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: Do any of your dogs do this???
: coonie1970 May 09, 2005, 06:52:28 PM
Tonight on my way out I forgot a casserole on the stove. BIG MISTAKE!! I was in such a hurry I didnt get a chance to clean up after supper. I came home and ..... casserole, 4 muffins. and 1/2 loaf of bread GONE. No evidence other than and empty bowl and a very guilty look. I didnt even have to say a word I just picked the bowl up and looked at Judge. He walked to his mat and layed down. Thats were we send him when he is bad. SMART??? Too smart I think. He gave me those EYES and, well you know.
HOW DOES HE GET UP ON THE STOVE? :o I dont think I want to know. No one will ever come eat here again. He's big but...??.He's gonna have a big buttt if he keeps that up. LOL
Now thats what I call a brat. HEHEHE
Karen
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: jabear May 09, 2005, 08:41:41 PM
Big botty boy- that's for sure what he'll be.  :D We've never had any food stolen but whenever something has been done, Bear gives himself away everytime. You just walk in and he's got his head down with nose almost touching the floor saying "I'm so sorry. I did it. Please forgive me". Sometimes we've had to search for the evidence because it doesn't always stick right out.
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: Lucy May 09, 2005, 08:58:02 PM
Ohhh myyyy! Such de ja vu:)
Max, my Pyr/Laab, just started doing this....when I bake fresh bread. I've never had this problem before, and he's never been allowed to do that, but all of a sudden, it's like the bread is worth whatever the chastising will bring! I mean one day my friend came over, and I had just baked bread, so offered her some, and she was at the table, just about to eat, when Max literally sailed over the table, grabbed the bread, and had the entire fat slice down before he hit the floor, and he IMMEDIATELY went under the table, which is where he goes when he knows he's in trouble...I have changed the cooling area for the bread now, (to the top of the fridge....), because he has (in seconds) disposed of the ENTIRE loaf, before we even get a chance to cut it! He actually learned the jumping/standing at the counter while we had a basset hound stay with us for a while...after the basset left, Max knew how to drink from the toilet, stand at the counter, and several other irritating things that we worked hard to make NEVER happen, from pup hood...grrrr., but he has NEVER stolen food off of the counter or out of HANDS until recently...sim ply shocking, but funny too.:) It really seems to be the bread, but I notice that the more attention Ella (our Pyre) gets, the more he acts like a clinically attention starved sibling...whic h he's not. He gets more attention then Ella by a loooong shot, but the jealousy (on his side) is astounding. It sounds like you just have a character, full of personality... better then blahhh, right:)?
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: karen8 May 09, 2005, 11:54:38 PM
My malamute, Angel, will steal anything on the counter that is not nailed down if it has food on it.  I now keep all bread in the cupboard because she will steal the whole loaf.  It's a bit scary since she got sooooo sick from eating human food.  We had to carry her to the car because she couldn't walk (that was interesting!).  I find bowls and empty cans up in the dog pen.  I think she takes them up there to eat at her leisure.  It does help me to get the dishes done every night, tho.  No messes left for her to get into....unless I forget the bread again!

Karen R.
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: Saljen May 10, 2005, 12:22:33 AM
My Lab mix Rosie used to get up on the counter with her front paws and steal anything she could reach when she was younger but we pretty much broke her of it. She still goes for it tho occasionally for old times sake. Just the other night we looked over and she was snout deep in a tub of butter, eating away!

