Pippen, sleeping in the cat bed, looks up as the raccoon approaches.  Target carefully takes the entire cat dish down the stairs and sets it down beside the car.

There must have been some food in the dish (oops) because Target doesn’t leave the garage for another six minutes.

From the way the scene plays out, it appears Target’s main motivation for moving the dish is to get it away from the 15-pound black cat.

On the way up the stairs, Target stopped to eat some food out of a plastic dish.

For some reason, the camera pans back quickly to the left.  Target moves back into the image carefully carrying the entire food dish, including its heavy metal frame.

Of course, it still won’t fit through the cat door.

Unfortunately, the camera by the cat door doesn’t record any video to its SD card.  The next recording comes 12 minutes later, as Target still tries to maneuver the empty dish through the door.

When I returned home a couple hours later, one dish was lying outside on the driveway.