Ranger had been curled up at the foot of a chair and when he eyed the shrimp, he stretched, stood up and casually walked by the table, as though he was just strolling to another part of the room. As he passed the table, without missing a stride, his head turned to the side, grabbed the shrimp, then continued forward in one smooth motion, to another corner where he curled back up and ate the shrimp.
You could tell the whole thing was purposely planned to not draw any attention to himself and if caught, make it seem like the shrimp accidentally fell into his mouth.
One of my Dobermans loves bread. Don’t ask me why. He loves it. We were sitting down to eat burgers and we got distracted for just a moment and when we turned back he had half of a hamburger bun impaled on a canine. He just looked at us like, “What?” Didn’t even try to eat it. I should have taken a picture. My wife grabbed her bun back and there was just a little hole in it where his tooth had been.
Another memory of a departed dog, an Australian Cattle Dog in my case, involved a bread stick as part of a delivered pizza order. The dog, named Rock Star, was a pup and new to the household so we just had the food on a coffee table. Rock Star had just completed her puppy worming process. She was ravenous so she marched right up to the platter of bread sticks and snagged one while starting to make a quick escape. However, she wasn’t quite quick enough as I grabbed her and removed the bread stick from her mouth. I then proceeded to eat the bread stick in front of her and gave her the last bite. The dog never stole another morsel of food, even when it was in easy reach for her. She immediately grasped the pack rule about the humans eat first and will take care of the dog, too.
My son had a Teruven. Beautiful, intelligent, loyal dog. She finally had to be put down in her old age, due to her suffering in severe pain and losing her ability to walk. Being childless, it was agonizing for him to have her put down.
Evidently the trainer and my sister never taught the dog to not steal food from tables or the kitchen counter.
Last Christmas we were all seated in the dining room having dinner when I saw the damn dog leave the kitchen with a loaf of bread in its mouth...........
Every time she has family over for whatever reason, the dog continues to pull that crap..........
I told her that she wasted her time and money on its training and if she really wanted it trained, train it to hunt.