Now, its the INEDIBLE things that we've had the harder time keeping  her from eating! Plastic, leather, cotton, rubber, wood - she even got into some xmas decorations once and chomped on tree lights and some of those ball decorations before we could stop her! Its bizarre the things I have found half eaten in her 'lair' in the backyard. Sometimes things I didn't even know we had! LOL But we've finally found something that is helping. If we catch her in the act, take it away and say NO in a deep, disappointed sounding voice. Then, bring her one of her toys, say CHEW TOY all happy and when she starts chewing it, praise and praise her!
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: GYPSY JAZMINE May 10, 2005, 12:25:54 AM
The old bait & switch..lol... That's just what Samson's behaiviorilist said to do!...Works too huh? ;)
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: Saljen May 10, 2005, 12:29:53 AM
It really is so far! *knock on wood*
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: coonie1970 May 10, 2005, 06:12:16 AM
LOL We have pretty much gotten him trained to not take food from the kids hands when he isnt offered it. He still likes to hang around near my 2 year old JUST IN CASE and she likes to give him a taste of whatever she is eating. He wont take it right out of there hands though.
When he was about 8 or 9 months he ate a whole POGO (weiner with stick and batter). When I caught him with it in his mouth I YELLED NO JUDGE!! Well, he swallowed the WHOLE THING one big gulp and it was gone stick and all. I was so scared that it would hurt him but, a week later I fund the stick. You know were!!! LOL
Its so nice to here all your stores. They are so funny. LOL
Karen
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: GR8DAME May 10, 2005, 07:31:31 AM
Merlin has counter surfing/scarfing down to a fine art. I caught him standing on the counter with his front feet on the top of the fridge a week or so ago, after a loaf of bread. To date he has eaten four dozen peanut butter and sugar cookies (he opened the tuperware container), half a pizza off of the stove while we were eating it at the kitchen table, an entire jar of peanut butter out of the pantry when my daughter left the door open-how he managed to get the screwtop off is still a great mystery-, and numerous loaves of bread, muffins and biscuits(we assume to go with the peanut butter-with that much it still could be digesting. It is hard for the big guys, because everything is eye level, and oohhh, so tempting. We never had that problem with our dobies, only the danes. He will not snatch food out of anyone's hands, though, and when you do offer it to him, he has the softest mouth of any dog we've ever had. House rule is if it hits the floor, it belongs to the dogs, The pup's nickname is also Hoover. We have a time out blanket in our bedroom (ironically,just off the kitchen LOL) where he goes when he has sinned. Then he peeps around the door at yopu like some kind of mischeivios kid to see if it is safe to come out. If your gonna have a giant, you've got to have a sense of humor.
Stella
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: newflvr May 10, 2005, 08:34:07 AM
We had a dinner party for some of my husband's business associates out side.  My husband and I made a deal for one of us to stick close to the appetizer table at all times to protect it from wandering Newfies.  I took the women around the garden and as we coming back around the house I noticed that 1) my husband and buddies were no where to be seen and 2) the appetizer table was completely clean.....not a plate moved but nothing on it but the Greek olives...  And two disappearing Newfies with garlic breath!!

Dinner was served earlier than planned and my husband was the one on "time out"!!  He thought that they weren't paying attention to the food laid out and that they "weren't interested"!  Hmmm.  Guess they should have nominated for "best acting" Oscars!
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: lins_saving_grace May 10, 2005, 09:37:08 AM
Mine try it all the time.  Sometimes I never let them out of my sight.  They are still at that age where they are more like little kids that can't be trusted.  I've learned to push everything I don't want eaten into the middle of the counter and never within reach.  Lady is about 5 feet when stretched out and Grace is learning to reach onto counters. It's all fun to them...but it's annoying to us. 
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: ARCH10 May 10, 2005, 09:39:43 AM
my springer spaniel cody will lay on back porch & when he here's the screen door open he will get off real fast or for him fast as now he is 10 years old. Then we will play around in back yard a little. & i will feed the birds & do a  few chores & he can tell when I am about to go In the house again 7 he will go & Lay on top of back porch so i can not open door untill I pet him & love him up a little     
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: coonie1970 May 10, 2005, 12:32:51 PM
Usually I make sure everything is put away. The bread goes on the fridge. Judge has had his share of margarine and bread too.I guess my casserole was filling though. His dog food bowl is still full. LOL
Karen
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: Jaimie May 10, 2005, 02:22:57 PM
My new pooch Sasha is a die hard for cat food.  I keep the cat food on top of my dresser and I have caught her 3 times on the bed with front feet on the dresser eating it as fast as possible. Also one time I forgot the little cat treat dish( pounce) on the coffee table and she chewed right trough it and ate ALL of it( it was brand new).  My Dobe Ace has eaten a whole block of butter in the past, wrapper and all.
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: Sullivan May 10, 2005, 03:27:58 PM
I'm scared.  Seamus has just now figured out how tall he is.  It is like it just came to him one day..."I can see and REACH anything that is on the counter".  He has only done it once or twice, but he is sure spending a lot of extra time in the kitchen lately.  Now I know what i have to look forward to. >:(
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: karen8 May 10, 2005, 03:59:47 PM
Angel's best (worst?) eating disaster was when she was just about 1 year old.  She took a small chew toy (average size, I guess) from my mom's dog.  My son and I sternly told her to drop it and instead she took off running.  We chased her into a corner of the kitchen and rather than give it up, she swallowed it whole.  Of course, we totally freaked and called the vet.  Per vet's orders, we took her outside and using a turkey baster, shot a bit of hydrogen peroxide down her throat.  She started walking around the yard, then started making this sort of disgusting burping noise.  I swear that is the closest I've ever seen of a dog turning green in the face.  She gave us this reproachful and proceeded to barf up the toy.  She looked queasy for quite a while.  She also had a bad habit of eating socks whole...althou gh she seems to have outgrown that one. 
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: coonie1970 May 10, 2005, 07:50:57 PM
Im having more flashbacks.  :o Just before Christmas was about the worst for us. Judge was 9 months old. He managed to EAT a glass Christmas ornament, a whole bag of chocolates WRAPPED in tinfoil ( the only evidance was chocolate slobber all over my bed),my bed post( YES BEDPOST) the rung of a chair, the edge of the coffee table and the pogo. Im not sure if it was because we were out more or because he was teething ?? Since then he has not distroyed any furniture or eaten anything harmfull. TOUCH WOOD. OH yes we also came home to the Christmas tree at the front door. OUR PRESENT I guess. LOL Its all really funny now . Id just tell everyone that Judge NEVER chews our shoes he is such a good dog. HEEEHEEEHEEE.  ::)
Karen
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: Animalscry2 May 10, 2005, 08:16:23 PM
 Our Rottweiler once, while we were gone ate a whole bag of holloween chocolates. We came home & realized what he had done almosdt right away. Called our vet, who told us to just "keep an eye on him." Thanks Gawd nothing serious happened. I'm sure Prince had an upset tummy though. One time he had got a hold of a rawhide & swallowed it whole. He started choking on it. we tried the Heimlich on him & i know the rawhide moved so he could breathe. THen called the vet. He told me to give him bread with lots of butter on it. It worked!! The rawhide passed & we never bought them again.
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: Saljen May 11, 2005, 12:45:43 AM
Im having more flashbacks.  :o Just before Christmas was about the worst for us. Judge was 9 months old. He managed to EAT a glass Christmas ornament, a whole bag of chocolates WRAPPED in tinfoil ( the only evidance was chocolate slobber all over my bed),my bed post( YES BEDPOST) the rung of a chair, the edge of the coffee table and the pogo...
Karen

