Hello, I’m Dr. Maja! Read my introduction to learn more about me and my three dogs, lava, spatula and boom.
Having three dogs that you never knew each other since you were young means you’re a little more careful and insightful about feeding times. Luckily, they are pretty good when it comes to respecting each other’s privacy during their meals, and they have an established hierarchy based on their love for food. There is also another approach based on whether they are fed inside or outside.
Lava is always special
Lava has a strange personality. Don’t get me wrong, she loves food, but usually when the food is on my plate. She killed a bite of table scraps despite I gave her nothing. As soon as I prepare something or prepare to eat, she’s nearby, but not too close, and I don’t realize she’s there. As if you could miss a 77 pound dog next to your legs.
As for her food, lava is often necessary to persuade her to eat it. She was a puppy so she was a noisy person. This has improved somewhat since she acquired two sisters she never wanted. Lava is also a slow eater and requires her own privacy when she eats. No one is really trying to steal her food, but even if a cat just a few feet away is cleaning herself up, ignoring her lava dinner, the groans are low. So, since the living room and kitchen are one room, that’s why lava eats in the toilet downstairs. This gives her privacy and no one can get in the way. And when I eat outside I need to oversee the other two. Don’t bother the lava they’ve finished last.
Hera is a foodie
Hera is a big foodie due to her history that is close to the way in Greece. This is her dried food, wet canned food, snacks, or human food, and she also relies on eating insects and small rodents she finds and catches outside. As for mealtime, it’s interesting to see that even after having a consistent routine for almost two years, she is still trying to find something to eat outside. There have been many times when she had to try and get rid of the stinky and rotten things from her mouth, which were not so generous.
And the spatula is like clockwork. When I go to sleep or come home late, she clearly shows that breakfast and dinner time is well past. She can also walk to a place where food is available, or casually inspect the cat’s food bowl. The spatula eats first when they are fed inside, and the outside is the last. This means that her food bowl will reach her about 20 seconds later than the first dog, but for her, it must seem like eternity. She is a fast eater and sometimes I use the feeder slowly to slow her down a bit. After she’s done, she cleans the bowls of other dogs until they’re clean.
Radiographs are not “people” in the morning
And the latest additions, as you can imagine, I also love the food. It is hard to even guess how she lived without knowing her history, but it is clear that she was too regularly fed, based on her equally awful habit of eating all kinds of things. She loves everything I give her, and unlike lava, she doesn’t leave anything behind, but she doesn’t get too attached to seeking food in the morning. She eats breakfast, but it’s slow. When she feeds inside, she eats in a wooden box and charges inside, knowing that food is coming. Outside, she is first fed.
She also respects spatula and lava and only approaches when they no longer eat, hoping that something will be missed in or around the food bowl. It’s great to see the food appear to be very calm and flowing. To external observers, it should look like a well-eared play. Of course, it took me plenty of time to find the best one.
This article is part of the series by Dr. Maja, Lava and Hela.
