'Only Way She Can Eat': Basset Hound Eats Food With Ears Tied Up in Scrunchie

An Ohio woman filmed the hilarious moment her pet puppy had to eat with its ears tied up in a scrunchie to keep them from falling into the food bowl.

Tammy Tunison told Storyful that her young basset hound, Molly, “still has a lot of growing to do before she grows into her very long ears.”

Tunison said that she often has to hold up Molly’s ears to keep them out of her food bowl while she’s eating. However, on this particular night she got a new idea.

“I was wearing a scrunchie in my hair and thought, ‘Oh that may work!’ So I put my scrunchie around her ears and this is what she looked like.”

In the footage, Molly is seen eating from her bowl with her ears tied up. Tunison is heard laughing and saying that it’s the “only way she can eat without making a mess.” Credit: Tammy Tunison via Storyful

Video transcript

[LAUGHING]

- The only way she can eat without making a mess. What's the matter, baby? [LAUGHING] Kiefer's like, the heck?

[LAUGHING]

That's the only way. Kiefer, you're eating all the food. [LAUGHING] What? You guys looking at me funny. Kiefer's looking at her like, what the heck? Her ears.

[LAUGHING]

Oh, baby, come on, finish your food. Finish your food. Hey, baby. Your ears are so long.