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*hears something going "crunch crunch crunch"*

*looks left*

Katie?

Katie, are you EATING A RAW NOODLE?

*dog looks up in SHOCK AND HORROR, comes and sits between my feet to join me in the contemplation of the noodle, looking dismayed at its existence/presence on the rug*

She is such a dork.

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Hahaha, that would be my dog were she to eat a raw noodle. She's a greyhound mix who thinks she's a teacup poodle, however, and cannot eat things in larger than tiny tiny bites. She's still on puppy kibble (thankfully, she also eats tiny tiny amounts of tiny tiny bites, so vet said this is fine) because she will not eat larger kibble nor will she eat raw food even in minced form because she might choke on it (she thinks)! Her favorite people food is Cheerios, one O at a time. She chews very, very thoroughly.

...No, we're not sure if she had some sort of Incident before we adopted her or not. She is a special-needs rescue dog who is incredibly smart; this is one of her many phobias. The problem is, she is so incredibly smart that once something has gone wrong even ONE TIME, it will go wrong again that way forever, and so she must avoid it at all costs. My parents' last house was all-hardwood and that poor dog was afraid of almost all the rooms because, being part-greyhound, she loves to run, but also is scared of skidding, and so any time she skidded on the floor, she immediately became afraid of that spot. She'd avoid bedrooms where she'd failed to jump on the bed properly, corners where she'd taken a turn too hard... it was tragic. Thankfully, they moved before she'd made the entire house a no-go even with area rugs and throw blankets on the floor. This house is rough tile which agrees with her much better. Phew.

/travails of a dog with anxiety/probable OCD and her person with tl;dr