the slot machine that she's operating, rather than me begging her for behaviours.

 

[mini_b]

Meals can come at any time here so they've never really got into any habits except for the old boys vocalise a bit when they hear their food getting prepped.

The young one bounces in front of me and tries to get into my pockets when we're out and about or training but I really like that - I'm the slot machine that she's operating, rather than me begging her for behaviours.

same. There’s not really a really rigid mealtime in place and mine won’t eat unless cat #2 is there to protect her from cat #1

 

[PapaverFollis]

Henry gets in his crate (where he gets fed) and refuses to leave. If he was human he'd be sitting at the table holding his knife and fork.

Hugo stares. STARES. Eyes boring into your very soul. He can sit and stare at the back of MrPF's head for a terrifyingly long time.

Dinner time is always a pleasant surprise for Oscar! ? He seems to have no sense of when it should be meal time.

 

[EllenJay]

I get stared at. Ruby can stare at me for an hour without blinking

 

[AmyMay]

Oh my word ????

 

[Jenko109]

https://youtube.com/shorts/ZGQQzlG8NGE?feature=share

This is how it all began. When he had come home after being diagnosed with meningitis and I spoilt him rotten.

Now, although he is made to eat his normal dinner, this is how he tells me that hes hungry.

It's also how he tells me if he wants a walk, or to let me know hes cold, or if hes too warm, over tired, if he wants something one of the other dogs have etc.

He is a winge bag.

 

[meleeka]

One of mine never asks, she’s too polite. The other one stares and if that doesn’t work, barks. She used to go and get her bowl and carry it into the living room and drop it at my feet and furiously lick it. You can’t get much clearer than that!

 

[Barton Bounty]

She sits and looks at me like this… then goes to the porch where her food is… comes back and nods ?

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

I get stared at. Ruby can stare at me for an hourView attachment 100527 without blinking

Naaawww her lil face!

Interesting that some go for 'stare you down' and others more of a 'here's my best RSPCA face'

@Jenko109 Ivy makes a similar noise (listening to that clip got her attention!) and quite often she makes a weird goose honking noise to express her dissatisfaction at various things.

 

[DabDab]

I have three terriers and if we are home then at some point in the late afternoon one of them will decide that it is time for food and will send out their personalised signal to the others. The other two will dash from wherever they are in the house and the three will join as a gorilla militia unit to declare war on the house. There will be no peace until dinner has been served - they bark, squeak, howl, rag at things, bite each others faces, trot endless circles, jump on you, jump off you, play fight across you....

It is deeply annoying and I have tried to train them out of it. so far this has not been a success

 

[twiggy2]

Maz let's you know if anything is not as it should be, if we have finished eating dinner she feels it is her dinner time and is a bit of a pest to yhe other half, it's his fault though as he encourages it, she sits and stares, she rests her chin on the table, nudges his arms and if all is ignored and she is not told to stop she will put a foot or 2 on him.
She also let's you know if she needs out, is cold, her water bowl is empty or she feels her needs have not been met adequately.
She just doesn't settle if her world is not right

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

I have three terriers and if we are home then at some point in the late afternoon one of them will decide that it is time for food and will send out their personalised signal to the others. The other two will dash from wherever they are in the house and the three will join as a gorilla militia unit to declare war on the house. There will be no peace until dinner has been served - they bark, squeak, howl, rag at things, bite each others faces, trot endless circles, jump on you, jump off you, play fight across you....

It is deeply annoying and I have tried to train them out of it. so far this has not been a success

Oh my! All go for dinner time in your house.

I am vaguely weighing up pros/cons of one day getting a second dog, I will add 'may gang up on you at meal times' to list of cons

 

[babymare]

Tess knows breakfast is simple kibble. She picks all morning. The evening is a spoonful of doggie friendly stuff of our plates. The excitement is laughable. But she spins and focuses on our eyes. Then nom nom nom

 

[iknowmyvalue]

Posy doesn’t ask specifically, she’s never been very food oriented.

Evenings she usually gets fed when I get home from the yard/visits. If I’m at home she does start getting unsettled if she’s getting hungry, if I get up to move she’s there to see if I’m picking up her bowl.

Mornings are fine because she knows she gets fed when I get up. Doesn’t really matter what time, she won’t wake me up, but if it’s too early she’s never too keen to get out of bed for it ?

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

I had to go back to work this evening for the Parents’ Information meeting about next week’s trip. I got home about 8.30. At 9 (treat time), my OH suddenly remembered that he hadn’t fed the dogs! Usual teatime is 6pm. He couldn’t believe they hadn’t harassed him, but this is normally subtle, a stretch, a yawn, a searching look.

 

[Escapade]

Lies down quietly on the rug in the kitchen! She doesn't have a set feed time, but she lets her opinions be known. Quiet but crystal clear ?

 

[Emilieu]

I suddenly find myself tripping over him at every turn. When I look down he bounces joyfully in a circle and beams at me. Works a treat.

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

I take back what I said about jumping on the bed. Turns out this morning Ivy decided to go for it!

 

[Moobli]

I don’t have a specific time because it depends what we are doing that day so don’t tend to get hassled.

 

[rara007]

My spaniel is always hopeful and runs around passing where he’s fed sniffing the bowl. He’s not fed at a set time though, so maybe he just runs around when I get up…!

 

[misst]

Moti - terrier x - starts approx 5pm (dinner is 6pm) with gentle growling, following by growling with a yap, then he runs in circles and then Ruby joins in. He is regularly told to stop throughout but he is only quiet for 5 minutes before it all starts again. By 5.45 he will yap/bark and then chase Ruby round the house. He will run into the kitchen and bark and then run back. If you go into the kitchen he dances on his back legs round and round the kitchen whilst whining. Ruby sort of joins in from time to time. As soon as the food bowls come out they both go quiet and sit ready for their food. If I feed early the whole thing just starts earlier the next day.
I could be a bit more proactive I'm sure but we have no close neighbours and most of the time it makes us laugh.