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Why do puppies tip over when they eat? (Original Post) Baitball Blogger May 2015 OP
Looks like desire beyond coordination/control to me Populist_Prole May 2015 #1
Is there an activity where they DON'T tip over? JustABozoOnThisBus May 2015 #2
too much head weight station001 May 2015 #3
That's what I think too Sanity Claws May 2015 #5
Dogs don't have money. It's the only way they know how to tip! Generic Brad May 2015 #4
Because they are not as awesome as cats... awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #6
Boston Terriers are particularly prone to this. A HERETIC I AM May 2015 #7
From too much cute shenmue May 2015 #8
Have you ever read The Poky Little Puppy? murielm99 May 2015 #9

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
1. Looks like desire beyond coordination/control to me
Sat May 2, 2015, 02:34 AM
May 2015

Co-ordination not developed enough. Same with humans I guess. Ever see a toddler try to run, only to fall down forward after a half-dozen or so steps?

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,364 posts)
2. Is there an activity where they DON'T tip over?
Sat May 2, 2015, 09:45 AM
May 2015

Maybe when they're sleeping, but even then ...

I like when puppies run, then try to stop. Every stop is a crash landing. And they don't care.

Sanity Claws

(21,852 posts)
5. That's what I think too
Sat May 2, 2015, 01:56 PM
May 2015

Heads are disproportionately large in babies and puppies. The puppy is putting his heavy head down to eat and he's thrown off balance.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,376 posts)
7. Boston Terriers are particularly prone to this.
Sat May 2, 2015, 11:53 PM
May 2015

I suppose English and French bullies are too, as they do have big ass heads!

We had Bostons in our home while I grew up and had probably 15 or 20 litters of puppies over the years. If they weren't tipping over into the food, they were standing in the middle of it!



murielm99

(30,761 posts)
9. Have you ever read The Poky Little Puppy?
Mon May 4, 2015, 12:09 AM
May 2015

I used to read it to my kids often. The most descriptive phrase of puppy behavior appears in that book: roly-poly, pell-mell, tumble-bumble. That is puppy behavior, no matter what they are doing.

It always made my kids laugh.

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