Likings and Fears

First off, Collie has a overwhelming predilection for food (or edible stuff in general). Everything and anything edible is a Collie-magnet. He is perpetually hungry and can never be surfeited, NEVER, NEVER EVER. He has eaten ants, lizards, grass, paper, plastic wrappers, wood, bits of my ear... you name it. Not sure if he actually likes to eat those stuff, or he eats them because he is that hungry... but most of the time, he goes crazy over these few items:

Fake dog bones. They are rock hard. He chews it till it turns really soft, then just gulps the whole thing down. Wow. Approximate eating time: 30mins
Dog kibbles. I give him half a cup 3 times each day. Oh, and the Jacobs biscuit behind is Collie's too. My mum didn't like them so they're now his snack. Approximate eating time (half a cup of dog food): 1min, 1 sqaure biscuit: 20secs

Honey! When my parents are making honey drinks for themselves he would beg for some.

Peanut butter. No surprise here.

He goes crazy over my breakfast, lunch and dinner as well. And because my dining table's kinda low, I need some kind of a barricade to prevent him from getting to my food. If not, he will actually leap on the table and try to steal my food! So over the weeks, I've discovered a few things he is afraid of, and they are a great help when it comes to saving my meal.

Collie's irrational fears:

The Red, White and Blue Hula Hoop of Death
I just put this round my food.


The Sinister Blue Waste-Paper Basket
If my food smells too good and The Red, White and Blue Hula Hoop of Death isn't doing the trick, this would.


The Wooden Rolling Thing
Ok, this is supposed to be his chew toy but it makes some kind of sound when it rolls that scares the shit out of the Collie.

Toddlers/Babies/Infants/Children
One of Collie's most unfounded fears are toddlers, weirdly. He would go bonkers and bark non-stop when the neighbour's baby makes noise and is petrified when he sees people below the height of 1m. I should really put a baby next to my food while eating.