Our first doberman, when he was a half grown puppy, put his front paws on the counter and ate the top off a cherry pie whe we were not in the room with him. Years later another young doberman noticed a plate of chicken breasts on the counter and before we knew it they were gone. I am sure we’ve had a few “disappering sandwiches” over the years too.
In general our dogs don’t “counter surf” but they are tall enough to sniff a plate of hot food that is waiting there. Bart just tried that today, he takes a close wiff and wishes it were his plate.
Our first one, almost ate a bunch of 20 dollar bills when he was a puppy. We were going on a trip and laid out our vacation cash. I came back into the room and there was Hans with a mouth full of cash like they were cigars. He also ate a pair of fake diamond earrings when I put them on the cocktail table after work one day. They were set in gold but gold was cheap then. I replaced them very cheaply (QVC).
He ate all kinds of crazy stuff, socks being his favorite. We had to open his jaws like a lion and go in and get the sock from his throat quite a few times. He outgrew most of his bad habits. He was a hoot.
ROTF!! I love your stories about the cherry pie and the chicken breasts! I giggled out loud about the ‘disappearing sandwiches”!
But, most of all, I love your phrase “counter surf”! LOLOLOL!!
My little “Popcorn” Shanah would ‘counter surf’ in a heart-beat, if she could reach it! Last week, she got hold of the strap on the tripod (for the telescope or camera), and took off running, strap clamped tightly in those sharp little teeth, and of course pulled that BIG TOWER down! It just missed crashing down on her, and she will never touch that again, I am sure!! (It scared her so bad, she pooped right on the spot!)