#fairly sure she has mild canine ocd

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bunny has always been deeply neurotic abt eating dinner ever since we had to stop free feeding them years ago bc her brother lost most of his teeth, but lately she has gotten so much fucking weirder abt it. in every new house we have to go thru the "which room and exact spot IN that room are you willing to eat" with her, which is a trial and error game that usually lasts a couple weeks. at this apt she will only eat in front of the dishwasher, at the threshold to the kitchen. however. abt a year ago she decided she would only eat if i was in the kitchen with her, and a few months ago she decided that she would not eat unless my mom was sitting on the couch. after weeks of me periodically hand feeding her bc she has a new quirk and i haven't figured it out yet, i have deduced that she wants my mom on the couch, me in the kitchen but NOT looking at her and NOT standing, but crouched somewhere at her level. so now every time i feed her i need to crouch in the opposite corner of the kitchen, staring into space, while she stares at me with her concerned gooey eyeballs to make sure im not breaking her rules