I don’t need a dog whisperer; I need a dog yeller!
Okay, I know he’s from Texas, but that alone should not be reason enough for the bizarre behavior our wonderful pet displays.
We bought our tricolor collie off the Internet, which is maybe a bit risky given we couldn’t really see how he interacted with his siblings and parental units.
***************Funny dog. He is back talking and whining to his bowl again. :)
Is your dog still neurotic? Maybe you should sell him to someone with all carpeted floors and get a cat — two cats — or three like we have now. Cats are wonderful.
He’s better overall, but he still has his neurotic moments. :0 Cats. Hmm, no. Hubby would never allow it.
Your dog was just hungry, that’s all. Ours still is often afraid of the kitchen floor, but treats spread out over the floor keeps him from that panic when he comes in.
I think his pysche is more complicated than hunger. When we left for a trip over a weekend, a friend came and fed and exercised the dog. We warned her that she may need to hand feed him if he wouldn’t eat. She had a bear of a time getting him to eat, but when we came home, he ate ALL his food at his regular feeding area, which he had not been doing for a while. So right now, the key is: Hubby fills the bowl (not me) and puts 1/2 a string cheese in it. He hypes him up like this is a really great feed coming! He puts it down by his bowl, and he eats the WHOLE thing!
We’ll see how long that lasts because lately he has been whining at his water again. 
Crazy canine!
Our dog goes in spurts to eat his food. We just give our dog dry, but then he has treats. We found out the lady who boards our dog would mix in canned food to get him to eat. No wonder we’d have a time of it after he came home.
He sure will eat our homemade bird food when he gets a chance. I had left it on the floor by the front door while I got bundled and he was going after it. HEY!
Funny! Would it be bad for him, all that fat? Suet, right?
This batch is lard, peanut butter, corn meal, oats and duck feed. We finally found a source of suet, so will be switching to that when this is used up.
Too much would be bad, but I caught him after just a little. Other people have talked about their dog eating whole suet blocks and nothing happened.