Damned four-legged fiend strikes again!

[thewayne]

This time the casualties were a bag and a half of Pepperidge English muffins plus most of a bar of Swiss dark chocolate with orange.

This is getting ridiculous. I have no problem with giving the poodle an occasional apple, but this counter surfing is getting to be a bit much. That's probably $15 in groceries in less than a week and leaves me with nothing for breakfast as my normal breakfast is one English muffin with peanut butter on it. I've no rice milk for cereal, so I guess it's unthaw the last of my organic chicken apple sausage and finish off the eggs.

Decidedly not a happy camper.

Comments

[vasco-pyjama.livejournal.com]

My family comes from a region in China where they eat dogs... Not me, of course. I'm vego. But recipes always available...

*evil*.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

We might take you up on that!

[vasco-pyjama.livejournal.com]

Hainanese dog soup, mate. Better believe it.

[deborak]

Uh, dogs don't belong in houses. ;-)

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I'm sorta beginning to lean that way!

[cardigirl.livejournal.com]

One of my mother's dogs was a counter-surfer; everything had to be put up high or it was eaten. And chocolate is reallyreally bad for dogs, btw.

But f*ckall to anyone who doesn't think dogs belong in houses. By that light, cats all belong in barns too.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Oh, we definitely know about the badness of chocolate for dogs, I can't think of her having stolen chocolate before. Russet believes that she was going after the apples, couldn't reach them, and pulled off what was in the area that smelled good.

With her 50 lbs weight and the fact that it was half a bar of chocolate, she seems fine. As it happens, the vet is coming over today for her annual and shots.

[cardigirl.livejournal.com]

Chocolate seems to be a bit hit-or-miss, I agree -- my sister's Samoyed as a half-grown youngster ate an entire bowl of Hershey's kisses to no ill effect beyond foil-sparkled poop. I'm amazed Celeste is only 50# though! My guys are 30# each; shows ya what an illusion those short legs can be. And a home-visiting vet? Sheesh; life'o'reilly. ;)

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the vet wants us to keep her at around 50 lbs., she might be a bit higher at the moment. Not only does the vet make house calls, she's the wife of Russet's boss. ;-)

[cardigirl.livejournal.com]

At 30# my guys aren't fat, they're right where they ought to be. (Poca's a wee bit less, but females aren't as big as the males overall.) They're *soft* because they don't get nearly enough exercise, but that's a different issue. The two weeks I was out of the country, they got large yards and lots of four-legged friends to romp around with -- because corgwyn kept them on the same food alottment, I came home to an anorexic-looking Saint! He was positively bony... now he's himself again.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Post-vet visit: Celeste is at 55#, which we pretty much knew, so we're going to cut her down a little and hopefully the three of us will start getting some more exercise. It's difficult with Russet's hours, but we'll see what we can do.

And Russ tried the other "accordian" door block, and it fits the kitchen entry. :-)

[cteare.livejournal.com]

We run our dogs in agility. The dogs love it. You should see my corgi, Tucker jumping up and down when he knows it's time to go to class.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I've been wondering what that was after reading about it on your blog. Is there a web site that would describe it? I tend to doubt there's any events near us, we're pretty darn rural.

[cteare.livejournal.com]

We normally run AKC trials. Here's the link for that: AKC

There's also another organization called NADAC: NADAC

I can't seem to find many sites that describe it. Most give the rules, or links for classes.

[cteare.livejournal.com]

Of course dogs belong in the house. :)

[apostate-96.livejournal.com]

I understand your frustratino. There's a reason our cats are banned from the dining room table. They're not likely to eat much, but knocking things off, especially breakable things, can be a real pain in the ass to deal with.

[cteare.livejournal.com]

Looks like you need higher counters or a smaller dog. I don't have to worry about ours getting anything on the counters. The largest is my PWC, he only weighs in at 27 lbs, and has very short legs.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I'm considering putting a kid's screening door on the kitchen to keep her out when we're not at home.

[cardigirl.livejournal.com]

A wise and practical solution. Also one my mom had to do, eventually, with her counter-surfing pointer.

[cteare.livejournal.com]

Ours stay in their crates when we're not home. Our oldest Pap likes to chew electrical cords. We've found it safer to keep them confined. But my husband and I work different schedules, so they don't have to stay in the crates for extended periods.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

We currently don't have a crate, don't know how the dog would react. She was born/raised by breeders, so it might work ok. But a lot of her mischef happens when one or both of us is here and asleep, so I don't know if crating would help.

Fortunately she doesn't (YET!) chew on things like electrical cords or network cables.

[cteare.livejournal.com]

A lot of our foster dogs aren't crate trained when we get them. That's one of the first things we work on. This last one whined a lot about it, but now he runs into his crate without any problem, because he knows he'll get a treat, and he has special toys in there.

[cardigirl.livejournal.com]

Owned by a Pem! Yay! My guys are both Cardis... ;)

[cteare.livejournal.com]

Yup! 1 Pem and 3 paps.

[cardigirl.livejournal.com]

And I saw on your own LJ you do fostering.

*bows with respect*

[cteare.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Yeah, in fact we have a foster right now, so that's 5 dogs to wrangle in the mornings before work. It can make things a bit hectic.