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Any commercial with a dog gets a second look from me. I saw this commerical for the first time this morning and had to share.
You gotta hand it to the folks at VW‘s advertising agency – they’re pretty darn good. And they’re clearly dog lovers, too.
Have your dogs ever eaten anything they shouldn’t have? Leave a comment and let us know what!
Smart Dog U really helped me deal with my first puppy and help me grow her (Etta) into a sweet little girl. Without that training from SDU this would have been a tough journey.
Ingrid CopelandWe did in-home training and group classes which helped us welcome Ember into our family. Her understanding of both dogs and busy families made the training easy and guilt-free.
Beth SchillaciThank goodness I discovered Smart Dog University! Laurie’s methods quickly made me realize that I was the one in need of training. The end result: A well behaved pup (Kasey) who is a true companion!
Matt ChurchLaurie is someone Your Dog’s Friend depends on for good information on dog behavior and training presented in an engaging, understandable way. She has done free workshops for us; we have used her articles in our newsletter; and she is a trainer whom I can refer people to with total confidence.
Debra Ekman, Your Dog’s FriendLaurie is a very knowledgeable and experienced trainer. She does a wonderful job with both the dog and owner. She is easily approachable and genuinely wants to make sure you and your dog are getting the most out of her classes.
Suzie Brown
Here are some of the things our dogs have eaten:
wrapper from cheese
-Jolly Rancher candies — with the wrapper
-Peppermint Patties (miniatures) — with the wrapper
-tissues
-toilet paper
-toilet paper cardboard core
Your dogs are too nice. My dogs have eaten/destroyed
– a chair and couch cushion
– back seat of my Subaru
– Subaru dashboard (different car)
– Cab section of Ford Ranger
– Numerous socks and assorted underwear
– shoes
– raw chicken thighs
– raw steaks
chocolate cake
socks
hair ties
socks
underwear
carpet
It must be a lab thing….???
Leslie, you made me LOL. 🙂 I can definitely see my guys eating the raw meat if given the chance, for sure! Only Nemo (our Dane/Hound mix) finds clothes appealing. And even then, he just likes to carry them around, not eat them. He did steal a piece of bundt cake the other day though. I just remembered that one!
I can’t imagine losing something like the back seat or a dashboard. That’s some serious cash there! :0 Thanks for dropping in!
Ah yes, chocolate cake. I think *I’d* steal the chocolate cake, too! 🙂 My guys are food-focused, that’s for sure. Only Lily will destroy inedible things — and then she just rips them up, but doesn’t actually swallow them. Thank goodness! Nemo will carry our unmentionables around very often, too. And when Dana’s not watching, he’ll actually carry them outside and leave them in the yard. Our neighbors must think we dance around at midnight and take our clothes off! Eek!
-bag of cough drops, wrappers included
-broke into a Costco size container of bread crumbs; ate until his mouth was pretty much glued shut. It’s funny now, could have been serious. Dog not happy when I scooped his mouth clean.
-Apricots, pits & all. There’s as much pit as poop during the season.
-cat poo; hardly worth mentioning!
-dental floss
-wooden ice cream stick; I was just giving him a lick & when the doorbell rang I loosened my grip & well, the rest is history
Oh dear, the visual of the mouth glued shut with bread crumbs make me laugh — knowing that everything turned out ok, that is. 🙂
Oh yeah, I forgot to add the cat poop into my list. They get that every chance they get. Dental floss always scares me. I’m forever fretting about remembering to put it in the pantry trash and not my bathroom trash. (Pantry trash – the dogs can’t get into.) With Labradors, wood is a pretty common ingested item. I guess everything came out ok with your dog — sure does make for interesting conversation with other dog people, doesn’t it? LOL.
Laurie, the dog responsible for All of the above is now a 12 year old black lab. We raised him for a guide dog organization & two weeks prior to recall he swallowed the stick.(Don’t judge me for giving him a lick!) We took him to the vet. It took three attempts to make him vomit before he finally gave it up. He worked for 8 years as a guide in Toronto & came back to us after retirement. Still a chow hound!
-1/3 of a cake
-Styrofoam peanuts
-cat poop
-1/2 dozen paperback books (at different times)
-1/2 cover of one hardback book
-the leather tops off of my favorite sandals
-the rabbit fur off of countless little mice (cat toys)
-cold medicine (scary)
-chicken bones (also scary)
There’s a reason I call my gang the Hooligan Crew. ^-^