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AIBU in expecting the pug to pull its weight?

49 replies

tinkertitonk · 04/01/2011 19:49

I have just knocked a pot of rice (cold, luckily) onto the floor with my fat bum hip while reaching for another chocolate biscuit. Obviously this was the fault of someone else, man or mil, despite my being alone in the kitchen at the time. My question, however, is whether IABU in expecting the pug, a dog that cost far too much, to eat the spillage? Its look of baffled condescension infuriates me, especially as it will hoover up any mince ground fillet steak with supersonic efficiency.

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mutznutz · 04/01/2011 19:52

Pour some gravy over the rice...launch dog towards it with a kick gentle push and shut the door.

MatureUniStudent · 04/01/2011 19:53

My Jack will only eat frozen grapes, halved. Fresh - no. Whole - no. So I think your pug is showing typical doggy behaviour which all small dogs have - fussiness. Get yourself a nice Labrador and they will hoover up anything without a second glance. Or just let the toddler loose on the kitchen floor...

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 04/01/2011 19:53

YANBU, clearing up spillages is what dogs are for.

sharbie · 04/01/2011 19:54

yy what you need is a labrador

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 04/01/2011 19:54

MatureUniStudent, grapes (and raisins!) are toxic to dogs!

dessen · 04/01/2011 19:55

Dog should be doing it's job of cleaning the floor. Is rice ok for pugs?

JarethTheGoblinKing · 04/01/2011 19:56

See, I was undecided about breed of dog, but this clinches is - Labrador it is :)
(though spaniels and collies are pretty damn efficient hoovers as well)

Vallhala · 04/01/2011 19:57

MatureuniStudent, OldLady is right. FGS please don't ever give a dog grapes or raisins.

TotorosOcarina · 04/01/2011 19:57

My pugs wouldn't eat rice, they would sniff it and walk away.

sharbie · 04/01/2011 19:57

go chocolate jareth - they don't show the mud

Vallhala · 04/01/2011 19:59

Oh, and be warned... my Labrador wouldn't dream of doing anything as vulgar and revolting as clear up spillages.

My younger German Shepherd, on the other hand... well, so long as it isn't the carpet, he'll eat it. :o

MatureUniStudent · 04/01/2011 20:00

No way Old and Vall?? Good Lord and she has survived 3 years of our Grape abuse... I stand before you mollified and ashamed. Who would have thought it - thank goodness I didn't give her chocolate covered raisins and ate those myself.

MadamDeathstare · 04/01/2011 20:01

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JarethTheGoblinKing · 04/01/2011 20:05

Excellent point sharbie

JarethTheGoblinKing · 04/01/2011 20:08

Valhalla (and other dog experts) is there anything else dogs shouldn't eat? I was only aware of chocolate!

(are satsumas OK, for example)

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 04/01/2011 20:11

Satsumas fine, members of the onion family (including garlic, leek etc) are not. Obviously chocolate is a no no.

They're not necessarily immediately lethal, but can cause (I think - Val will know more) kidney damage.

JarethTheGoblinKing · 04/01/2011 20:13

tbh I'd avoid anything onion/garlic related due to the inevitable toxic cloud that would follow a few hours later. :)

Had no idea these things are toxic though! Shock

tinkertitonk · 04/01/2011 20:16

Most of you are boasting in a supercilious fashion about the superiority of your own dogs (or toddlers). This is hurtful and off-topic. The topic, ladies and gents, is the pug. Please stick to it. (Well, I did mention rice and chocolate biscuits, so strictly speaking contributions in those directions are permitted. My fat bum hips are not up for discussion, however.)

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OldLadyKnowsNothing · 04/01/2011 20:17

There's a list of the top 25 here.

JarethTheGoblinKing · 04/01/2011 20:17

Yes, but your thread is proving useful for other people, so deal with it :)

DaisySteiner · 04/01/2011 20:18

My little terrier snaffled a massive slice of Christmas cake while we were at my godparents' house over xmas weekend. Cue much embarrassment and apologies and a phone call to the emergency vet re raisin/currant toxicity. Fortunately he's fine, but it was v. worrying and the rest of the family seemed to think we were being totally precious-first-dog about it Angry

RoadCraftGuru · 04/01/2011 20:19

Surely MILs and DHs are also on topic as we are assured that one of them was responsible.

Do either of them have a particularly fat bum prominent hips?

Obvhadtochange · 04/01/2011 20:21

Plain rice? Of course not. Don't you have any sauce? Or duck?

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 04/01/2011 20:21

So, tinkertitot, are you going to sack the pug?

Simbacatlives · 04/01/2011 20:21

My lab won't eat roadkill. Only thing she eats from the floor is steak really (well and pizza) but not cake or biscuit or potato etc

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