Dog ate a kilo of neighbours food

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Sitting here mortified, our dog has gone into the back garden and next door, through their open door, must have jumped up on the counter and has eaten a huge, round tupperware box full of their dinner 🙈😵it was spaghetti and meat (no garlic or onions she said) so our dog should be okay.
Dp has been round and apologised profusely and offered to pay for the food/pick up some nice Italian food from a restaurant nearby, they won’t accept.
They’re sort of laughing but mainly just gobsmacked, suffice to say that our dog can’t go in the garden again until they’ve gone (their house is a holiday home)
What would you do? It was a kilo of food!

My old ginger boy cat Polo, may he RIP nicked a whole cooked chicken of my neighbours table, good job we are good friends. I ordered a huge chinese for her family and mine, and we all sat outside and had a great evening.

That's hilarious! These things will happen if there is clear access. Neither of you want a fence up so nothing to be done. A nice bunch of flowers a box of chocs and an apology from the dog should suffice.

@randomchap if you live in the North East it could be......

No onion or garlic? In a Bolognese?

@Booboosweet

I wouldn't be very amused if someone's dog ate my dinner.

Me neither!

op , sorry but I found it funny. You have good neighbours. You know them so gauge what they would appreciate, and a card.
I hope the dog is not sick. Bless dogs can do these things but are so lovable.
We need a photo and name of the culprit . No treats tonight I suppose.

My cat brought a cooked chicken home . No idea where it came from

@me4real

Waitrose gift card maybe? No one could object to that.

Anyone living in the vast majority of the UK that doesn’t have Waitrose?

My old lab opened the freezer and had a chicken and a bag of frozen cod

She also ate the Christmas presents for my class-chocolates in little bags tied with tinsel. She pooed tinsel for days and it sparkled in the snow

Here’s the greedy bugger (not today)

@Jux

they'll be dining out on that story for years to come

Yes indeed it is a funny anecdote for sure

@LittleMissnotLittleMrs I feel a bit dodge putting a pic up as would have to show the back of both our houses to show the garden. Basically, the back garden is a shared one, so both our back doors and back patio doors go out onto the garden. We could put a fence down the middle to totally separate us, but decided not to as they’d prefer not to and it’s beneficial for us as they’re rarely here (holiday home) so we have a larger garden the majority of the time, we have a Dd so the big space is perfect for her daughter playing etc. Even when they are here, they don’t go in the actual back garden itself. So our dog went out into the garden and just walked round to their back door, which was open as it’s a heatwave where we are, and the cheeky mofo walked into the kitchen and ate it all in a flash. Neighbour said she had only literally walked into the lounge and came back through to the kitchen and was like ‘Where the hell is the food’ 🙈she said there were no signs of mess and the tub was licked clean almost…this doesn’t surprise me!

She said she was preparing the food so I’m guessing (hoping) she’d do a separate onion, garlic, tomato based sauce separately, then add 🤷🏻‍♀️Isn’t the way I’d do it but

@speakout I thought that, but may not have been aiming for an Italian dish as many different ones where we are. Was basically spaghetti and Vitella (a type of meat) but she appears to be a proper good home cook, so must’ve been planning for slices at some point

@justasking111 I know 😬I’m dreading it, but also would prefer is she just got it all out

@OchonAgusOchonOh 🤣

@Mamamia7962 Thank you 🙏 yes it’s one of the things I’m worried about

Who makes spaghetti and meatballs with no onions or garlic?
(misses point of thread)

Labs and lab crosses really are so greedy ours will eat worming tablets straight out of your hand.

Who puts hot food in Tupperware?

I do, and leave it to cool. Portions in individual tubs

@EspressoDoubleShot

I do, and leave it to cool. Portions in individual tubs

Same here. Cools much faster while other stuff gets washed. Then just move the tupperwear into the fridge. Easy peasy, innit😁

About 15 years ago I was walking my dads Collie dog off the lead on Christmas Day. We went past a family loading their car up. The next thing I knew the fog jumped into the boot and appeared with a cooked turkey in its mouth. It tore chunks out of the bird whilst we all watched in horror. Extremely embarrassing....

Our cat came home with a whole leg of lamb once - we never did find out who it belonged to.

And our St Bernard once nabbed an ice cream out of the hands of a toddler. We did buy a replacement but to be fair the parents shouldn’t have let their child stroll up to a giant dog with food in their hands - the poor dog was sat peacefully watching the world go by!

Whilst we’re all missing the main point… who weighs their dinner by the kilo?!