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

[Becky Frankeberger]

I was putting away the last row of a pan of chocolate brownies. My neighbor
came to the door. She left and crash the brownie pan was smashed in tiny
glass pieces. Was it my fault or my dog's fault. Right my fault. So I put
him in a safe place across the room and cleaned up the huge and I mean huge
mess as glass pieces went everywhere. I could have slipped the pan in my
oven which was very close to me. Put the pan on top of my refrigerator.

Maybe the difference in a thirty something year old and her first dog and a
twenty something and her first dog. It is my fault for not keeping my dog my
responsibility safe.

After this lesson I hope you dog proof your home from now on. Expensive
lesson true and I am sorry the dog had to suffer to teach you this lesson.
But wisdom comes from making mistakes like this.

Forgive yourself, teach your boyfriend how to keep things safe for your dog
by not storing things in reach of the dog. The roommate, well you deal with
her childish behavior. But please store the treats up high, or at the very
least in a dog proof container.

Forgive the pup as well. 

Warmly,
Becky and Jake   
-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Abigail Bolling
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Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2015 5:40 PM
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Subject: [nagdu] Important lesson learned. Dogs cannot be trusted.

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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