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To throw my welly at the dog

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LadyBeagleEyes · 29/08/2011 21:02

I had southern fried chicken nuggets (from M&S no less) for my teen son. He loves them (I hate them)so I made some chips and had a (very) occasional steak for myself which ds does't like.
My dog jumped on the counter and nicked my steak, so I threw said welly at him
(I did miss) but now he's skulking around glaring at me.
He knows how cross I am, and I'm sitting here ignoring him even though he keeps trying to catch my eye, and when he does he wags his tail.
So do I ignore him or do I forgive?
How will he learn, I'm just so cross?
The nicking things of the counter is coming more prevalent, I adore him but I know that he's already forgotten why I'm annoyed and me huffing doesn't do it really, does it.
I put this on AIBU because I'm not sure if it should be on the doghouse or relationships. Smile Hmm

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Empusa · 29/08/2011 21:42

My old cat was just as bad.
One christmas my mum had left some chicken legs in a dish covered in tin foil on the side in the kitchen. I went into the kitchen later to find her sat happily chewing on a chicken leg in her bowl.
Bearing in mind the cat never ate food in her bowl, she always used to take food out and eat it off the floor, I assumed someone had given it to her. Plus the foil was still over the dish, and the bowl was on the other side of the room.

Turns out she'd nicked the leg, without damaging or moving the foil, and put it in her bowl. Almost as if she was trying to make us think she;d been given it.

OracleInaCoracle · 29/08/2011 21:42

Benji's a jack/westie. He likes to have to work for his food. Its no fun if we just put his bowl down Grin he's not clever (in fact, he's a little dim) just ballsy.

Mrsdv, 'nuff said. That scene in marley and me where he eats a whole bag of food reminds me of our old lab.

OracleInaCoracle · 29/08/2011 21:42

Benji's a jack/westie. He likes to have to work for his food. Its no fun if we just put his bowl down Grin he's not clever (in fact, he's a little dim) just ballsy.

Mrsdv, 'nuff said. That scene in marley and me where he eats a whole bag of food reminds me of our old lab.

hatwoman · 29/08/2011 21:44

pmsl at the dog waiting for cover of darkness

Empusa · 29/08/2011 21:45

Our dog also managed to get a pack of shortbread that I'd hidden on my desk behind my computer monitor. So not easy to get to at all.

And he did it all without disturbing any of the other things on my desk.

Still don't know how he managed it!

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LadyBeagleEyes · 29/08/2011 21:46

MmeLindor Yup, I'm a soft touch. I need to toughen up. I've got two cats as well, who bring in all sorts of wildlife. What can you do?
squeakytoy your dog was a genius.

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RoyalWelsh · 29/08/2011 21:47

A couple of years ago DP bought me an advent calendar with chocolate in. It was the first Christmas with the dog. I went out in a rush one day and left the advent calendar in the kitchen up on the work top where I thought it was out of reach. When I came back, all the chocolate had been eaten, but the plasticand the cardboard cover were almost perfectly intact! I have never been so impressed and angry with that dog in all her life.

LotteryWinnersOnAcid · 29/08/2011 21:50

I made lamb burgers and left them on the counter. My dog delicately took a little nibble of each patty, obviously thinking I wouldn't notice. Of course I did, because they were no longer round but slightly mangled...

squeakytoy · 29/08/2011 21:53

Spot was definately a character.. everyone in the neighbourhood knew him.... some far too well.... there were a few puppies with unusually long ears born to neighbours dogs.. Confused... and I do remember a man coming round to see my dad to tell him that Spot had "been at his bitch"... Grin

This was back in the 70's when dogs had a lot more freedom to roam Wink.. and Spot certainly did some roaming... Dad would take him out round the canal every night.. and quite often would be strolling along, enjoying his cig... only to turn round and see Spot lolloping off in the opposite direction, ears a flapping in the wind... Dad would come home muttering about "that bloody dog"... and about 5am a very very loud howling would come at the back door as the wanderer returned..

It is possible that Spot was also possible for the introduction of wheely bins, and people having to put their own bins out.. as our house was the only one where the binmen refused to come into the garden to collect the bin... due to Spot removing one bloke of his trousers as he lugged the bin out one morning..

The tv man from Radio Rental also put our house on a ban... for a similar incident.

He did live to the ripe old age of 17, probably due to the diet of boiled egg with soldiers that my soft old mother cooked for him every day.. (only wholemeal toast mind you).. and generally being a very pampered pooch!

wildfig · 29/08/2011 21:58

Never underestimate the length of a basset hound when it comes to kitchen counters. They also have a tractor beam of greed which draws food into snaffling distance.

TheRealMBJ · 29/08/2011 21:58

Gets Wine

Waits....

