living with the pup

we have a west highland white terrier. two actually, but this is about the cute one to the left, tucker. we rescued him a few years ago and can't imagine our lives without him. he does, however, have some peculiar habits. my favorite is his habit of hiding his food. he eats normal dog food, and we give him plenty of it, but for some reason, he feels the need to hide several pieces throughout the house, i presume to eat later in case we don't feed him? he has done this since we've had him, using the corners of rooms, the cracks of the couch, etc. but i have recently found a few new hiding places that i didn't know about.


i decided to clean the house today and found two pieces of food behind the toilet in our bathroom and one piece under jeremy's sweatshirt on the bathroom floor. while i was cleaning this bathroom, tucker came in to supervise and proceeded to "hide" the piece under the sweatshirt even more. this involves him moving the sweatshirt around with his nose, sort of like if he were burying the food in dirt. the piece of food remained visible the entire time, but he continued with the hiding until he was satisfied. when i picked up the shirt to take it to the wash, he rushed in, ate the piece of food, and rushed out. i chuckled all the way to the laundry room and laughed outright when i pulled the clothes out of the dryer. in addition to the clothes, some lint, and the common dollar or two, out fell three pieces of dog food. i am wondering if this was stuck in some clothes? or has my adorable little dog found a way to get in the dryer? maybe i left the door open...???

in any case, this funny little habit makes me laugh daily, just more than usual today. leave it to a dog to make you smile. westies supposedly live for 15 years or so...that's plenty of time to hide several meals worth of dog food!