I've Done It!!!!

I've done it! I've finally outsmarted the Labrador. It's taken me five years and three dogs, but I finally have done it. I feel like Wyle E Coyote if he were to ever outsmart the Road Runner. I thought outsmarting the Labrador, especially about food, was almost as improbable.

Brock has been eating his food so fast, it's scaring me. And I've seen some voracious eaters. He makes this wheezing, gaspy noise, wanders around and then BLUP. I'd rather like to avoid that whole scenario. Susan suggested putting a Kong in his bowl. Well, that slowed down the second half of the meal, but not the first half and still resulted in BLUP. So, I decided to head to the pet store (yes, I go there a lot). This time I found a toy shaped liked a badminton birdie only much larger. It was a little too large for the stainless bowl I had, so I purchased another slightly larger.

It worked great! He had to eat around it and it slowed his eating down considerably. I think we may be onto something. At least that is until he figures out that he can simply pick up the big blue object and set it aside. Hopefully that day will be far enough away that he will slow down a little or at least be big enough that it won't matter as much.

I have to say, I'm feeling pretty smug right now. Until I am reminded that my opponent is currently wapping himself in the head with a huge rubber ball and has likely been brain damaged by the oversized toy. I'm still marking it in the WIN column. Today's score: Labrador 4, Jill 1. Woo hoo, I made it onto the board!!