>>8530619It's definitely more about the bowl; after all, we feed dogs human food all the time, and some of the best dog owners use it almost exclusively in a raw diet, but you never feed a dog off a plate nor a human from a pet bowl. And within that, it's about what the bowl isn't: a plate. She is your treasured pet and a valued member of your family, but still not a person, so she eats her food from a bowl on the floor with her mouth and not at the table with utensils, like any other animal you own, care for, train, discipline, and direct.
