A Dog Stole My Steak

[Syrinx]

I picked up a steak that was on sale at the supermarket today. It was one of those BOGO things, so if was half the normal price.

The steak was almost done... it needed about another three minutes or so. I went inside to catch the tail end of the replay of Keith Olbermann's 9/11 commentary.

When I went back out to get the steak, a stray dog that has been hanging around was gobbling up the steak. I wanted to strangle the dog, but she was much too cute for that. ;)

Has an animal ever stolen your food?

[Broken_Hero]

1. yes,

but it was just a bowl of spaghetti o's...I got it ready, and I took a few bites, while reading some stuff on DU, and I needed to go to the bathroom, so I placed the bowl on the floor, and five minutes later, I come back...

My dogs whole face was covered with spaghetti o's, he almost ate all of it...I just laughed, and let him polish it off...than I opened another can, and continued to kill my hunger, and read DU...:)

[Syrinx]

4. "reading some stuff on DU, and I needed to go to the bathroom"

:rofl:

[Broken_Hero]

17. I didnt' mean it like that

I just had to go,...:) Nothing DU related at all....



:hide:

[Syrinx]

18. no worries, I just thought it sounded funny!

:hi:

[SoCalDem]

2. My mother's Doberman ate the turkey one Thanksgiving.

My mother put in on top of the stove to "rest..

Flash "rested" it.. in his bell--leh:)

[Syrinx]

5. that guy who wants to eat Mini-Me. Right?

That commercial cracks me up. I've taken to telling my dog to get in my bell-leh! I don't really mean it though. :)

[Redneck Socialist]

33. That happened to us one thanksgiving

Mom placed the turkey on the counter, the dog leaped up grabbed it and proceeded to feast. I thought sure we'd be eating the dog for dinner my mom was so pissed.

[fortyfeetunder]

3. Doggie candy thief

My favorite doggie, bless her soul, she stole my candy stash on a regular basis. I can't for the life of me figure out how she survived after glomming onto the CHOCOLATE, which I understand is sickening or damn near fatal to dogs.

Doggie even got into the damn bubblegum. But it was cute to be licked with a pup with bubblegum breath instead of doggy breath!

Doggie left an impression on me, I could never get attached to another dog again. I have had other pets, but I hope Doggie's waiting for me on the rainbow bridge.

[Syrinx]

6. I remember once when I was a real little kid

When had a little male poodle. On Valentine's Day, my dad bought my mom a box of candy. A pound, I guess. The poodle ate every last piece. I don't know how he survived. Like you, I understand that chocolate is very bad for dogs.

[Solon]

30. Think of how much "real" chocolate is in candy and cakes...

Milk Chocolate is mostly Cocoa Butter, powdered milk and sugar, and doesn't have high concentration of of the toxic chemical theobromine in it. A dog eating a Hershey's bar will usually be fine, unless already sick for other reason, but that same dog will most likely die if it ate the same amount of baker's chocolate. By the way, cats are even more allergic to theobromine, so they shouldn't have chocolate either.

[Syrinx]

39. I didn't know that about cats

Thanks for letting me know.

And this isn't a joke. Is it true that if you rub a cigarette butt on a cat's nose, that the cat will die? I've heard that my whole life. Do you know if it's true?

[Solon]

41. I doubt it...

I think its much more likely that if you attempted that, and the cat isn't properly restrained, that YOU will be the one going to the hospital, for possibly fatal wounds.

ON EDIT: Another difference between dogs and cats, supposedly, cats cannot taste sweets, however dogs have taste buds more like humans, so to a dog, a chocolate bar may taste perfect, and they will BEG for more, to cats, on the other hand, such a chocolate bar may taste too bitter for them, so they wouldn't WANT any more. This is part of the reason why you almost never hear that cats are allergic to chocolate, most don't even like it.

[China_cat]

7. Yes.

We had a dog who learned to open the refrigerator. Lost a week's worth of groceries...he decided to share with the cats. After that, we spent almost 10 years with the refrigerator bungee corded.

Then there was the dog who finished off my deviled ham and dill pickle sandwich when I went to answer the phone. And the one you couldn't set a beer down around because he'd push it over and drink it. He was Irish, I guess it was to be expected. :freak:

[Syrinx]

9. I wish the stray dog would share, but she won't

I get the feeling she's a Republican. But she is cute.

Did you catch the bit on Countdown this week about the dog who would not only fetch a beer for his owner, but could differentiate brands of beer? The owner would say "get me a budweiser" or "get me a Heineken" or whatever, and the dog would do just that. It was pretty cool.

