Mysteries of Life

I have a dog. She could be considered an "in" dog because I can carry her under one arm, and she's small, white and fluffy. Except, she has issues. She has a pronounced under-bite. She is bipolar, and in a matter of a nanosecond can turn from sweet, lovey, lap dog to "I will take off your pinky toe if you get one step closer to my food". She is a bit slutty, but only TRULY loves her bed. (When she loves it so much she keeps the entire house awake, we hide her bed in the closet.) She is overweight. She snores. Just to sum it all up in five words: My dog is from Mississippi.

The greatest mystery of all, is the dogs eating habits. She is on diet food. The food is dry, and has various shaped bits that are different colors. When you look at the food, the shapes and colors somehow remind you of a well balanced meal. There is the redish brown mid-sized piece of "meat", the fat, round goldish yellow potato, and the dark green piece that is a vegetable. If you set one of each piece on a small plate, there would be every impression of meat and potatoes meal cooked by grandma. The only problem is, that this food is for my DOG. and my dog has decided that she only likes one item on her plate. The dog only eats the fat goldish yellow pieces. How does my little dog manage this? This is one of life's great mysteries.

During the night we sometimes hear a mysterious bumping noise. So, we spied on the dog, and as a result have demystified the mystery. The dog's food bowl is a small, straight sided bowl. It looks like a miniature souffle' dish, and it has a small lip or rim around the edge. The dog uses her nose and catches the rim of the bowl, lifting one side of the bowl about an inch off the floor. She then lets go, and the bowl falls down to the floor. For years, we have not been able to figure out why the dog wanted to bang her full food bowl on the floor. And then, one day it became apparent. THIS was how she was separating her favorite fat yellow pieces from all the others.

Have you ever had a can of mixed nuts? Who wants the Brazil nuts, or the ones that look like toes? I want the cashews and pecan's, thank you, please. How do you get to them without digging through the entire can with your dirty paws? Just shake the can, and bang it on a table. The cashews and pecans are less dense (lighter?) than the other nuts, and the process brings them right to the top. Shake the can a little, and bang it on the table a few times, the heavy nuts settle to the bottom, and my favorite cashews and pecans are right on top.

So, this is what my dog was doing. She was shaking her own can of mixed nuts. And this solves one of the great mysteries, which is why my dogs bowl is always full, but she acts like she is starving.

Mystery solved.

Next week, I'll be on Mythbusters. Don't miss it.