Devil Dog
I had just sat down this morning. I had a cup of coffee, two rice cakes and the paper. The telephone rang. I went into the dining room to answer it. I wasn’t on the phone for two minutes. Came back to this:
At least she didn’t have her head in my coffee this time.
Right after lunch I realized that Sugar wasn’t underfoot. Uh oh. She wasn’t making a sound with the pork chops. I had fried all of them and planned to have the rest for a second meal. There were seven boneless sirloin chops on the plate cooling. Two are left.
September 26th, 2005 at 4:56 pm
Who? Me? She sure is a cutie, and growing so fast! No wonder the appetite. Ha, ha. I sure hope these dogs slow down some in a year or so. I’ve lost 5 lbs already just walking Maggie. Linn
September 26th, 2005 at 6:01 pm
The lesson is to always keep anything edible at the very least on the highest shelf in the house when a puppy is present (or any dog, for that matter).
Many years ago, I was frying some burgers in a cyclonic oven I had, and had left the buns on the counter ready to go. I went into the living room for a few seconds, and when I returned to the kitchen, the Massive Mangy Mountain of Mutt had already devoured one bun and was just about to start on the second. (Nowadays, I just wish food was the only thing she chewed on.) And Sheba was four years old at the time!!! (Sorry to disturb you further, Moos.)
Kirk (or mlncb), along with the dog who ate my home
September 26th, 2005 at 7:22 pm
Now I have to admit I am a little ashamed of Sugar if she will eat rice cakes. BUT if you had a choice of boneless sirloin pork chops and dog food, what would you eat? She isn’t dumb, either! You’ll have to leave her outside when you are cooking. bonnie
September 26th, 2005 at 9:31 pm
Just wait until she learns to open the fridge. Then you’ll really be in trouble!
September 27th, 2005 at 5:02 am
Good girl!
Cheers,
Mr. H.K.
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September 27th, 2005 at 7:31 am
I have a whole list of things that are “not for puppies” ranging from birth control pills to the frozen beef brisket!
September 27th, 2005 at 9:57 am
My brother had a wonderful Sheltie mix who enjoyed a wide variety of “food,” including raw carrots and potatoes, a used tea bag (we hope, it had a string), Hershey Kisses, and a dozen chocolate chip cookies he had to get onto the kitchen table to eat. He died of old age.
Montannie
September 27th, 2005 at 10:56 am
You are just going to have to put a bell on her, at least that way you can hear her. She is a cutie tho.
September 27th, 2005 at 4:55 pm
This surprises you why? I have 8 dogs and one of them is extremely agile and can jump a 4ft chain link fence from a stand still. That is Tug. Another is a rather large but agile dog named Rip, half lab, half mystery. I had a hamburger patty on the back eye of the stove in a little pan cooking away. When I went to get it, no burger. Either Tug jumped up on the stove or Rip reached it someway but a dog stole it while it was cooking. That one did surprise me. Dogs are amazing creatures and inventive when it comes to food and thievery.
September 28th, 2005 at 8:35 am
I HAD A DOG ONE TIME AND WAS TRYING TO TRAIN IT TO NOT EAT SO MUCH…. BEFORE I COULD GET IT TRAINED IT DIED. ARE YOU TRYING THE SAME THING????? MAYBE THAT IS WHY YOUR FOOD IS MISSING…
September 28th, 2005 at 5:05 pm
It takes a lot to surprise me. My malamute Ti stole anything edible - her idea of edible, not mine: frozen chicken; a pan of brownies (she got on the kitchen counter and left the pan there - with just the crispy corners still intact); muskrats from traps; road apples; can of Crisco; bags of flour; and my all time favorite - bean dip that she opened a styrofoam cooler to get to. The rest of that Jeep ride was pungent.
The rice cakes were peanut butter & chocolate chip ones - still like eating packing peanuts.
October 3rd, 2005 at 5:59 am
I have to watch my cats too. One of them will devour a whole turkey if she is in the house while it is on the counter or table. The other one makes a bee line for the ice cream bowl, if I set it down for a minute. She ate 5 whole chops in one sitting? I would have been more than a little peeved…lol
Michele sent me.