Baino – Oh, my goodness! A whole, double-smoked, honey glazed ham? Yikes! That would be the equivalent of walking off with the Christmas turkey over here. Many a dog has been in trouble for that … what can you say? Alcohol = fuzzy thinking = opportunity for dogs and cats. ROFL!

Don’t tell me. You weren’t drinking. But people usually are!

JT – Haha! Well, she probably thought the leftovers were hers! They just don’t think like us, do they?

Maureen – I did give him ten out of ten for neatness, but he didn’t bring the cup back.

Heather – I had a cat that would eat bones, once. A half-siamese black. She was a fearsome hunter too. Was the little guy OK?

Doesn’t sound like a great deal with the teamwork though, does it? LOL!

Liz – Thanks for the idea!

They certainly are resourceful – I can just see George trying to sneak into the recycling bin for the cereal packet! Yes, a water gun can be useful. Another trick is to put double sided tape along the edge of the work surface – they don’t like it on their feet (at least greyhounds don’t). Or string a lot of empty coke tins together with cotton and line them up in front of something tasty. When they all come down, Mr Dog will scarper – and you won’t be anywhere close, so it will seem like Nemesis! LOL!

I was in the kitchen just now, doing the dishes. I’d just put a cereal carton in my recycling box and I heard George nudging the lid open. I crept up behind him and shouted, ‘George!’ He jumped around and looked at me between his eyelashes for a moment and then wagged his tail as if to say, ‘You can’t be angry with me, can you, mummy?’
Of course I couldn’t.
But I’m going to invest in a water machine gun. You know, one of those powerful super-soakers! Then I’m going to set a honey-trap – is that what they call it? And prepare to teach him a lesson!

You should give him points for that.