You mean your dogs actually pay attention to something other than their food while their eating? None of ours ever did -- I don't think they'd even notice you were around, let alone staring at them. Admittedly, we trained each one from puppyhood on to expect somebody to play with their food (a good idea if one has toddlers around), but every single one of them focused on the bowl and its contents. A bomb could go off and Polly would probably have kept right on chowing down without even looking up.