TNFR: or it could be if you like black labs!!!!

Speaking of eating houses....

When I first adopted Woofus a few years back, I was living in my house in south Jersey. I had him tied on a long leash that extended from my sheltered patio where his dog house was. The door to my storage shed was at the patio where I stored my weed whacker, barbeque bricks, etc. I commuted to work in Pennsylvania at the time to come home to a Woofus that somehow got loose and ate the screen door at the front of my house. It was mangled beyond belief (I guess he thought he could chew his way through the front door?).

Another time, I came home to find that he chewed a square hole that exhibited teeth marks and protruding jagged edges at the base of my aluminum sided storage shed that faced the backyard. He literally chewed through the bottom and dragged out the bag of barbeque briquettes along with the heavy duty extension cord for my weed whacker. Nothing was protruding from the siding to make it easy for him to make a hole. I came back to a big tangled mess with charcoal all over the place. Lesson learned: Dogs like the smell of barbeque briquettes!

 
Emmitt is a buff colored cocker spaniel, Sadly no I don't have

any of it on video, though I don't know about Emmitt winnig (some of his antics would have though. I've had 12 wonderful years so far with Emmitt), what you said about Duchess eating that last krispy kreme is a riot, at class today I brought it up- quite a few people were laughing, it was "kind of thowing it in your face, that she ate all the krispy kreme's by eating the last one in front of you, if you think about it, it's hysterical. hahaha I love this story

 
LOL! So you have a reverse-Houdini dog like I do! I wish I could catch

my Woofus in the act when he opens my hall closet doors without a scratch.

 
alas, randi. the cat's no better...

perhaps his most endearing trait is that he shreds every roll of toilet paper (on the spindle and under the sinks) in the house. for a while we were keeping the rolls in tupperware containers on the toilet tanks, but our guests always thought there was no toilet paper in the bathroom. we've given up and now use customized ventilated toilet paper.

 
I don't know why I asked that, besides she sure sounds like one. I did read she was a cocker.

Yes, Dutches had her nerve, allright. Just pretty as you please, sat right down and ate that last donut. AND knew she was going to be in trouble for it. Like I said she just couldn't help herself! Poor girl. She lived to 13. Sure miss her.

 
All animals our household animals have had special (and odd) things about them. One that included..

the dog, a rottweiler, an African Grey parrot and our shetland pony has me in laughter everytime I think of it.

Parrot:
We were looking after the parrot for friends. This bird learnt all our household sounds and words so quickly!

Pony:
The shetland was quite small not much bigger than our huge dog and used to roam freely all over the garden and on occassion through the house.

Rottweiler Zambo:
He, we thought, had a penchant for avocado skins taken from the kitchen trash can and was always being blamed for his "can" habits, leaving trash all over the kitchen floor.

One day I was sitting reading in the living room with Zam at my feet when we heard the sound of the kitchen bin lid being moved. With that the parrot clapped his hands noises and called in MY voice "Outside Zambo, OUTSIDE"
Poor dog leaped to his feet and ran round in circles looking at me like I was mad....I thought I was mad, I had just heard myself say to the dog "OUTSIDE"????
The parrot didn't stop clapping hand noises and loudly saying outside and the kitchen bin noise did not stop either.

On investigating we found that it was the pony that had a penchant for avocado skins!!!!! All along it was he who was in our gabage bin, never was the poor dog in the first place.

I have never owned a parrot, often thought of it. They can be lots of fun!

 
Duchess is most likely eating all the Angels krispy kremes

I am so sorry to hear about Duchess. They are like our children so prescious. I have 2 other dogs but Emmitt is by far my favorite. He has his moments though. I know my time with Emmitt is growing short, so I take advantage of each day with him. The best thing though, the other 2 have picked up his traits, especially Libby who gives hugs by standing on her hind legs and putting each paw on your shoulder, Emmitt use to do that but he can't stand up on hind legs so what I do is lay on the floor so he can still put each paw on my shoulders. It makes him so happy. Sunny, my youngest is a BRAT with a Capital B, but she too has picked up some of Emmitt's traits, so he will live on a bit longer, which is sweet.

 
HA HA I'm sure he checks all the windows before he opens

your closets he probably even thinks it's funny to mess with your head, probably tells all his dog friends guess what I did to my master this time (HAHA). I even tend to think they bark in code, like morse code. I believe all dogs are quite clever. I use to think, and sometimes still do, that when we leave they get up walk around (2 legs) read my mail, newspapers, try on my clothes, and watch some tv -- then with their extradoninary senses hears me coming in the house and goes back to acting like a dog. HA HA but.............. what if they do.

 
Emmitt, Libby & Sunny would think I brought them fast food

They want to play with all the cats who are brave enough to come near our backyard, but the way the brazenly introduce themselves, well, let's just say they need to work on their manners. I know they want to play but the poor cats must feel like a menu item and run for their 9 lives.

 
Poor Zam!! This is too much. That parrot would be fun at the office. I love animals that are unique

I could only imagine how weird that must have been to hear yourself tell Zam to outside, did you hear the "twilight zone" theme song in the background? That is too funny!!!!

 
LOL our oldest, Jessie, learned how to open the kitchen cabinets after we moved in. I walked into

the kitchen one afternoon and there was Jessie with 3 of the others sitting around him while he demonstrated the correct method of hooking a paw under the door and pulling.

last night a lost dog showed up on our deck as I just finished cooking. I threw a pile of gnocchi on a plate with salad and handed it to Don while I went after the little guy. I couldn't get him to come to me so I went in and opened a can of cat food and went back out.

I'm now sitting on the wet, muddy gravel road in front of our driveway, literally, freezing my butt off, holding the can of food. our neighbor's cat, Milo, discovered what I was holding.....

dang that cat is fast! "-))

 
You know, if Jesse is opening cabinets, he opens other things too

Funny characters our furry friends. Did you ever get to feed the little lost dog? I'm sure he didn't realize how lucky he was to have gnosshi and a salad, my husband isn't even that lucky haha just kidding.

 
Jessie also teaches closet opening 101 - throw yourself against the door till opens slightly

and instert paw and push.... they all know how and I had to cat proof the closets '-))

alas no on the wee pooch. I think he was a maltese and just been groomed and clipped. the little guy didn't have enough fur to keep him warm and dry.

I called a friend over who is a very experienced rescuer and we tried for a couple of hours to get him safe. it's very stressfull when you know an animal is in trouble and they won't come. looked again this morning. I hope he got chilled enough to trust someone.

 
I hope so too and is safe at home. The "garbage can shuffle"

get's to me. What's so exciting about it. We have to keep our's in the laundry room and tell me, how do they know when you leave the garbage can unattended for even a second? They get into it and decide to redecorate your house with garbage and notice how it almost always consists of coffee grounds! I think thats their way of contributing to the home decor. In our home it's not the dryer that steals the socks it's Emmitt, one day I found up to 15 individual socks, he was hiding them under bed in the spare room, I just thought he claimed that room as his own, and I found a pair of missing car keys and a large wooden spoon? Good ol' Emmitt!!!!

 
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