[nagdu] question

[Linda Gwizdak]

Hi Lisa,
Keep the dog out of the kitchen when food is being prepared.  Landon is 
allowed in the kitchen for eating his meals or getting a drink of water, or 
if I invite him in for another reason.  I feed Landon before I start 
cooking. That way he is happy and full and is ready for a nap while I 
prepare our meals.

No matter how good your dog's kitchen manners are, it is dangerous to allow 
a dog to stand around in the kitchen while you are cooking. You could be so 
involved in your cooking, turn around with a hot container of food, trip on 
the dog and burn both yourself and the dog.  This goes for cats as well.

When I was growing up and we were cooking, we stepped on cats COUNTLESS 
number of times. And we got startled with the loud YYYEEEEOOOOWWW that came 
from the stepped-on cat.  And, I almost spilled something hot!

Keeping temptations put away off of tables and counters is the best idea to 
discourage "counter surfing".

Lisa, if your dog likes to watch you in the kitchen and your kitchen is big 
enough, put a mat in there and do the "Go to your place" command and "Rest!" 
so your dog will lie quietly out of the way and you both remain safe.  I 
can't do this with the tiny kitchens in apartments! (grin!)

HTH.

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allison Nastoff" <anastoff at wi.rr.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] question


> Gilbert is allowed in the kitchen because he has very good kitchen 
> manners.  But don't get me wrong.  He is a yellow lab who loves to eat 
> (smile).  He does not countersurf or beg, but he will stand right next to 
> whoever is cooking, ready to clean up anything that falls on the floor. 
> If there is a spill that my parents and I do not want him to clean up 
> because he might get sick, I just call him away and walk him to the other 
> room.
> I used to have a pet dog who would put her paws on a chair and lick the 
> plates after dinner if we left the room without doing the dishes, and 
> another pet dog who would steal bread off the counter.  Both did it when 
> we were not around, so we could not correct them, so my best advice would 
> be to remove all temptation from the tables and counters before you leave 
> the room.
> Allison and Gilbert
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Lisa" <lison1273 at live.com
>>To: "seeing eye-l" <seeingeye-l at list.web.net
>>Date sent: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:43:28 -0400
>>Subject: [nagdu] question
>
>>Do any of you allow your dogs in the kitchen?  This question is
> especially for the people that have labs, goldens and lab/ golden crosses. 
> And if so, how do you make sure that they are not counter surfing (looking 
> for food on the counters)?  If you hear them hop down from surfing what do 
> you do?  Most important of all how do you break them of this habit??? 
> HELP!!! Any advice would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you in advance.
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