All 4 of ours hover around us when we are eating. Shelby is always near me under the table....she caught on that I tend to drop stuff while I am eating...
We have a doggy door too. My bbq stuff is in the front of the house. When I am outside cooking the dogs will stand by the front door...whining...waiting for me to open the door...
Just had the hounds to the vet....they have put on a few pounds since their last visit...vet said to cut back on the food...first thing we did was to cut out the occasional bit of table food....thy act like we are killing them by not giving them anything from the table..