This is how the Bows wait for breakfast.
Mornings are usually pretty mellow, especially during the summer. It’s dinner that comes with a song and dance.
Video taken 29 November 2011
Some of you might remember the solo version of Bowdu’s “Gimme my dinner!” song. Back then, I’d lock Bowpi in her room as I prepared their meals in order to control the Shiba’s food aggression. The Bows are always fed in separate rooms, not in crates. Bowdu gets front row seats to dinner prep. Before, Bowdu would attack Bowpi when she came to check out the kitchen. After they figured out each others’ thresholds in the presence of food (this took about a year), we started letting Bowpi linger during dinner assembly time.
Bowdu has an amazing falsetto. He will flash his fangs at Bowpi to remind her not to get pushy (the hypocrite). I let him make all the ugly faces he wants as long as he keeps his butt planted and I don’t see him leaning.
Bowpi paces and circles and sometimes grunts, but neither Bowdu or I let her get underfoot.
This happens pretty much every night. Somehow, without my explicit encouragement, Bowdu’s song just became more embellished, to the point that this has become some kind of strange household ritual.
And yes, I’m afraid the Shiba’s still a tubby hypothyroid chunklet, holding steady at 30 pounds on approximately 10 ounces of food a day!
And what a handsome chunklet he is … but that song *every night* would drive me batty! ;D
That song really confused Ebon. He normally doesn’t respond to recorded dog noises, but this got perked ears and a startled head turn, lol.
To be honest, I don’t know if I could deal with that song every night either! I think I’m just too used to having an extremely quite dog.
Looking back at my videos, I realize that Bowdu IS rather vocal. But he’s usually pretty clear in his communications. He has an interesting range, and it’s always with a purpose. Maybe I’ll try to do a compilation post sometime.
oh my. that is quite the song… hahaha.
I’d rather have Bowdu’s song than Conker’s harassment. If I so much as put anything remotely related to what he considers his into one of the Girls’ bowls, he will get all snarky and savage their faces. Well, Juneau’s face, since Sasha will beat his little punk butt into line if he tries that on her. He will also bark, quite loudly, and whine and pace and generally be a pain until I give him his food.
I still need to get a video of it, but the camera has mysteriously gone missing.
Haha, Conker does it all!
At least Bowdu is only vocal during the prep part. When it’s time to actually put the bowl down, he sits nicely and keeps his mouth shut until the bowl is down. Then it’s OMNOMNOM frenzy.
And this only began happening once we started feeding Primal Raw. Honest Kitchen + supplements happened to be on the menu the day the video was taken. But he’s pretty vocal no matter what the dinner, which always takes a bit more prep.
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So funny.
Saya is pretty silent when I get her food out the fridge or freeze.
if I got tiny bits of hot dog for training she will pester me some by making high pitch barks. hehe
That’s some epic singing!