Did you ever think the dog saw the leak on the kayak and since he (The Dog) has no thumbs to fix the kayak, he did the next thing he could , by eating the cat food and signal by dog crap code. I know that what Lassie would do...
The cat however is just as dumb as a box of rocks and ran outside cuz he figured he aint eating what the dog crapped out, and made a weak attempt of hiding in plain site..