(June 16, 2021 at 4:09 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: My cat, and most other cats, don't like to see the bottom of their food dish. Blue will fuss up a storm if he can see plastic. Normally I don't have to give him more food, I just have to fluff up what's there so he can't see the bottom of the bowl. Then he eats just fine.
The dogs don't care unless the bowl is completely empty. Then I may get pitiful looks but mostly from Ziggy who is the reason I can't keep food available all the time. His chunky self is on a bit of a diet so the other dogs are too.
Most of the time my tone works. He raises a fuss, walks next to his dish, and acts like there is nothing there, looking up at me. I look down and see he has leftovers and with my tone say, "No, sorry, I already fed you." And say, "No that's it". He meanders, then looks down again, and eventually realizes he lost.
