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Mary Shafer & Alan Erskine
"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
... My sister's Irish Setter polished off a three pound sausage....meat, skin, label, and metal end clips...after she left it alone with the groceries for a half-an-hour. :-D (newsgroups trimmed, thank you) The main reason dogs (or cats for that matter) eat items they are not supposed to eat is because their human supervisors feed them table scraps. Then the human's go off at the poor pets who don't know any better. -- Alan Erskine We can get people to the Moon in five years, not the fifteen GWB proposes. Give NASA a real challenge |
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"Alan Erskine" writes: "Pat Flannery" wrote in message ... My sister's Irish Setter polished off a three pound sausage....meat, skin, label, and metal end clips...after she left it alone with the groceries for a half-an-hour. :-D (newsgroups trimmed, thank you) The main reason dogs (or cats for that matter) eat items they are not supposed to eat is because their human supervisors feed them table scraps. Then the human's go off at the poor pets who don't know any better. It's a standard application of Dog Rule #3: "The worst of their food is beter than the best of ours." -- Pete Stickney A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. -- Daniel Webster |
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On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 12:03:44 GMT, "Alan Erskine"
wrote: "Pat Flannery" wrote in message ... My sister's Irish Setter polished off a three pound sausage....meat, skin, label, and metal end clips...after she left it alone with the groceries for a half-an-hour. :-D (newsgroups trimmed, thank you) The main reason dogs (or cats for that matter) eat items they are not supposed to eat is because their human supervisors feed them table scraps. Then the human's go off at the poor pets who don't know any better. I know what you mean. The dogs don't see any difference between eating the roast sitting on the counter before dinner and eating the scraps after dinner and who can blame them? It was my fault the dogs ate the bread and Doritos that they retrieved from the trash. That's why I had to get a new trash can. The dogs didn't get into any trouble. They were quite proud of their cleverness in scrounging such tasty food and I didn't disillusion them at all. Mary -- Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer |
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Mary Shafer writes:
It was my fault the dogs ate the bread and Doritos that they retrieved from the trash. That's why I had to get a new trash can. The dogs didn't get into any trouble. They were quite proud of their cleverness in scrounging such tasty food and I didn't disillusion them at all. Indeed, usually in a case like your's it's way easier to fix the trash can than fix the dog's behavior. Similarly, with the training group I work with, we have this story: A rolled up newspaper can be an effective training tool when used properly. For instance, use the rolled-up newspaper if your dog chews up something inappropriate or has a housebreaking accident. Bring the dog over to the destroyed object (or mess), then take the rolled-up newspaper... and hit yourself over the head as you repeat the phrase, "I FORGOT TO WATCH MY DOG, I FORGOT TO WATCH MY DOG!" -- Richard W Kaszeta http://www.kaszeta.org/rich |
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"Mary Shafer" wrote in message
... It was my fault the dogs ate the bread and Doritos that they retrieved from the trash. That's why I had to get a new trash can. The dogs didn't get into any trouble. They were quite proud of their cleverness in scrounging such tasty food and I didn't disillusion them at all. I remember a guy who posted to another group. He had squirrels and chipmunks in his backyard and kept food for them in a large, plastic rubbish bin. The little devils simply bit and scratched their way through the rubbish bin to get at all the food and had a smorgasbord. -- Alan Erskine We can get people to the Moon in five years, not the fifteen GWB proposes. Give NASA a real challenge |
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"Alan Erskine" wrote in message ... "Mary Shafer" wrote in message ... It was my fault the dogs ate the bread and Doritos that they retrieved from the trash. That's why I had to get a new trash can. The dogs didn't get into any trouble. They were quite proud of their cleverness in scrounging such tasty food and I didn't disillusion them at all. I remember a guy who posted to another group. He had squirrels and chipmunks in his backyard and kept food for them in a large, plastic rubbish bin. The little devils simply bit and scratched their way through the rubbish bin to get at all the food and had a smorgasbord. Had a squirrel that ate through the boot around the stickshift in my car. -- Alan Erskine We can get people to the Moon in five years, not the fifteen GWB proposes. Give NASA a real challenge |
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