[cwydro]

8. OMG

my dog Teak, pictured here if I can get photobucket to work...waited until after I had made this wonderful sauteed beef tip on salad thingie...had to answer the door and turned around..it was GONE..I was very irate and still feel bad for yelling at her (was five years ago)...now it seems funny, but DAMN I was mad at the time...bad day and all of that...Actually about a week ago, she ate my roomie's food...who was on the computer..and I laughed...oh dear, that is wrong on so many levels

she is the red one

[Syrinx]

11. Hell, that's what Roomates are for :)

The black dog looks like a dog I used to have. He was a good dog. Bear, I called him. (He was already named when I got him... no relation to my avatar.)

[cwydro]

16. jordan is a VERY good dog

and actually does NOT steal food (except from the cats)...she is just happy to have a home and food on a regular basis...doesn't even beg...but that red one.....grrr...

[AutumnMist]

10. My Dogs

love to take anything available thats people food. And it isnt due to lack of proper feeding. A steak is one thing, a bowl of dog food is another. If I was the dog I would have eaten your steak as well. LOL. That poor thing hasnt had a square meal in weeks most likely. Call a dog shelter or home for stray dogs and have he/she rescued so they can get neutered or spayed and adopted. I truly hope that your next steak dinner is a better experience. :) Have a good night. :pals:

[Syrinx]

13. if you were a dog, I would wack you with a newspaper

:D

Nah, she's been hanging around for a couple weeks, and I've been feeding her for that long. She has a ravenous appetite. I'm afraid she may be with children. I may soon have eight new little food thiefs. ;)

Thanks for the kind wishes. :hi:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

29. Maybe you should face facts.

You now have a new dog.
Duckie

[Syrinx]

35. yeah, I'm beginning to realize that

I just hope it's one new dog. I hope there aren't another half-dozen in her belly. I already had one dog... I can't afford to feed 10. :scared:

[zonkers]

12. My dog once opened my fridge and destroyed a giant bowl of

chinese chicken salad (30 servings) I got from a caterer. (Seal on the fridge was weak and no match for a hungry rottie) My house was destroyed. My dog got sick as hell. A nightmare.

Our floppy eared friends sure keep us on our toes.

[Syrinx]

14. sounds like I got off easy

I just had to eat a ham sandwich for supper.

Thanks for sharing. :hi:

[zonkers]

15. Thank you. I love how reading one persons story unlocks another

one you never would have thought of otherwise.

[xchrom]

19. a broccoli and cheese casserole.

my old boy sport -- i had him maybe a couple of years at that point -- was hanging out in the kitchen.

and a fav aunt of mine who was visiting had just finished taking her favorite broccoli and cheese casserole out of the oven to cool.

well we all went into another room -- for just a couple of moments.

and the casserole was gone -- i mean we turned around -- came back -- and that dog had inhaled it.

and of course he had that cheshire cat look on his face -- it implied that we had made it just for him.

[Deja Q]

20. No, but I've had to show my parrot some of its food is tasty...

then eat the rest of it because I found it to be tasty.

Fortunately, the parrot didn't care for the food, so it's okay.

[Syrinx]

36. ha!

I didn't think of the opposite situation. I have a friend that has a parrot. Do you think my friend will think I'm weird if I ask to sample the parrot's food? ;)

[sendero]

21. Yes..

... once we had a large fish sitting on the kitchen counter to thaw. One of our favorite cats (we had 17 at the time, mostly strays who lived outdoors but only 3-4 we allowed inside) was up on the counter chowing down. We had to pitch the fishy and find something else to cook. It was kind of a bummer because we had guests.

This cat's name was Tobin and he had a distinct personality like all cats. He was a rebel. Whatever you told him not to do, he was determined to do.

Sadly, I think that was his demise. A year or so later I was putting out some Amdro to make it possible for is to walk in our own yard without getting swarmed with fire ants. I saw Tobin sniffing around at it, and I warned him sternly to get away.

The next day we found him, expired for no apparent reason. It was sad.

[Syrinx]

34. that's so sad

I get really attached to my pets, and I realize how much it hurts to lose one. I'm sorry that happened to your Tobin.

[ccjlld]

22. My kitty Tucker

jumps up on the kitchen counter and loves to try to get into whatever is going on. He's not very successful at stealing food though. Once, he decided to jump up on the counter, and unfortunately for him and us, he jumped right on top of a fresh hot pizza that had just been delivered! He's a lot more careful about where he jumps now!

All of these stories remind me of the scene in "A Christmas Story" where all the Bumpus dogs steal the Christmas Turkey!

[zanne]

25. These stories remind me of the "Mad About You" episode...

The Thanksgiving episode where, after umpteen turkeys that were destroyed one way or another, they thought they were all set and had fooled the guests when they walked into the kitchen to get Thanksgiving Dinner and Murray the dog is on the table with a half-eaten turkey.

