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the fucking dog....

207 replies

inthefuckingdoghouse · 29/01/2017 08:40

Has snuck downstairs in the dead of night, somehow managed to eat some food that we left on the worktops (food for a party we are supposed to have today), peed on the floor, and completely trashed the rubbish bins. We usually close the door, and I'm absolutely certain I did. Maybe DD went downstairs in the night or something. Or maybe the dog has figured out how to open doors.
AIBU to be a little bit mad at the dog?

OP posts:
AllDayIThinkAboutFood · 29/01/2017 16:32

I have a lurcher that has some lab in him and he is terrible for stealing food and rubbish. He is never allowed in the kitchen and has to be crated at night or when we are out because he will open doors to get to the kitchen and then jump on the counters and take food out of the cupboards. A couple of weeks after we adopted him we left asleep on his bed while we were outside gardening came back in 40 minutes later to every single item from every cupboard and the fridge torn apart and eaten or nibbled. He'd even had a go at the tins! He did it so quietly, we didn't hear a thing.
He'll steal food out of your mouth if you're not careful. Any rubbish or rotting food spotted out on walks is also consumed and he will fight so hard to get to it. Plastic bottles, crisp packets, etc. he tries to eat them all.
If you take your eyes off him for even a minute he will wee on everything too, including any unsuspecting people. Drives me to tears somedays.

My other dog has only ever stolen food once. I left half a joint of beef and some yorkshire puddings on the counter and came back to find the yorkshire puddings eaten. He still loves yorkies now, not fussed about beef. Grin

GoLiveInTheHouseOfDavid · 29/01/2017 16:45

My boxer had to have her stomach pumped when she was a pup because she ate a WHOLE Christmas cake that had been left out on the counter to cool . I hadn't even thought of the possibility she could reach it , but she'd climbed onto the bin and jumped 😩

andantecantabile · 29/01/2017 16:56

We had our friends and their dog to stay overnight last night. He did a poo on the spare room carpet!

Oysterbabe · 29/01/2017 17:02

My mum has a lab / husky cross. It definitely has more lab than husky, it's the greediest, laziest damn dog you'll ever meet. I tried to play fetch with it and it hid the ball in the bushes to stop me throwing it. It's a constant battle against obesity because it will steal food at any given opportunity. It eats the grain that's put down for the chickens if don't watch it.

DoloresTheRunawayTrain · 29/01/2017 17:08

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MYaEIFa6OQ

Woody67 · 29/01/2017 17:25

I feel for the black dog in the video. I felt much the same when I went for a run earlier. Luckily I was able to hang on until I got home! Blush

HappyFlappy · 29/01/2017 17:30

our cocker spaniel stole a tub of humous from the table and wolfed down the lot

Our little cocker bitch likes Hummous, too Bels.

The other two (who aren't greedy kids)won't touch it

HappyFlappy · 29/01/2017 17:31

*Pigs, not kids

Thinkingofausername1 · 29/01/2017 17:37

Funnily. Our dog somehow opened the stair gate got hold of the bin bags from bathroom I forgot to take out. Ripped them to pieces. Today, when we were out she had ripped a plastic bag that had my dd's shoes in. Thankfully we arrived back before she got to the shoes.

YetAnotherSpartacus · 30/01/2017 12:03

As to the dogs who look "guilty" before the owner has seen the damage - that could be a previous association. In the past the overturned bin has produced x reaction when the owner has returned.

But that's Kohlberg's first level of moral reasoning (i.e. punishment oriented). Maybe the doggy-dog-dog or pussy-cat isn't engaging in higher level ethical thinking (contemplating Kantian CATagorical imperatives), but knowing that punishment follows a crime is a start... :)

Zaphodsotherhead · 30/01/2017 13:17

But then why would a dog who didn't commit the crime (and therefore wouldn't be punished - he was just present when it happened, no dust on his paws...) come to meet me with a face that said 'you'll never guess what she's done now...'?

He was a Border Collie cross, extremely intelligent, and I am absolutely certain that he never took part in any of the terrier's anarchy, but he still felt guilty by association! (I never really punished her either, I just used to sigh and spend the next hour cleaning up.)

Katherine2626 · 30/01/2017 17:40

Not the dogs fault - they are hard wired to scavenge and it's a rare dog that won't, however well fed. Ours would open the fridge and eat the contents; any attempts to barricade the fridge door would be treated with contempt and moved out of the way. We just had to shut her out of the kitchen when we went out without her. She died many years ago; I miss her - and her thieving ways - more than I can say.

nattygk · 30/01/2017 18:02

My cat can open doors it jumps on the door handle I'm sure a dog could manage the same

mammamic · 30/01/2017 18:06

Your dog needs to be properly trained on acceptable behaviour

May I also suggest a nice night time cage

TitaniasCloset · 30/01/2017 18:17

Dogs are the best!!! Mine has a foot fetish, we have to hide all the socks and shoes.

Can't get over the cat that stole the beefjoint! I wonder if the neighbours ever realised where it went? Much respect for that kitty.

alcin · 30/01/2017 18:49

Lol if I'm cooking and turn my back at all the cat & dog gang up.

Cat will push the food onto the floor and they will share it!

Juney21 · 30/01/2017 18:50

Love that cat who brought home the beef joint HAHAHA. Been chuckling for ages.

They're such cheeky monkeys and so serious when they do these things. The beef cat gets the prize though.

Hope the party turned out ok OP!

DrRichardKimble · 30/01/2017 19:36

I have a half lab/half mountain dog and I've never seen a dog eat so much! She's only 6 months and last week I came home and fed her before noticing she'd eaten a whole box of markies while i was out. I then went up to the bath and came down to find she'd got into the bin and eaten half a French stick, 2 bread rolls and a pancake. Shock

haveacupoftea · 30/01/2017 20:11

Thank God I have pugs, too short, lazy and tubby to do any damage or thieving Blush

WhatWouldDarylDixonDo · 30/01/2017 20:27

We had a Ridgeback when I was kid. Some of her feasts included...

9 telephones (old landline style ones)
2kg tub of marg. Tub included
Garden hose
Whole garlic bulb

We also had a cat who one day we found at the gate with an entire roast chicken. The dog was going nuts on the other side. Cat just sat eating it smugly with a "do you mind I'm busy" look when we came to investigate. We asked around the neighbours but no one seemed to be missing a roast chicken!

DrRichardKimble · 30/01/2017 20:29

Tub included
Grin love it!

LizzyELane · 30/01/2017 20:30

I've been ill in bed and the first night my lab raided my handbag, ate half a packet of boiled sweets then bit every receipt, tissue, etc, into tiny bits - all over the hall. This morning someone left utility door open and she's spread bin bag contents everywhere. Really cross with her as not got any energy to clean it up :-(

sam2069 · 30/01/2017 20:37

My cat knocked over the bin today and ate some of the chicken carcass that was in there. Knobhead

SecretWitch · 30/01/2017 20:40

Whomever said ginger cats are thieves are v.correct. My ginger girl waited for my dd to get up from table and pounced on her sausage and then dunked her head in the milk cup. I could see it happening but was helpless to get there in time as currently am not mobile.

Mistletoetastic · 30/01/2017 20:43

Our lab took the beef joint and rolled with it on the lawn and also chewed through library books