What should I do with a thieving little git.

[timwilky]

So son has arranged to come round for tea at 6. Nought special for him, just sausage and mash. Git is late, so we have eaten ours and in the process of washing up when son turns up.

We have a go saying how it has been on the table for 20 minutes and what an ungrateful sod you are for not turning up and he gives us a mouthful and goes through for his cold meal. Walking back 30 seconds later, we presume to shove it in the microwave, moaning is this it.

So no sausages, half the mash potato, a bit of broccoli and half a fried egg on the plate.

One Jack Russell looking sheepish with a swollen tummy. Have we found the culprit? What is a suitable punishment?

[Teejayexc]

No punishment required. Son was late, JR took his opportunity, end of.

[Littlepeahead]

I worked from home today as I'm still a bit knackered with shingles. At 5pm I fed the 2 cats.

At 5.40pm Mr LPH gets home, he forgot I was WFH and I had the office door shut upstairs so he proceeds to feed the cats again.

Do they stand there, paws over bowls saying, 'No, we've had food, really, we couldn't eat another whole sachet each, really, we've been fed already'?

No.

They scoffed the second one and then came up to my office looking all fat and smug.

The punishment should be to make your son cook his own dinner in future - that'll teach him to be late.

[Jabba]

No punishment required. Son was late, JR took his opportunity, end of.

Take to food from your JR's bowl and give it your son. Justice all round ;-)

[maviczap]

Its a dog eat dog world

[fizzwheel]

Could be worse, could have two Labs, that eat anything and everything.

They've done the two dinners trick before, i..e I came home fed them, then had to nip out, Liz came home and fed them again as they persuaded her they hadnt been fed.

The raided their food bin one day. Ate a good third of it, I didnt twig straight away and they still ate their tea on top of all of that.

It was only when I touched Tess' tummy to pet her and she yelped and I realised her tummy was swollen tight as a drum skin I started to realise what the little monkies had done.

Never under estimate the intelligence of a dog where there is food involved.

[maviczap]

Yes my sisters labs opened the fridge door and wolfed down the steak that was supposed to be a treat for me.

Again the butter wouldn't melt in my mouth look in the morning when she came down to the kitchen

[atassiedevil]

Hand him this note.

"Your dinner is in the dog"

And then get him to make himself a sandwich.
Shouldn't have been late, or cheeky.

[timwilky]

yes, all dogs are thieves

I used to have an Afghan that could open the fridge door and pinch the cheese. But it would also nick the treats off the tree at chrimbo

[Littlepeahead]

I put one of those toddler locks on the mum in law's fridge to stop her cat opening the door and stealing raw sausages.

[Red Herring]

We spent ages training our dog as a puppy never to accept food from strangers or to eat anything not in her bowl. It can be quite amusing at BBQs watching visitors trying to feed her a sausage and her looking to us for permission to take it.....oh those eyes!

Just wish we had spent as much time training the kids. Even in their 20s they think nothing of coming home in the early hours and just helping themselves to next day lunch!

[Littlepeahead]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NQCwHluBqFc

[MattCollins]

Both got what they deserved by the sound of it... :D

The dog seems to have a sense of justice.


I have found that it is easier to laugh at the antics and mischief of my JackX than to tell him off for it.

[timwilky]

Well, surprise surprise. Son turned up today early for his tea. Still, it meant he went back home early so win win

[BanannaMan]

Reward the dog for teaching your son a lesson.

[dirtydog]

No punishment needed for the dog.

My dog has nicked food before, definitely not clever enough to open the fridge though!