Comments on: Last Christmas

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:32:56 +0000

Great story Jon, so typical of a basset..I remeber when I had two frozen pizza’s and some garlic bread thawing on the work top placed well back I might add. Dylan somehow managed to get hold of one of the pizza’s and the garlic bred he shared his booty with his sister Flo wrapping and all?? Thankfully there were no adverse effects.

By: Jon Buscall

Jon Buscall — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:14:42 +0000

Thanks so much for sharing YOUR stories. I’m glad to hear that Aggie isn’t alone in her mischief.

Bassets are really wonderful dogs. Very resourceful. Tia, the youngest woof in the household, can even open the security windows in our house!

As for Aggie, well she’s just adorable. And constantly hungry!

By: Caesar aka @goldencaesar

Caesar aka @goldencaesar — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:38:03 +0000

I have only ever taken one thing, a dog treat from the coffee table when I had been living in my new home 2 days! Oh boy, was Mum mad, so much so, that I have never stolen another thing in my life ….

…sausages? OH, you know about them?

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Well, I was instrumental in their recovery, someone else stole them *no names, no pack drill* it was someone else! I am INNOCENT! Do you hear me? INNOCENT!

By: Susan McKeon

Susan McKeon — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:40:31 +0000

What a great story about Aggie’s foraging activities… it really made me laugh and reminds me so much of my hounds’ and cat’s food grabbing tendencies

Greyhounds are notorious counter surfers as we’ve learnt over the years!

Mina has surreptitiously managed to snaffle a whole pack of frankfurters – carefully removing them from their packaging, which was left undisturbed on the counter. She also has a liking for homemade shortbread, as I discovered, when called out of the kitchen to answer a phone call. I came back in to see she’d scoffed most of them whilst they were cooling. (Thankfully there were enough left for my guests who were due that evening)

Not long after Stevie came to live with us, we had chilli con carne for dinner… Hubby decanted the left-overs to some freezer bags & left them to cool… Well, you can guess the rest I was upstairs & happened to look over the landing & saw what looked like entrials on the cream carpet (now dubbed the sacrifical carpet) – yep Chilli con Carne plus a good part of a freezer bag had been eaten by Stevie.

Finally, my cat – Tazzie – must have Greek roots. I once got some baklava out to defrost (in the days before dogs), left it on the kitchen counter & then went upstairs. I came downstairs & kicked something on the floor – it was the top bit of a piece of baklava (the filo pastry bit) – Tazzie had eaten the bottom bit of nuts & honey.

Needless to say we have now been educated by our animals & have very spick & span kitchen counters.

By: sherie buck

sherie buck — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:13:52 +0000

nice story, this has happened often in the past with all of my dogs stealing something at some point. What a nightmare a few years back my pointer stole 8 frozen sausages, they were eaten in minutes.

By: Lynda and the Minkies

Lynda and the Minkies — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:28:57 +0000

That’s hysterical !! Bet she thought you’d left it specially for her !!

By: Squid Vert

Squid Vert — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:24:08 +0000

So, we had just settled into a routine with our new springer puppy. It was summer, he was six months old, and the bright mornings and the small bladder meant I was up early to give him his walks.
Trying to be organised I had made cinnamon bread dough the night before and had rapidly rolled the buns that morning and left them to rise while the dog and I chased the local wildlife.
Calling my partner to cook the rolls before I returned home I was *really* looking forward to these.
Rolls hot out of oven and covered in a very hot sugar syrup, I went to the bathroom to wash my hands.

Returned twenty seconds later to find EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE BUNS GONE, and smug doggles sitting in his basket as if butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth.

They were 200 degrees Celsius, hot out of oven and he ate them without even a twinge.
(I think I would have felt so much better if he had got indigestion).

Important lessons learned 1) Food is never too hot for dogs 2) Even a small puppy can reach the counter if the rewards are great enough and 3) Never, ever believe that 20 seconds isn’t enough for a spaniel to eat that breakfast you have been craving for 3 hours.

By: Julie Kenny

Julie Kenny — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:59:53 +0000

Last Christmas I was wrapping Christmas presents when my dog Harry decided he needed some attention. I ignored him at first but he carried on jumping up on me. I was trying to wrap his present – but I couldn’t find the sticky tape anywhere in my pile of paper, presents and bows etc.

I told him “Go and play with your toy, I`m busy right now.” He walked away and I thought he was getting his toy. After a few minutes, he returned with the sticky tape in his mouth!

Later on, Harry pulled his newly wrapped present off the worktop when I wasn’t looking – and ate the whole thing, wrapping paper and all!

By: @Widgetty

@Widgetty — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:47:32 +0000

Selkie once wolfed down 8 sausages and a whole fruitcake at a barbecue while boarding with friends who are both vets (vets for god’s sake!). Helped herself to the BBQ trolley when no one was paying attention. She makes absolutely no noise when in stealth mode…I should know she often appears behind me with no warning and gives me heart failure when I turn around!

By: Ailsa Cordner

Ailsa Cordner — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:45:27 +0000

Alfie our Lakeland Patterdale terrier cross has in the past been found with all 4 paws on the kitchen table!! He has demolished whole baguettes in the past, needless to say we don’t leave anything on the table anymore and he hasn’t quite worked out how to get onto the worktops!!