Maybe your dog gobbles down his food so fast that he acts like he’s starving to death. Although the show he puts on at mealtime may seem amusing at times, it is nothing to laugh at. It can be deadly serious.
If it seems like your dog is eating his food faster than necessary and is behaving obsessively, it is up to you to figure out what’s going on and if his behavior could be harmful to him or even others.
Why Eating Fast is Harmful to a Dog
There are a few reasons why you should be concerned with the speed at which your dog eats. In addition to health issues, this type of eating behavior is often associated with greed.
Greedy behavior can lead to being aggressive if another pet or person gets nearby the dog while he’s eating. If you have children or other animals in the house the dog that gobbles down its food can perceive others as competing for the food, which can create a dangerous situation very quickly.
You may have heard this clever saying, “Dog is God spelled backward.” Regardless of the implications of this dog-lovers saying, facts back up the claim that cats really were once worshiped as gods. Unfortunately, there is no empirical data to support this additional comment, “. . . and cats have never forgotten.”
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