Why does my dog wait to eat?
I have a Lab/Retriever mix named Huxley and I have a Chesapeake named Molly. We feed both dogs at the same time in the morning and at night. They use to be fine eating together until the last couple of weeks. Huxley will lay on the floor behind her bowl and stare at Molly while she eats. It's like she's pouting because she doesn't have any food, but she does! Than when Molly has finished eating, Huxley will start to eat. Even when she eats she wanders around and I have to constantly tell her to come eat. It takes her 20 min to eat where before it was 5 min. Now Molly does sometimes try to go after Huxley's food when she's done eating. I've always pulled her away and told her no. We now are having one of us distract Molly and give her attention so Huxley can eat. Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't. Molly still tries to sneak up, but I tell her no and go see daddy. You'd think Huxley would want to eat at the same time as Molly so Molly didn't try to get her food. Has anyone else had this problem before? Any solutions?