Can someone explain ths puppy behavior?? - Page 1

My 10 month old male pup has this irritating habit I'm not sure why he does....I feed all 3 dogs out in the kennel every morning at 7 am, (their bowls are metal) and every morning my pup finishes his food he drinks what water he wants, plays in the rest and then when the bowls are empty he gets all crazy picking them up in his mouth and tossing them in the air, barks at them, takes him in his dog box, drags them around, gets down on all 4's and barks at them like they are some sort of prey.  It has me puzzled why he only does this with his bowls and not any of his bones or toys???

I even tried attaching the bowls to the links on his kennel rather than setting the bowls down giving him access to them but he only quickly figured out a way to get the bowls detached from the panels.  So now I have to wait til he's done eating so I can take the bowls away from him before my next door neighbor loses his patience with being woken to a barking dog at 7AM every day. 

Is it boredom?  High prey drive? Just puppy play???  I was more concerned that him tossing those metal bowls around might bust a canine.  I've even tried putting bones in his kennel to distract him from wanting his bowls but even if he has bones to play and chew on he insists on putting them to the side and going back to the bowls.

How can I break him from this habit?

cos he likes the noise

My female will soon be 7 yrs old, she does it.  She also turns the bowl on it's side, hits it so it rolls and chases it.  She's a working dog, maybe that's her stress relief!  Whatever the case may be, she seems to have a lot of fun doing it.  Just take the bowl away when your boy is done.

Mine does pretty much the same but with the water bowl only. Ever since I got him at 2 months old he will not leave the water Bowl alone. I have tried try a bucket to a fence he unties it or bites through the rope. I tried a really heavy ceramic bowl he picks it up in his mouth and drops it on the concrete back portch and breaks it. Metal he just paws and the water is gone. I put water out when we leave for work and no matter what I do he emties the bowl or breaks it and takes it out to the yard. I am going to have to get a small horse trouf and set it in the ground. I have to smaller dogs as well so it can't be to high.

Every younger German Shepherd I've had has done that.  Gustav will flip his over and slide it around the yard wtih his nose. When he finally picks it up he struts accross the yard with it in his mouth.

If you put a bucket of water inside a tyre it is normally stable enough for a horse (tee hee)

My puppy does the same thing. She dumps her water bucket ( an old metal boiling pot) she will role it, pick it up, lay her chest across it and roll around the kennel on top of it.

It is just playing and being bored in the kennel.

I doubt you could break it. Just pick the bowl up when he is done eating. My dog has no problem wolfing her food down but I only give dogs 10 minutes to finish their food and then I pick it up.

Just take it away Agar. I went through the same thing with water bowls and Baden. Other dogs with the food dishes, they like the metal dinging noise I think. Becomes their favorite toy, don't try to break the habbit, you probably can't, just take it away if you don't want to bug the neighbors. I know all too well how annoying that metal on concrete can be.

It's just play and fun as hell for him!!  Like babies with pots & pans, he likes the noise.  To him, they are interactive toys!  LOL

Bowl Hockey.  Everyone of my GSD's have doen this.  My male who just turned 5 has just started this fun little game.  It is really a lot of fun with Stainless Steel bowls on  tile floor.