well, it was a lot of anthropomorphizing, but overall, entertaining nonetheless.
Well, yes, and no. It makes the point that you just met someone and they are sticking this strange and unfamiliar item into your food. Its enough to **** anyone off, which is why it might not be the best temperment test. Yes, dogs that pass it are probably very stable . . . but dogs will fail who are perfectly fine.
Let see, the buttons we are pushing:
Strange environment
Strange person
Food
Strange object
Being harassed while eating
Generally high stress level
Are there worse ways to evaluate a dog? Yes. Are there better ways, definately, also, yes.
Sometimes the "How would I feel if . . ." question is helpful. Sometimes not, as PETA refuses to learn, but sometimes its good to just look at it from the dog's perspective.
And its really funny.