I am going to throw this out there. It is not for my lab, it is about a friends dog (non lab). This dog is currently 15 years old, a Husky. This dog has always been mule headed, and has always like to counter surf. My friend has never been able to crate this dog, it BUSTS out (bends the bars ruins the crate).

Anyway earlier this week she blocked the dog she thought successfully out of the kitchen and left for work. When she got home (end of day) the dog had broken past the barrier, gotten into the trash, eaten it, took everything off her counters, ate that, got into her basement found the bags of dog food (she has 4 total dogs) ate that, and ate the used chunks of kitty litter and the cats food. By the time she got home her dog was SICK!!! And had diahhrea everywhere! Off to the vet. Well the dog is fine now after $500+ and a 2 day stay at the vet. My friend says the dog is STILL ravenously hungry.

So heres my question. Has anyone ever heard of a dog (older) getting say a neurological problem that makes it think it is constantly hungry? This dog can not really be hungry enough to eat all that, so I think it is a physical malformity. I don't know what if anything she could do or would want to at the dogs advanced age, I was just wondering.

I remember my lab being very hungry but that didn's seem abnormal as she was ALWAYS very hungry throughout her life. My Shadow NEVER went on a feeding frenzy like this though. WHOA! I always heard horses would eat them selves to death, they are one of the few animals that will. I didn't know dogs would do this. I know about bloat, that can happen from overeating, but this was excessive.

Thoughts?