A Jack Russell thought he had tricked his owner into thinking he wasn't watching her eat her dinner but he wasn't fooling anyone.

Dogs love food. A 2023 study published in the journal Animals highlighted just how much. Researchers recruited 10 pet dogs from the local area. Each canine was presented with six food items and tasked with choosing their favorite.

They then repeated the task, this time choosing a favorite food from one of six available. The dogs were then tasked with completing a challenge that got harder and harder. What scientists found was that the dogs gave up the task early if a toy reward was on offer. However, if their favorite treat was up for grabs, they persevered.

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Clyde the Jack Russell is certainly a fan of food or more specifically his owner Laura Jones's food. He's been a part of her life for some time now.

"Clyde was one from a litter of pups from my friend's dogs," Jones told Newsweek. "We have had a Jack Russell terrier before and she was 17 when she died so when the opportunity to have another came I took it immediately!"

It proved the right decision, with Clyde wasting little time in lighting up Jones's life with his high energy and affectionate personality. "Clyde enjoys his walks, chasing a ball, watching the world go by at the window, and barking at anyone who comes to the door! He's got a beautiful nature but is protective of his family," Jones said.

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"He loves rolling around on freshly cut grass and has dyed his fur green many times by doing this! He is incredibly loving and I am his favorite person, he follows me everywhere I go, and when I say everywhere, he waits outside the bathroom for me!"

Clyde's closeness extends to meal times too, with the Jack Russell making a point of positioning himself close to Jones while she eats.

He's clearly hoping that either some food will fall on the floor for him to devour or Jones will take pity and send any leftovers his way. Whatever the case, he's keen not to give the game away while he waits by her side, so has taken to looking off into the distance, as a video posted to Jones's TikTok, lolly.jones82, demonstrates.

"He has always watched us when we're eating and I've never managed to capture it on video until now! It is hilarious!" Jones said. "He doesn't get into trouble but knows he shouldn't be doing it as it's not his food it's human food!"

Jones considers Clyde to be a fairly intelligent dog. "He is very clever and also howls like a wolf on demand!" she said.

However, she said he also has a mischievous side and has been known to get into "tricky situations." Jones recalled: "He once at a full chocolate advent calendar that belonged to my daughter, ripped open 24 doors, ate the chocolate and when I came home, he was facing the corner in shame! We had to make a trip to the vets to get him checked so that was an expensive advent calendar in the end!"

He may be a sucker for food and a bad actor to boot but it's clear there's a lot of love for Clyde in Jones's house—except maybe at meal times.

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