Sorry to keep the topic, "off topic" but I know just what you mean Rachel. My labs have always inhaled their food. I watch in amazement at other dogs that just pick!! Like you said, I KNOW my dogs are not really eating but inhaling! I asked my vet about this and she said that dogs, STILL having the exact same genetic makeup (DNA markers) as their anscetor wolves, may still mimic their eating pattern. Some more than others. Hence the phrase "wolf down" their food!