F-kap used to do almost the exact same thing! Only he would just hold the food in his mouth and stare at me with a goofy look on his face. He hasn't done that since we got Jody though. I guess he figured it was better to eat his food in front of me than to loose it to the crazy puppy.
Demetrius was an only pup, so he didn't have to worry about some other pet taking his food. BUT, there was a situation when our first two legged baby showed up. Our girls were given chores as soon as they were big enough to walk steady (obviously that meant that some chores had to be redone because toddlers mess up more than they do correctly). Anyway, the baby's job was to empty her tiny waste basket into a larger one in the kitchen each day. She would have to pass Demetrius' food/water bowl on her way to dump the trash. If Demetrius had spilled food on the floor next to his bowl, the baby would pick it up and throw it away with her job assignment. BUT, she would also dump his bowl of food into the trash too. We never taught her that and she only did it if there were bits of food on the floor. Long story short, Demetrius learned to eat the bits of food on the floor before the baby found them.
When the first owner of my dog, Fasb, brought him home, he was six weeks old. It was her first dog. A week after she brought him home, she invited my wife and I over to see the dog (Fasb's first owner is/was my sister-in-law).Thank you, i'm just really nervous since this is my first sheltie puppy ever. I just took Tucker out to the backyard and he just pee and pooped!