Thank you so much Medusa, Pinot's Mom and Freedom! I think I'll try first raising the bowl and then putting only a little food out at a time and cleaning up right after. Makes sense all around. Up until now I've just heaped the bowl full, which I have to say is because I worry what might happen to me if I couldn't come home. So it's a new day!

Kinsey, my little 8 year old rescue, is probably mainly responsible. She'll take a bite, move just a little away from the bowl and give a little head shake as she crunches. That's probably what causes the bits to fly around. Who knows how she came to do that. It almost seems like maybe a reversion to "shake it until it dies" or something else from the wild, though I know she was never in the "wild" but probably had a lot of competition for food.

So, I'll continue with wet food for breakfast. It's Christmas, birthdays, happy happy happy, the total highlight of their day. And then the dry food in multiple bowls in a very small amount and leave it out for now. I'll see how that goes. Glad to hear that they will eat the little bits if that's all that's left.

And if all that fails, I'll try the "grass" mats.

Fingers crossed!