Food on My Dog

Have you guys seen this Tumblr? http://foodonmydog.com/

It's a ton of pictures of them balancing foods on their dog's head. Some of them are pretty funny, but others make me feel sorry for the dog.

 

That's the awesome power of "Leave it" and "Stay". This brindled gal looks awesome. I bet their rewards are the food on top of their heads, or better yet a big juicy steak .

Great website by the way. The name of the dog is Tiger. It's confirmed, she does usually get the food she balances. As for those that aren't supposed to be fed to dogs, they're replaced with doggy treats. She's a mix between a Staffordshire Terrier and an American Bulldog.

And according to ghostmakermice, Tiger wags her tail when she sees a camera being prepped for her.

 

That was a trick to make that dog behave and stay on one place.
Well, as long as she will get all those foods or treats and be happy with it as if playing, it was a nice trick.

 

I've seen a blog called 'Stuff on my cat' before but I'd not seen this one before! Sounds like Tiger enjoys it

 

I've seen the "stuff on my cat" one before, too. They put all sorts of things on the cats!

I'm glad to see Tiger actually gets to eat most of the things he has balanced on him. I'd feel so bad for him if he just had to stand there with it on his head and then not get anything.

 

I looked at those pictures a few times and just can't get away from feeling that the dog wasn't exactly happy about the whole thing. The expression on its face said something like "Sigh, what a way to make a living."

 

Some of them definitely look like that.

Then I have to think about when I was training my dog to sit, stay, etc. He never looked too happy during that either and was always so focused on the treat he knew was about to come. I'm betting this dog is equally as determined to get his treat and probably just thinks his owners are crazy for making him pose for pictures first.

 

Maybe this is where the use of treats in training has its shortcomings. If the dog is trained to perform to seeks its owner's approval, this type of problem wouldn't exist.

 

http://thingsonhazelshead.tumblr.com/

Here is another dog in a similar position. Instead of food, they just put random things on his/her head.