Vallhala · 29/08/2011 22:14

"You wait till the Doghouse lot see this and pitch over here. You'll be flamed and told you're breaking the law and that you must rehome your dog. Never post anything about dogs on MN, it's the first rule of MN."

It took a lot longer than I thought it might for that to be said! :o

Nope. Failed! :o Lady's a good un and Doghouse folk know that.

Lady, two things...

  1. Don't associate you with the telling off. Set the bugger up with a treat on the side and hide quietly behind the door. Catch him unawares and use a shock tactic (no, not a blooming welly! :o ) like a plastic bottle filled with lentils or a set of keys, or something else that makes a harmless but surprising noise and shock him by lobbing it at the floor (not near him of course, you don't want him hurt). Patience is key, you'll have to do it a few times until he associates loud nasty noises with stealing. If YOU go in yelling it's understandable but all he'll do is watch and wait until you're not looking and carry on. Dogs are devious beggars like that! Besides, you must be his source of comfort and not a source of loud yelling, tempting as that is, or he will get mixed messages and that can bring its own problems.
  1. When you go to bed tonight, whether you have faith or not, thank the fella upstairs that you own a Beagle and not a Greyhound. They have the monopoly on counter-surfing!
MmeLindor. · 29/08/2011 22:16

Valhalla
:o

Wish you had been around to tell that to my mum, might have saved her a lb of fish.

Vallhala · 29/08/2011 22:20

Mme, trust me... I've fostered greyhounds! They do not care that this is a non meat eating house and they CAN get right up onto tables and kitchen surfaces with amazing ease. Beagles... pah! Beagles are nothing in comparison!

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LadyBeagleEyes · 29/08/2011 22:33

Valhalla-your'e back to your origial name then?
I'm going to bed now, but looking for advice on recall.
The little bugger just won't come back.

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SnapesMistress · 29/08/2011 22:36

My Gran's old dog once ate an entire box of mars bars once, how it didn't die I'll never know :o

My cat often steals from everywhere including our plates. Once she got out the kitchen window and went down the whole block of flats going into everyone elses kitchen windows and stealing all thier leftovers. I was Shock and Angry and Blush when my neighbor alerted me and I had to coax her out of the kitchen of the Asian students who live down the hall.

ddubsgirl · 29/08/2011 22:37

mines going back and forth between me & dh,i have ice cream and he has biscuits giving us the hard done by look lol
hes only done it a couple of times but we do have to remind the kids not to leave plate on table with food on it as things have been taken!

my brothers old dog was awful,she had the turkey 1 xmas before he cooked it,a box of shopping my dad left on the worktop,my easter eggs,my keys & school trousers,picture frame etc

A1980 · 29/08/2011 22:40

YABU he's a dumb animal.

I hope he bites you next time you throw something at him.

lessemin · 29/08/2011 22:49

My mum went into the kitchen one christmas to find a strange cat trying to drag the turkey through the cat flap.

squeakytoy · 29/08/2011 22:50

ladybeagleeyes

Get a very long training lead (you can get them that are about 50ft long).. and start off doing the recall with him on that. Then once you are confident with that and he sits and stays or comes back, let him off but in a confined area. Walking in the opposite direction usually works as he will follow you.

SnapesMistress · 29/08/2011 22:52

lessemin wouldn't out that past my bloody cat, she is very opportunistic when it comes to anything edible, even if she hates it Confused

Vallhala · 29/08/2011 22:58

I second the long training lead idea. When you DO think it's time to let go you can stamp on the end of it if he legs it, for a start.

It's also worth, when you've practiced long enough in the garden or secure area with liver cake as a treat possibly, letting him go for the first time, training lead attached, on a narrow, enclosed country footpath if poss where he can't go left or right, and having someone else at the end, if necessary to grab him, better still to stand there looking big and no-nonsense and to make him want to return to the safety of your care and said treats.

I did all this with the rescue owner before taking my long haired white GSD boy home... I shook, tears welling up, petrified that I would lose him as he was so nervy, I was the only person who could get within 20 feet of him but still I wasn't convinced he'd trust me... and I sobbed with relief like a child when he came back to my call!

Luckily the rescue owners are friends, as you know... lady rescue owners response was a rolling of eyes in mock amusement and, "It's alright, you CAN cry, you know!"

QueenOfFeckingEverything · 29/08/2011 22:59

Nothing is as bad as a skanking lurcher though Grin

hairylights · 29/08/2011 23:00

Ya vulnerabilities to e a dog in your kitchen. It's really unhygienic.

TakeMeDrunkImHome · 29/08/2011 23:05

Try training your dog. It starts very early on and then you don't have to post this kind of crap for attention.

It aint hard.

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