Zona apparently does not like the tile floor in the kitchen when it's cold out.  He will take mouthfuls of food from his dish and walk to the carpeted living room (5 feet away) and drop the food there to eat it.  He doesn't like to eat at his bowl anymore.  I'm not sure if it's because the floor is cold or if he just can't see what we might be doing in the living room... God forbid he miss anything that happens in the house!

Funniest thing happened with that the other day, though.  Daisy, our Rattie/Beagle mix was outside when Zona was eating.  Apparently the hounds down the highway smelled a deer or something because they were baying.  Daisy let out this big howl.  She's never really howled like a Beagle before.  Zona happened to have a mouthful of food at the time.  He stopped and looked at the back door.  His jaw just dropped and all of the food fell out on the kitchen floor.  He had this expression on his face like, "What the heck was that?!?!"  It was so comical to see.

Haha, yeah, Korke does this all the time. Some days she even picks out only the bone shaped pieces and leaves the round ones on the floor!

Venus does this, but has gotten better about eating from the bowl and eating in general since M'Kenzie came to our house.  She is an excellent eater and I guess Venus is following her example.  Ratties are such a funny breed of dog; I laugh at the two I have daily!

Hysterical, Penelope does the same thing.  She hates the little round bits in Blue Buffalo, so she leaves them behind for us to pick up. 

This is too funny.  We have wood floors and Minnie will bring mouthful of food to the area carpet. LOL!!  And she picks out the little round bits in the Blue Buffalo too, but I put them back in her bowl.  Sometimes, thats all that's in her bowl, and I won't give her any more dry food til she finishes them.  I'm a mean mom!!!  I'm glad to see she's not the only one!

I never thought of that, maybe I should try the same.  I asked someone at pet smart about it because i was concened about her not getting enough nutrition, but they told me the round bits were added vitamins and if she was just eating the food that she would be getting more than enough nutritional value.  I still may try just leaving the round bits when it comes to that. 

PS: I think Penlope qualifies for just about every thread in this forum; loves ice cubes, clothing thief, plays with food, digs when she is on the bed, it's hysterical, these dogs have amazing personalities!!