[Dailydrool] Ben

[DDropp at aol.com]

On Tuesday he learned how to get something by creating a diversion. We  had 
deviled beef bones tonight, so he starts sticking his nose around the pan 
on  the stove, and Kathy gets up to move things. While she is doing that, he 
jumps  on her chair and starts to clean her plate. He is also starting to 
show his  displeasure when both of us leave together. Yesterday he grabbed the 
hot dog  buns, and today he grabbed some candy he bought for his fiance and 
brought here  to hide. He did not destroy either, just took to let us know 
he was  annoyed.
 
Then on Wednesday we had more company who were also dog people, but they  
have Goldens.  He was pretty got that night, as I did not have to keep  on a 
leash, but not perfect. He would lay on his chair or the floor, and  then 
quietly make a move for the food table.  Sometimes words would work,  other 
times I would have to get up and get him back.  On one of  his attempts he did 
manage to get a couple of cookies.  But his real coup  came at the end of 
the evening.  The guests were leaving, and their parting  words were "You 
know what you have to do when the dog gets something from the  table, don't 
you?  You roll up a newspaper and hit yourself on the head for  putting the 
food within his reach."  And we both agreed.  Well, I see  them out and am 
locking the door, while Kathy starts to clean up, and each of us  thinks the 
other is watching Ben, who had been sitting very nicely on his chair,  when he 
slips off it an goes to the table and grabs a large chunk of her  stollen.  
I just shudder to think of Christmas Eve at our house.
 
Douglas 
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