Some people have long wondered about the disposition of a mixed meal by the conscious dog. One obvious place to begin scratching that itch is the study:
“Disposition of a Mixed Meal by the Conscious Dog,” M.C. Moore, M.J. Pagliassotti, L.L. Swift, J. Asher, J. Murrell, D. Neal, and A.D. Cherrington, American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, vol. 266, no. 4, 1994, pp. E666-E675.