Naughty Puppy

My naughty little puppy tried stealing food of the kitchen counter this morning, i had put his food bowl on the side with his breakfast in whilst i put my bike gear on so that i could put his bowl down for him and go (keeps him busy and doesn't see me leave), after telling him off i decided to put mustard covered bread on the work top in the hopes that he will taste the mustard and spit it out and wont steal again (i put several pieces of bread out for him to find). I also put a piece in his bowl and left that on the side after i hand fed his chicken wings.

I came home to find mustard smears on the floor and one piece of mustard bread left on the floor, food bowl upside down and empty... he then picked up the bread in front of me and sat there and ate it.... i don't think he liked it much from the look on his face and the way he was licking it... but i can't believe the cheek of it to save a bit to eat in front of me lol. So much for trying to punish him for stealing that way

What have your pets done to question whether they are making fun of you?

Many years ago when food was scarce and petrol was about 50p a gallon my mum used to keep used coking fat in a cup.

One day my little Jack Russell (deceased) jumped up and ate it all. As it made her thirsty she went to the gold fish bowl and drank rather a lot.

She deposited the by product all over the kitchen floor!

My mum did this to our dog about 15 years ago, I remember it very well, although it must have been awful for 'Jake' it was very funny to watch as a child. My mum gave him mustard butties as he'd done the same sort of thing as yours, he seemed ok and mum thought ' well he's not learned a thing,......until that night!!' he woke the whole street up as he'd ran out of drinking water (about 1 1/2 litre bowl) and was howling to get outside, the moment my mum let him out he pelkted it across the road and started drinkin from a puddle in the street (we lived in a farming village so roads werent as dangerous then), he was very distressed but as I said, very funny to watch as a child, he WILL learn.

take it easy

Originally Posted by pearsoph

My mum did this to our dog about 15 years ago, I remember it very well, although it must have been awful for 'Jake' it was very funny to watch as a child. My mum gave him mustard butties as he'd done the same sort of thing as yours, he seemed ok and mum thought ' well he's not learned a thing,......until that night!!' he woke the whole street up as he'd ran out of drinking water (about 1 1/2 litre bowl) and was howling to get outside, the moment my mum let him out he pelkted it across the road and started drinkin from a puddle in the street (we lived in a farming village so roads werent as dangerous then), he was very distressed but as I said, very funny to watch as a child, he WILL learn.

take it easy

Lol yes he has plenty of water available... he is currently fast asleep by the front patio doors as if nothing has happened lol.... Puppies gggrrrr lol they are too cute to stay mad at for long.

[Luckypants]

Dunno about puppies, but the old fella (14 yo Retriever) has started raiding the bin. Tries putting in mustard / curry powder / chillies on stuff and on the rim of the bin, bring it on, he laps it up! Tried sneaking down at night to catch him, but he always manages to be with the 'puppy' (his 9yo son) so cannot give him 100% blame - so he gets away with it. He has arthritis in his shoulder and limps badly but still manages to wriggle inside big swingtop bin for titbits without knocking it over or making a noise. He is a ninja bin raider, I decided!

Caught him red handed the other night at about 2 am. I could not sleep and heard the lid slid back. Found him in the boot room, surrounded by treasure and on his own, looking well sheepish. Got a slap and telling off, no raiding since.........

worse than kids!

Yeah I've got a 3 year old staffie and I still call him 'puppy travis' cos he looks so cute!!

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Dunno about puppies, but the old fella (14 yo Retriever) has started raiding the bin. Tries putting in mustard / curry powder / chillies on stuff and on the rim of the bin, bring it on, he laps it up! Tried sneaking down at night to catch him, but he always manages to be with the 'puppy' (his 9yo son) so cannot give him 100% blame - so he gets away with it. He has arthritis in his shoulder and limps badly but still manages to wriggle inside big swingtop bin for titbits without knocking it over or making a noise. He is a ninja bin raider, I decided!

Caught him red handed the other night at about 2 am. I could not sleep and heard the lid slid back. Found him in the boot room, surrounded by treasure and on his own, looking well sheepish. Got a slap and telling off, no raiding since.........

worse than kids!

Quality!! Love to hear stories like that, especially from the more responsible/mature ones..

[timwilky]

When I was a kid. Well big one. We had a couple of Afghan Hounds. They were a pain for scrounging my supper. so I ended up buying them their own curry. Greedy sods wolfed down the lot. Boy what a laxitive. I am glad I wasn't first up in the morning. Apperently my mother had rather a mess to clean up.

Got my orders. No more curry for the dogs. I used to get earache for raiding the chrismas chocolates. until one day whilst we were extreamly relaxed. Yuk (Yes that was the name) looked round and thought everyone was asleep. He walked upto the coffee table and took a mars bar. We all saw it and I was off the hook for my chocky munching as I could now blame the dog.

Current dog is a Jack Russel. A few of the Pennine Massive have met Jasper. We now no longer put cups of tea or glasses of beer within reach of Jasper. He has a stronger constitution than the wife/daughter as he has no problem with my chillis