Bransen eats like he never has and will never eat again, every single time. Alone, with other people/dogs around, inside, outside, etc.
He just LOVES to eat and be fed is my only assumption, as he'll eat anything I give him.
He'll do a series of tricks for a blade of grass and I mean that literally. http://www.pitbull-chat.com/images/smilies/lol.gif

When he is eating too fast for my liking, I just hold him back and maul him while he is eating, move the bowl away, cover it up with my hands and feet, etc.
It seems to slow him down quite a bit when I bug him while he eats.

well the BF and i were talking about her eating habbits and the wonderful guy he is trying to be active in training the dog(closer i get to being due the harder it is for me to have good timing with cues for training it seems) in one sitting managed to teach her "stop" which you say stop and she stops sits and looks at you for the okay to go back to eating. so when we gave her, her dinner last night she actually eat it slower and listened to the command, same when i fed her this morning. not a 100% slower but its not pushing the dish all over the place and spilling the food and she is listening now which means less fixation http://www.pitbull-chat.com/images/smilies/biggrin.png