Mess-essity...The mother of invention!

We aren't neat freaks. Clearly. I mean, we have two gross dogs. But, the food tossing situation is a bit out of control even for us. For a few weeks, we gave Chicken the benefit of the doubt. Her fine motor skills are developing. Opening and closing her hands intentionally is still a little tricky. Playing with food is part of the experience....Well, I think we've reached the point where Chicken may be either getting a kick out of the food tossing or trying to fatten up her pups as if they're turkeys at this time of year.

So, although Chicken's dad still wants to rig up some sort of food-catching net or device, the strategic placement of a TV table (part of this family for 9 years, I might add) is going to have to do for now. It works...and it doesn't. It saves me a few feet of bending over to swipe a discarded chicken leg out of a dog's mouth, but it also leaves food at doggy eye level as well. We're learning as we go here.

Our dogs are poorly trained anyway. They hover around the table. And, you can't exactly tell them to "Leave it!" when the food is landing ON them. So, this will do for now.

P.S. BLW ain't for the faint of heart!