Wow, and I thot it was only my dog that did that! My Rosie got into an old bag of xmas decorations once. It was really funny - there were some old things that I had stored outside by the shed that I needed to get rid of. When Rosie got to be around 6 months old she started taking care of that for me. She had begun to snatch things from the house and take them out to shred and eat, so I would have to regularly go thru the backyard and pick up after her, esp to make sure there was nothing there she could hurt herself on. She would take such offense when I'd pick up her "lair." (which is exactly what she turned the backyard into there for awhile!) I began to realize she was getting into these bags of stuff and shredding them, eating parts, and scattering the rest all over the yard when I began to recognize things from years ago! Well, it was December and we had just started decorating for xmas. One day, my son and I are in the kitchen, and suddenly we hear sleigh bells! *ching ching ching* like santa was here! We look at each other like 'wha???" then look for the sound, realize its coming from the open window and both say 'the dogs!" We go outside to find Rosie walking around the backyard with a string of sleigh bells hanging out of her mouth and banging on the ground, and the entire yard littered with the remains of xmas decorations!!! We found half chewed tree lights, broken pieces of glass ornaments, a half eaten santa figure, plastic pointsettas everywhere and tons of other xmas things, mostly in pieces. Sure we were concerned about the potential lights and glass bits in her stomach, but more than anything, we couldn't help but laugh our heads off at the fact that she had gotten into THAT particular sack right at this time of year!!! My son said that she just wanted to help decorate! LOL And tho I was appreciative of her trying to help  :D, the decorations had to go! I swear she was upset about it too! And that certainly opened my eyes a bit, so afterwards, I finally got all the old stuff out of the yard. Now the worse she ever eats is the occasional stolen sock. She DID eat a chunk of the WALL once tho...
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: coonie1970 May 11, 2005, 07:00:37 AM
LOl I just love all these stories. It is nice to know others have had the same FUN as we have. You just gotta love our big dogs. Nothing little here. They even chew and eat BIG. Oue SHOES are safe but.... ::) LOL
Karen
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: nickerbokker May 11, 2005, 07:45:36 AM
lol, so my grandma hates animals right....well she doesn't hate them, shes just not a fan.  so one day, she was baby sitting me and my older sister kelly at our house, and we had a puppy named bailey who was several months old (and was saitan!) and she was in the kitchen and bailey went into the laundry room because grandma forgot to close the door.....well, baileys favorite game was steal the clothes and run around and swallow it while you try to catch her....i was asleep upstairs as was kelly, but grandma started chasing around bailey because she had gotten a hold of a sock and she wanted to get it away from her.....bailey ran and ran around our kitchen table until the whole sock was swallowed, and when my grandma realized it, she freaked out and called my mom who told ehr to call the vet who told her to give her ipecac.  she did, and once i woke up, i came down to a VERY sick little bailey who had saliva hanging out of her mouth and who threw up the rest of the day....THE DAMN IPECAC ABOUT KILLED HER MORE THAN THE SOCK WOULD HAVE.....anywa y.....bailey is gone now, but i have two dogs of my own and while my family was here in april to visit, my grandma wouldn't come ANYWHERE NEAR the dogs LOL....she was so scared she had killed bailey that it almost killed her...and now, she refuses to go near animals. 

