sins
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My mother recently got a beautiful 2 yr old cavalier(Thanks Karlin!).From the moment he darted out of his crate the parents fell in love with him and he settled very happily into his new life.He's very handsome and affectionate and has really made them very happy.
He has just one major eccentricity, basically he'll do anything for food! He's currently on a diet, he gets nothing but half a slice of home baked brown bread for breakfast and 180 grammes of diet nuts in the evening but he's a compulsive food stealer.
His list of theft is as follows:
One tub of butter from table.
My mother's breakfast when she left him alone to answer the phone one morning,he appeared by her side with a fork hanging out of his mouth(There was originally a sausage on the fork).
Approx 2 lb boiled bacon which was stupidly left cooling on the table which he consumed behind the couch.
He opened the fridge and helped himself to a loin of roast pork..and then on Sunday evening last.......
My mother left the chip pan in the bottom of the gas oven. He opened the cooker door and guzzled the contents of the chip pan.Thankfully it was cold oil but he was ruined.His lovely ears were covered in oil and his snout and head was smeared with oil too.
Of course he was washed and blow dried and shortly after regurgitated cooking oil (and nuts)all over the couch.He was cleaned up and while Mother was getting ready for bed, he pounced into bed with my Dad(who knew nothing about the oil guzzling) and promptly spewed cooking oil all over the bedclothes and sheets.
Thankfully he's perfectly ok now and has had no ill effects from his awful diet.
Soooo, parents aren't particularly bothered about it, this dog can do no wrong in their eyes and apart from locking cupboards and keeping food locked out of reach, they don't think there's much else they can do.Does anyone have any suggestions as to why he's doing this and what can be done to break off this obsession with food?
Sins
He has just one major eccentricity, basically he'll do anything for food! He's currently on a diet, he gets nothing but half a slice of home baked brown bread for breakfast and 180 grammes of diet nuts in the evening but he's a compulsive food stealer.
His list of theft is as follows:
One tub of butter from table.
My mother's breakfast when she left him alone to answer the phone one morning,he appeared by her side with a fork hanging out of his mouth(There was originally a sausage on the fork).
Approx 2 lb boiled bacon which was stupidly left cooling on the table which he consumed behind the couch.
He opened the fridge and helped himself to a loin of roast pork..and then on Sunday evening last.......
My mother left the chip pan in the bottom of the gas oven. He opened the cooker door and guzzled the contents of the chip pan.Thankfully it was cold oil but he was ruined.His lovely ears were covered in oil and his snout and head was smeared with oil too.
Of course he was washed and blow dried and shortly after regurgitated cooking oil (and nuts)all over the couch.He was cleaned up and while Mother was getting ready for bed, he pounced into bed with my Dad(who knew nothing about the oil guzzling) and promptly spewed cooking oil all over the bedclothes and sheets.
Thankfully he's perfectly ok now and has had no ill effects from his awful diet.
Soooo, parents aren't particularly bothered about it, this dog can do no wrong in their eyes and apart from locking cupboards and keeping food locked out of reach, they don't think there's much else they can do.Does anyone have any suggestions as to why he's doing this and what can be done to break off this obsession with food?
Sins