[nagdu] Important lesson learned. Dogs cannot be trusted.

[Lisa]

Abigail,

When I had Taylor for three weeks, we experienced almost the same thing as 
you did now! We also had to go to an emergency vet office and pay more than 
100 euros to make the dog throw up the dark chocolate he had eaten. The 
chocolate had been in a closed drawer but doggy had managed to open it while 
we were out of the room. Of course back then, he was very excited in the 
apartment and didn't know much about boundaries yet. It was a shock and we 
worked on behaviour in the apartment alot but I wouldn't leave him alone 
with food available anymore. He has a cushion in front of our living room 
door where he likes to stay while we are in the living room. When we leave 
him alone, we shut the other doors, so that he has his cushion and the 
entrance area of our place. He's fine then and probably sleeping until we 
get back.

Anyway, I'm glad you noticed the accident quickly and your girl is fine!

Lisa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marianne Denning via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: "Abigail Bolling" <violingirl30794 at gmail.com>; "NAGDU Mailing List,the 
National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2015 3:47 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Important lesson learned. Dogs cannot be trusted.


>I used to leave one of my dogs shut in my bedroom and all went very
> well for several years.  Then, she decided to get back at my husband
> so on 2 different occasions, she went into our closet and knocked all
> of his pants, including hangers, onto the floor.  She never bothered
> my side of the closet.  She was never left out of her crate again.
> When we would leave she would have to go into her crate and she was
> very happy there.  Her crate was always left open when we were at home
> and she liked to go in there and lay down even when she did not have
> to.  That let me know she viewed it as a safe place.
>
> On 3/1/15, Abigail Bolling via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> My girl has an interesting way of displaying her separation anxiety!
>> Mainly, getting into things that she's not supposed to and making me make
>> her throw up. Yes guys, I am talking a lot of food.
>> She decided on Friday, when I left her at home with my roommate, to jump 
>> on
>> my dining room table and eat a lot of big busy bones, which I give her 
>> for
>> treats.as if that wasn't enough, she decided to eat a chocolate brownie
>> cliff bar, that my boyfriend had left also sitting on the
>> table.unfortunately, the simple protein bar contained a lot of cocoa
>> powder.as if that wasn't enough, she decided to finish off half a bag of
>> Dove milk chocolate!
>> Moral to the story? My girl cannot be trusted in the apartment!we had 
>> been
>> working on the table being a no zone. And that she was not even to try to
>> look up at the top. Obviously, that did not work.
>>
>> I had to take her to the 24 hour vet hospital, and spend upwards of $200 
>> so
>> they could make her throw up. I didn't have any hydrogen peroxide in the
>> apartment, and the baking soda water idea did not work. My dog has a 
>> stomach
>> made of steel.of course she had to do this the night before the trainer 
>> was
>> supposed to visit us for her barking issue. The trainer suggested to me 
>> that
>> even though I had been working with her for three years, there are some
>> things that I should never do with any dog in the future. Mainly, leave 
>> them
>> unattended for a period of time in the apartment.i'm sharing this, 
>> because I
>> feel like it was a good lesson for me and I wanted to pass it on. No 
>> matter
>> how long you have worked with dogs, or have worked with your particular 
>> dog
>> right now, they are unpredictable little boogers, and like to get into
>> trouble. I swear, my dog is more toddler then she is dog.seriously, she 
>> acts
>> like a two-year-old! :-)
>> Hopefully your pups never get into chocolate and you guys don't have to 
>> pay
>> to learn this lesson that I had to learn. :-) I wish you all the best, 
>> and I
>> hope your puppies are loving to eat their dog food in not trying to get 
>> into
>> things they shouldn't! :-)
>>
>>
>> Abigail Bolling
>> "Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart, and just let the 
>> music
>> play." (Julie Anderson Diamond)
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