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: Oingo May 11, 2005, 07:57:24 AM
Red, my bullmastiff mix has discovered the joys of counter surfing, also.   ;D  Typical stuff, like has been mentioned.  But recently, I ran out of the kitchen for a moment (that's all it takes, right?!?) only to come back and find 3 lbs of raw ground beef missing and a very guilty dog. 
I work at a vet and ironically had a situation that day that required we induce vomiting in a springer spaniel.  So I figured that 3 lbs of RAW ground beef was a bit much and my dog would end up getting sick anyway, better under controlled circumstances than on my bed in the middle of the night.  According to the vet I work for, hydrogen peroxide does the trick everytime...bu t at 10cc's per pound of dog, we were looking at pouring the whole bottle down the dog's throat!!  Well, it worked and I have the gruesome pictures to prove it!!  Not exactly a picnic cleaning up, but as I mentioned, better outside on the driveway than in my bed or on my head!!

Oingo
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: Scootergirl May 11, 2005, 08:58:42 AM
All of you make me feel so good! I have a golden retriever/collie mix who has a special penchant for wood. I have no bedroom door because he chewed that up once in my absence. He has also chewed up the divider doors between the dining room and the living room, the door to the garage, the wooden tv trays, chair legs, etc. But the worst thing he does is chew through the neigbor's wooden fence. Our neighbors are not dog people, but God bless them they have been extremely tolerant. When Oasis started chewing through our wooden fence to get out and run the neighborhood or visit the McDonald's across the highway (scaing the bejesus out of me), we took out a 2nd mortgage on our house to put up a 7 ft. vinyl fence. To save money, we left the neighbor's wooden fence exposed on that side. It didn't take Oasis long to figure out that he could chew through that fence, get into their backyard then chew through their gate to get out. We have repaired their fence numerous times and they are no longer anywhere near amused. They don't speak to us any more unless it's absolutely necessary. Oasis is never in the backyard unmonitored anymore either.

He also loves WAX! I remember coming home one time and seeing red all over his face and paws. I freaked out and ran over to him to find out where he was bleeding from and what had happened only to discover he had just eaten a tube of lipstick he nabbed off my dresser. And, I cannot leave candles out where he can get them or he will digest them as well. The good thing about wax is, it moves through quite easily and makes for a very festive-looking stool!
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: Oingo May 11, 2005, 09:05:12 AM
The good thing about wax is, it moves through quite easily and makes for a very festive-looking stool!

LOL LOL....ya gotta love that!!  Hey, if ya gotta pick up poop at least it can be "pretty" sometimes...LO L!!!!
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: bhender254 May 11, 2005, 09:09:13 AM
My female Pyr Sugar will steal homemade bread off of the counter.  Only if it is homemade, she leaves the store bought stuff alone.
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: coonie1970 May 11, 2005, 10:48:57 AM
HEEHEEHEE!!! Judge LOVES crayons. Now that makes for a very colourful poop. I dont think my kids have any crayons left.Last week Katey wanted to colour, when she asked were the crayons went I told her to go look in the pail in the back yard. Off she went ;), when she realized what I meant she said "MOM!!! Thats gross!!" I said " Well next time maybe you will pick up your crayons?? Right??" She just rolled her eyes. LOL We really need a devil smily on here.
Karen
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: lins_saving_grace May 11, 2005, 11:02:02 AM
oh we all have lots to look forward to...the days they spend exploring their new found biggness.  :) 
Grace has developed a new habit.  Last night I lost 2 cups of coffee and a Mt. Dew while I was out with Lady.  She gets on the couch and stuffs her big head into the cups and or cans and they spill all over.  I may have run out of furniture polish since I had to wipe the table down so much.  And since she drank 2 cups of coffee and 1 Mt. Dew she was on a caffeine rush until midnight.  I was SO mad.  And she was mad at me for being so mean.