[Wcross]

23. My animals work in teams.

I had some ribs (raw) on top of the stove waiting to put out on the grill. The fire was ready so I go out to the kitchen and the cat had thrown half of them down to the waiting dogs. I always wondered why the dogs were so fond of the cats.


Larry and flea taxi relaxing.


Buddy and Moe with their little friends Flea taxi and Chairman Meow.

[zanne]

26. That's so sweet...

How do you tell them apart? It looks like you've got two sets of twins!

[Wcross]

27. The dogs are easy- the cats take some time.

Buddy is Moe's dad so its easy. Moe is a VERY clumsy dog and very submissive, one growl from Buddy and he is on the ground.
Flea taxi is a little bit smaller than Chairman Meow, they are twins from the same litter.

[driver8]

44. That is hilarious!! Those are great names, too! n/t

[sendero]

24. A dingo..

.. ate my baby :)

[Random_Australian]

40. Is that a tumbleweed?

[KayLaw]

28. Frequently, I'm afraid

We only have cats now but once I had a sheltie who at an entire stick of butter left on the dinner table. You wouldn't think it possible but once my cat ate all the tuna from a sandwich and left the bread just as it was, as though the tuna was never there!

[driver8]

32. Our dog loves butter! He has stolen the butter off of the table a couple

of times. He is the king of the scavengers.

We get these "french cakes" from a local bakery -- they are a little larger than a pie. (great with coffee). Anyhow, we had a new one on the counter in a plastic bag. We went out for about an hour and when we came back, there was an empty french cake bag on the floor -- he ate the whole thing.

I work evenings and while I was at work, my wife and kids ordered pizza. My wife saved a few slices for the kids to have for breakfast (their favorite) and had the pizza on a plate with saran wrap over it.
I got up the next morning and my wife says, "You had to eat all of the pizza -- you couldn't save any for the kids?"
"What pizza?" I said.
"The pizza you ate last night that was on the counter!"
"I never saw any pizza..."

Somehow, our dog had managed to push back the saran wrap and gently take the pizza off the plate. He made it look like I did it!!!

[Solon]

31. We have one cat that loves iced Tea, another who likes coffee...

perferably with cream and sugar, and another that goes crazy for Tums. Cocoa, who likes tea, sticks her head in glasses to get at it, one time she got her head stuck in a glass, and I had to hold her down while we carefully extracted the glass from her head. Reeses is smarter, she dips her paw into coffee mugs and then licks them.

Then one night, I had really bad heat burn, so I actually went to the store and got a small roll of Tums, spearmint flavor, and came home and chewed on 4 of them. Left the rest on the desk, went to the bathroom, come back, and there they are, knocked on the floor, and my kitty Sylvester is munching on them.

Here's Reeses and Sylvester, Reeses in in the container, they're sisters.



And here is Cocoa, the tea lover.

[Evoman]

37. I heard the funniest dog eating food story from my gf.

Apparently, on Thanksgiving, her grandmas dog stole the ham after it had been taken out of the oven. They went back to get the ham, and it was gone. They found the dog, its stomach visibly distended from its gorging, with ham remains all around. Then the dog started having Ham farts....REALLY BAD ham farts. Everybody started choking and crying, and they all rushed outside to get away from the horrible smell. That was 15 years ago, and they still talk about it...its hilarious.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

38. All the time...

Ginsberg for being a skinny cat eats like a freakin' dog. He'll eat anything. No unattended food is safe. His most daring & recent was stealing bacon out of the pan it was frying in. I didn't care, because I don't eat bacon, but my stepdad wasn't too thrilled about the cat stealing him breakfast.

The funniest case I ever saw though involved my sister when she was about 5 years old. She was walking through the backyard holding a sandwich. Jaycee, our Pit-Shepherd mix, came walking up behind her, grabbed the sandwich, and kept walking. He got about 20 feet away, laid down and gobbled up the sandwich. My sister had been standing there just staring at the dog with no real reaction until he actually ate the thing. It's like up until that point, she thought the dog would bring it back or something. Anyway, once Jaycee finished the sandwich, she sat down and burst into hysterics. Jaycee came running over, tail wagging and licked her face until her crying turned into laughter. Jaycee was simply the best dog ever.

[driver8]

43. That is a great story. Jaycee looks like a great dog!! n/t

[driver8]

42. When I was a kid, my cousin and I caught about 15 fish and we

had them in a bucket of water. We had planned on throwing them back, but somehow we got distracted and forgot about the fish.

The next morning we woke up and remembered the fish and ran outside to see if they were ok. Well, they were not ok -- they were gone. Not only that, but the neighbors three cats were laying next to the bucket with the biggest bellies you have ever seen. I don't think they moved all day. (They probably couldn't.)